I dont drive the car as much as I used to.. It gets driven maybe once every 2 weeks, if that. Its backed into the garage, with bed sheets covering it from dust.
I bought this car May 4th, 2009 with the intention of finding a RUST FREE SHO, and building it into a track-only car. Since my main goal was 1/4 at the time for the G8, i decided to just enjoy the SHO as it sat.. i added a few things to it.
All the work was performed by an ASE Master Tech in St Louis. This Tech is the Ron Vogel/phatridegt/turbocharged400sbc of the SHO world.
This car has Never seen snow in my possession, and the times it has seen snow, it was in St Louis, where they use sand.. or some chemical. It has been garaged everyday in my ownership all but 2 weeks when my old roomate was working on his truck. It was stored in my garage on a battery tender, starting it once every 2 weeks to operating temperature and a few revs. Once i took it out the first day of spring, it drove like i never store it.
took it to St Louis and back once and got 27mpg mixed with a little city driving.
1993 Ford Taurus SHO, Manual 5-spd
- 113,xxx Miles
- Green Exterior with Gray Half/Half interior (half leather half cloth)
- Power EVERYTHING works.. rare in a SHO... all power windows seats, antenna, moonroof, gas door.. all work.
- only "option" is a fully functional sunroof (SHOs are pretty optioned out already)
Exterior
- CF Cowl Hood with hood pins (professionally installed)
- Brand new Headlamp assemblies
- New Foglights (Bright as fuck)
- 20% tint with lifetime warranty
- 17" Edge Engineering chrome rims
- Silverstar Headlights
- LED Tailights
Interior
- Hard Button EATC (95 only)
- White face gauges
- Autometer Shift light
- Brushed aluminum gauge bezel
- 2007 Mustang GT shift knob
- Kenwood Headunit with Ipod hookup
Now the fun stuff...
Engine Performance and stuff like that
- 3.2 Engine Block (78k on it) from an ATX SHO... MTXs had 3.0's. This has the 3.0 cams on it for longer duration. The best of both worlds, so it has the torque and the topend.
- 3.2L Injectors
- Southbend Stage 2 Clutch
- SHO Source Equal Length Catless Y-Pipe
- 2007 Mustang GT Mufflers
- Ported Intake Runners
- Big Bore Butterflies
- PROFLOW Maf
- Ported TB
- CAI with brand new KN filter
- Delrin Shifter Bushings and clevis pin.. shifter is tighter than your sister.
Brakes and Suspension
- Cobra 13" Dual Piston Calipers
- Cobra 13" Rotors Slotted
- ALSO have an additional set of FORD OEM COBRA ROTORS to give to the new owner.
- Duralast Cmax Ceramic pads
- Stockers in the rear, only 2k miles on them, Cmax Pads as well
- Koni Adjustable Struts all around, ranging from SUPER mushy to SUPER rough
- Eibach Springs
- GEN 3 (1996-99) subframe... The Gen 3 subframe is lighter, and has a better suspension geometry than the gen 2 subframe, so this car uses all 96+ suspension components!
- GEN3 Aluminum Subframe Bushings
- New Moog Greasable Endlinks
- Full length Subframe Connectors (not installed, but will include)
Maintenance
The previous owner bought the car with a bad rod (at 108k).. So he junked the 3.0 and tossed in a 75k mile 3.2 Block.
- FULL 60k (all seals and sensors) done at 108k
- NEW rod bearings at 108k (engine at 75k) (good to do them after 100k) Old ones looked great still
- New Motorcraft Thermostat at 108k
- New 02 Sensors at 108k
- New Rear main Seal at 110k
- New Moog Balljoints at 109k
- New Rain-X wipers
- Since i only put 4k miles on it in over 2 years of ownership.. i changed the oil EVERY 3 months... Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 5-30 and Motocraft Filter... ALWAYS
The Good:
- St Louis car, 95% rust free.. some minor surface rust under the car. You will not find a less rustier one in illinois.
- Every power option works, all dash lights work.
- AC is SUPER cold
- HEAT is SCORCHING!
- The car can take ANY abuse given to it... its a solid built car with basically stock parts and a wicked suspension. From the maintenance and the rod bearings this car will last WELL OVER 200k miles.
- We think all the previous owners never had familes or sat anyone in the back seat. The doors (latches) "SNAP" at you when you open them.. the rear doors sound brand new and are very stiff when opening. (this is a good thing)
- VERY Quick... SHOs are hit or miss even when modded. The only thing i can really compare it to other than raping paul and shomuffs Automatic SHO's, was Dasfincs old Cobalt SS.. Beat it from a roll, those are 98+ trapping cars.
The "bad" or annoying:
- Drips the slightest bit of oil from the driver side. We replaced the rear main seal when the clutch was out, and that didnt fix the problem. This is a notorious problem for SHOs. It might be a oil pan gasket though, im not sure. It doesnt leak enough to bother me.
How about some pics?
Facebook pics.. not sure if quality suffers.. let me know if you want originals of anything.. ill try to post them in sequence from oldest to newest...
These are pics from my old SHO (hence the mileage).. but i swapped in the gauges and shiftlight... since i dont have any pictures of them on this car...
^^ match the stock lighting perfectly... see the HVAC controls and clock
There you have it.. the mythical SHO that I own.. I can always keep it and just store it, but I feel it isnt fair to the car to not be driven. Its a blast, and I drive like an old man now.
Or maybe its funding the purchase of a race car.
$4,000
Dont go looking up KBB values for it either. They see it as a 93 Taurus, which it is.. but if im only getting $2750 for it, ill just keep it.
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