1993 Ford Taurus SHO MTX

[Nate]

Well...My name is Nathaniel and i live in Concrete Wa and i am the proud owner of a SHO Taurus 5-speed. Now i just picked this thing up yesterday after having the following done on it.

Timing belt
Front main seal
PS and alt belts
New water pump
Upper and lower rad hoses
Rear cam seal
Crank position sensor
Ford T-stat
Coolant sensor
Valve cover gasket set
Intake gasket set
Spark plugs
Taylor spark plug wires
2 gal Prestone
Rod bearings kit
Oil filter
5 qt Valvoline 10W-30
Fuel pump kit
New Starter

Plus more that i cant remember. I had a guy who only works on SHO's do it and man he knows his stuff. One day i might be able to take it apart and put it back together without having spare parts myself.

Things That This Car Has
3.0l Yamaha built V6
220hp at 6200rpms
200lbs of torque at 4800rpms
5-Speed Manual Transmission
Lightweight 16" SHO wheels
Full Black Leather Interior
And other things that cars have

Things That This Car Needs
New Tires, Mostly For The Back
New moonroof seal, doesnt leak really but lots of wind noise
Pretty much an entire rewire for the stereo, plus new speakers in back deck and a new 8" sub for stock box, plus new amps
An ash tray
New moonroof switch housing, or fix the old one, eh...
Better Headlights, possibly a new harness

Things That This Car Wants
A Magnaflow high flow y-pipe
Dynomax cat back exhaust with magnaflow mufflers
Big Bore Butterflies
Under Drive Pulley
A pillar guage pod, with guages even.
More To Come

Things This Car Dreams Of
3.2l Swap From An ATX, with 3.0l Cams
Heavy Duty Gear Set (Only 5 Exist)
Turbo or Supercharger
Flux Capacitor

And Some pics

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If you want to know anything about SHO's ask me and i will find you a correct answer.

[erik]

That thing is clean for a Ford.... and that's a lot of work done to it too!

[jon]

ive always like the sho. i almost bought one then i ended up with a mazda that blew up. what can you do....its real clean

[Nate]

They are great cars they just need lots of attention, and never, ever do a burnout in one. i have but i also have not learned the hard lesson of a blown tranny. And hopefully i never will, that's why i stopped. Once i get my Subaru back up to speed i will only drive this thing on slightly longer trips, every time i drive this thing around town, it dies a little inside haha.

[JetBlack]

Tranny should be fine in that Taurus. It was the automatics that were crap. I have one. Every 20,000 miles, it needs a new tranny. I wish I could put the manual, from a SHO, in mine. Then I wouldn't feel bad about putting money in it.

[Nate]

The transmission in my car is actually a Mazda tranny that was adapted to this motor, they will not work on a duratec or vulcan motor. They did however make a 5 speed for the very first taurii but good luck finding one of those. This is why these tranny's are weak though not as weak as the standard Taurus transmission. These cars also came with an auto but it is only for the SHO's.

[JetBlack]

Now that I think about it, Ford made a four cylinder, for a year, that had a manual, also. As if the old Taurii (lol!) weren't sucky enough.

The 3.8 in mine had some balls and good torque and was quiet but Ford never fixed the tranny problems. I heard they continued all the way into the very newest ones. Makes me wonder if the 500 had that too.

[polar bear Grant]

oh thats nice

[EvlPanduh]

You have a nice second gen SHO there :)

[JetBlack]

I saw a green SHO getting busted by the cops. No back plate and the temp tag was not visible through the tint. Looked like your car.

[MetaEnder]

Wow, I'm impressed. Good work on the engine car build and everything!

[Nate]

Thanks a lot MetaEnder, and JetBlack that wasn't me haha, my windows have no tint. There are a few of these running around but most of them are slow and worn out because people just don't understand what they are and how to maintain them properly.

[Sir Kyle]

Thats a pretty sick intake manifold. Nice work with all the maintenance.