sweet ass car man!!!
My Supercharged Taurus SHO
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I tried to get the motor this past weekend but I had to take a cam out to remove a lash cap as one of the valves would not come into spec with the smallest shim made (2mm). When I went to tighten the cam back down the threads stripped (actually pulled out a helicoil that I had a machine shop put in) out. I'm assuming that the shop did not have the right tap and thus why it stripped. I helicoil'd many threads for the cam caps and they're doing fine.
I have a buddy that works at a machine shop coming over this weekend and bringing me the tools I need to fix it. Since I already used a helicoil and stripped that out, I have to ream out the cap and go to a bigger bolt. Worse-case, I'll take the head off and have it tiq welded and re-drilled/tapped.
Here is how close I was to putting it in the car this weekend (since I couldn't, I installed my new Corbeau seats).
I have a buddy that works at a machine shop coming over this weekend and bringing me the tools I need to fix it. Since I already used a helicoil and stripped that out, I have to ream out the cap and go to a bigger bolt. Worse-case, I'll take the head off and have it tiq welded and re-drilled/tapped.
Here is how close I was to putting it in the car this weekend (since I couldn't, I installed my new Corbeau seats).
thats a bad ass car man
looks good props on the hard work on the SHO
ya man its really comeing together i have also not seen this one done eather
380+ HP on that rinky dink Escort clutch 
even with Clutch Masters Hi Revs Jr. Clutch Kit .....
for making that work
even with Clutch Masters Hi Revs Jr. Clutch Kit .....
for making that workGenuine Rolla
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my buddy has a SHO and i thought the intake manifold looks like knuckles so we'd call it that...haha. but yeah man, your car is definitly respectable to say the least.
my buddy has a SHO and i thought the intake manifold looks like knuckles so we'd call it that...haha. but yeah man, your car is definitly respectable to say the least.
The SHO clutch and the Escort clutch aren't exactly the same. Also, the stock clutch can hold about 300hp (not sure on torque).Beelzebubba said:380+ HP on that rinky dink Escort clutch
That's not a Jr. kit. It is what SHO Shop used to call the "Race" clutch made by Clutchmasters, which is a stage III and as the best clutch you can get for the car, and can hold more power than anyone has ever made in a SHO (to include a built SHO running 20+ PSI). The stage III has a double diaphragm PP and has a clamp load of 3,500 lbs and a windowed Kevlar disk. I ran the stage "Jr." kit for a very short time and smoked it on a 1-2 shift racing another SC SHO.Beelzebubba said:even with Clutch Masters Hi Revs Jr. Clutch Kit .....
yamahaSHO said:
You know what I mean.
The same 7/8ths X 20T input shaft and mechanicals. I looked it up and Ford actually did something about it in '91...the flywheel anyway.Both the flywheel and clutch changed. The clutch got bigger and it changed to a cast PP versus the old stamped steel.Beelzebubba said:You know what I mean.
wow... i had a neighbor that had a SHO. it was green with a dual exhaust. i always wonder WTF he had in it... sounded mean.
Aside from a loud supercharger whistle and a 3" exhaust, big wheels, huge brakes and a lower stance, they may not notice :-)JEKEL said:
The Koni's do very well with the Intrax springs I have. I originally had Eibach springs on the shocks, but they Eibach's didn't lower the car enough. I considered running coilovers and having the shocks revalved, but they already handle well on track and in the canyons and ride decent on the streets (since it is a street car anyway).
Sick taurus man
i wanna see some vids...