It was the crazy expensive one with AWD and turbos. I had heard some guy just tuned it and it got to the 11's but then it sort of dropped off the face of the earth.
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Last year a flex tt was doing mid 13s pretty much stock . And the flex is a very heavy vehicle .
Livernois has done a lot with the engine but the platform sucks.
I said in 2009 I thought it was going to be mediocre because the car is huge and heavy but the real kicker is the all wheel drive system which I think people assume is a true rear wheel biased AWD setup. It's not. You're not dealing with an Audi S4 drivetrain here; you're dealing with a Ford Escape in that the engine is transverse and the car is front wheel drive based. So in normal driving the majority if your power is going to the front wheels.
The point being is that systems like this are not built for performance and they won't tolerate a lot of power.
The other shortcomings are going to be the turbos which I believe are custom cast so they're not really upgradable. Similar to the newer N55 twin scroll BMW's, you hit the flow ceiling quickly and there's not really anywhere to go after that. This is speculation though.
Nonetheless, the Taurus kind of blows and anyone looking for a true performance car probably isn't dropping 40 large on that. I'd take a Chevy SS and never look back.
There's a dude that claims to have the fastest Flex, and he's running bottom 12's @ 600 WHP
Yeah. There was a video recently about his car/engine from livernoiswho is the whore?
and isnt that a guy named Mike, who is a cop here in illinois?
[MENTION=89]SinisterSHO[/MENTION], chime in please.
Was always a fan of the 1st and 2nd Gen SHO using the Yamaha V6. So when I heard they were bringing it back, I was excited. Frankly, the Fusion would have made a better platform, certainly in terms of size. The current Taurus is massive looking and not the game changer that the original Taurus was in the mid 80's. Ford bet the ranch on THAT car and won.
BTW, agree on the Chevy SS. Much nicer car.