Not nearly as fast or powerful as the V-6's.

 

so if u lined up the v6 sho and then v8 sho the v6 would win?

 

The V-6 (auto or stick) would stomp on the V-8 anyday.

 

really? cause my buddy with the v6 sho is wanting to race on but we can neve find one to go racing, like he beat a new monte carlo ss the other day

 

Why waste your time? I've driven both and the V-6 has much more power.

 

They were cutting edge for their time, the engine really was revolutionary for the late '80s. They're oddballs nowadays though, not especially easy to work on with ungodly expensive parts.

 

X2 Quintin,
I had an 89 with an intake, maf, pulleys, bushing kit, borla, brakes, and other asst mods... it was a blast in the early 90's, there was not much that could touch it... nowadays, it might get smoked by an Altima.
I was putting in a new clutch about every 25K miles...
and O2 sensors? I was replacing them monthly...
The Brakes could not handle the heat and until I upgraded I was replacing those every couple of months.
I spent about 12K in maintenance in 100K miles (not counting mod costs). I learned lots of lessons on that car... still miss it, man could that Yamaha engine throw that car around.

Derek

 

i raced a 95 SHO with my F-150 4.6L pretty even at the start then he shifted into 2nd and he was gone....we both got drag racing tickets for it...GRRR. it sounds like a rice burner but that lil thing is fast!.. i helped a buddy do spark plugs on a V-8 SHO i gave up after i saw where the back ones were. lol

 

yeah theres no room under the hoods of those cars even the V-6's, j/w is there any value in a v6 SHO motor because my local auto wrecker has one and i was wondering if theres any worth in picking it up

 

Don't break anything on one. They are impossible to get parts for. A very large % of the engine parts are obsolete. They are just as bad as trying to find parts for a Probe.

 

Bah... I just did a water pump, cam seals, timing belt, alt, starter, oil pan gasket, crank shaft poistion sensor, n cam timing sensor... we were able to get all the parts.. they are not obsolete... just pricey and have to order everything.. but u can get everything for em..

 

The sho was a hot car, even for its day, and today thiers is not a lot of FWD that can come close, the best feature of the sho was that it did not have a Ford engine.
The v/8 versions were dogs and Ford really messed up with the taruis/sable, the older ones still look better than the 500 and las years Taruis.

Ford had some awsome ideas back in the 80's, perhaps the sho was to much for the mustang, hell even the mustang with a turbo 2.3 lt was pushing 175 h/p 130 mph.

oh well ...

 

I remember reading about someone who stuffed one in a Ranger.

 

I've always seen a Taurus here and there with a V8 badge and wondered WTF. I never knew anybody with one so I was never able to take a look at one until a few months ago. My brother bought one. I don't know if I rather work on it myslef or pay an ungodly amount for the dealer to fix it.

 

The older SHO with the Yamaha V6 and manual tranny is respected by many enthusiast who know about the car. It was a Giant killer in it's day, not like the Buick Grand National level, but it would surprise the occasional muscle and sports cars of those days.

The newer SHO with the V8 automatic only was kinda like a bigger heavier GT car, and never gained much love.

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