SHO Time!

This 1995 Ford Taurus SHO is the last of the 5-speed sticks. But what makes the SHO V6 engine so unusual? And while it has a 5-speed transmission, it also has a 2-speed intake manifold. A WHAT? Watch and discover.

[@johncholmes643]

Buddy had one in the late 90s in high school, that thing would pound a lot of cars on the streets with 4 guy's in it. Our phrase when we would race someone was: *SHO em the cliTAURUS*

[@Bbbuddy]

The police cars in Robocop (1987) were Tauruses. Very futuristic at the time.

[@MondayNightRAWsRKO2024-xk9ew]

The SHO came out in 1988 as an 89 model. The regular 4cyl and small 6cyl LX, MT5,L, GL trimmed Tauruses came out in 1985 alongside the Aerostar vans and were the most futuristic cars at that time!

[@ksw501]

Looks like that was a nice car in its day. Did you do a segment on what looks like a diamond reo in the background? Would like to see a segment about that beauty

[@kentkrueger6035]

Didn't need a piece of lastic covering the SHO motor. It was a work of art. Ford and Yamaha were proud of that one.

[@mikeyboy3054]

I almost bought one. Took it for a test drive. Very impressive car for the time.

[@elliottbutts153]

In the 90’s if a kids parents had a SHO they were considered pretty cool, at least by the teenagers which were well on their way of being a gear head. It was a special car back then, still today in my opinion.

[@goodbonezz1289]

No doubt

[@dubiousf00d]

Facts. My mom had 2 of them. 89 and 91. I have the 89 still.

[@elliottbutts153]

@@dubiousf00d Nice

[@hbanyea]

Absolutely

[@jamespayne9785]

Had a 91 in 96 when I turned 16.

[@charlesdalton985]

Like you said Mr Magnante - In many regards, the mid to late 80s really was a great time for cars. Mid six, or lower, 0 to 60 times were back. Good handling, good braking, and good fuel economy as well. We tend to dismiss them now, but they really were fun cars.

[@russelldesabre9530]

Fun side fact…..the engine itself was actually good for 9000 rpm but they put the redline at 7000 because the accessories could only handle 7000

[@samiraperi467]

Ah, bean counter logic. Could've just used larger pulleys to slow the accessories down, but that would've cost a bit.

[@jaylestingi]

that isn't actually true. The accepted number was more like 8000 rpm, but the stock valve springs wouldn't handle that without float and the stock cam timing in no way would support power anywhere NEAR that rpm. If your power peak is 6400 like a stock 3.0 SHO, shifting at 7600 will be much slower than shifting at say 6700-6800. To have a power peak at 8000 rpm on this engine would come with a torque peak of 6500 +. Poor idle, terrible drivability and weak low to midrange power. Not to mention the necessary overlap would not pass any Federal emissions standards. This was the days before VTEC and variable cam timing so if you had 85 degrees of overlap to make power at high rpm, you had to live with the terrible drivability at all other times.

[@goodbonezz1289]

Nice

[@debbiebermudez5890]

@@jaylestingi Mr. B. Here ! 👍👍👍👍 ☕️☕️🧰🔧🪛🧰🔧🪛

[@dubiousf00d]

Don't forget about the oil system. I learned this the hard way spinning the bearings out of my rotating assemblies. Had SHO much fun doin it though. Yes, I had too😂

[@SealofPerfection]

Worked at a big Ford dealer back then. We had lots of storage lots around town. A 95 SHO got "forgotten" for 3 years. It was sold in 98, brand new. That was kind of neat, the guy showed up to service for something and I said "Warranty period might be about done since it's 3 years old" and he was like "I just bought it new", and sure enough...he did. Warranty doesn't start until it's put into service. Its 3/36 went until 2001 or 36k. Always liked those cars.

[@taurussho86]

😂 wow

[@speedwack]

I read an article back in the day that Mercury (Ford) built a handful of all aluminum Sables with the SHO drivetrain and they said it was as fast as a contemporary Corvette

[@kenney5454]

Correct Sir! Back in 1994, Ford produced a series of experimental Mercury Sables with all-aluminum bodies. About 20 were made, a few of which were even powered by the aluminum 3.2 L

[@johnjones393]

I owned an 89 SHO back in 1994. It had some electrical issues that left me stranded a couple times, but it was quick for it's day. There was a subtle change in the engine sound after 4000 rpm when those short runners opened that was cool.

[@ChefLaRue]

I worked at a Ford store back in the 90’s and these things were quite impressive. Attracted the ‘new dads’ group who needed the four door family car. Very snappy engines those Yamahas and aesthetically pleasing.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Those were great cars back in the day!!

[@brianbloom1799]

Good Morning Steve, In 1989 I sold my Restored 82 Camaro, Fast fun car, And Bought a New Ford Taurus SHO white, I got married, But didn't want to give up all the Toys, Most people Have no Clue has fast that car really was, Top end super fast, Then my wife son and my mother of 80 and 2 of her friends where grocery shopping, At a stop light and were hit in the back at 40 mile mph, Totaled my SHO. Sad Day. Thought i would share.

[@seed_drill7135]

You have 79 siblings?😉

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

@@seed_drill7135a lot roomier car, than I would have thought! You are funny!😂

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

I’m still laughing!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Poor woman!😮

[@brianbloom1799]

@@jeffreycarleton1535 Unless you driven one, I suck up A fast BMW at 145, Top end, By the way still have a 67 chevelle 700hp

[@haljohnson5729]

My wife had a green automatic SHO, It was actually a nice car. We never had any issues in the 4 or so years she drove it.

[@paulhardman2515]

I had a black 1991 SHO that I bought used when I graduated college in 1994. It was so nice and damn quick for its time. My dad loved it so much he picked up a red 1994 SHO a few years later. One of the best looking engines ever. I also remember either an issue of Hot Rod, Car Craft or PHR that stated you could run the SHO V6 in a RWD platform (like a model A or t-bucket) if you used the auto transmission from a Ford Aerostar Van. I believe it was a story about using different/unique engines rather than the standard small block Chevy. I'm not sure if anyone actually ever put the SHO V6 in a Rod but it would be very cool indeed.

[@SteveMagnante]

Lets not forger the SHO-Gun, a SHO powered Ford Festiva sub-compact. A company built them for a few years and most famously, Jay Leno had one that he showed to many magazines and TV shows. I have NO IDEA how such a crazy combination was legal for FED standards, but a bunch were built! Google Ford Festiva (or was it Fiesta?) SHO-Gun...Thanks for watching and writing. Steve Magnante

[@houseofno]

@@SteveMagnante The 3.0L Yamaha SHO V6 was already US emissions certified by Ford. Legally, if less than 250 are produced of a given vehicle in a single model year, they are generally granted what's called a small volume manufacturer exemption. This typically exempts a small volume manufacturer from being subject to a whole slew of environmental, safety, lighting, and emissions requirements, provided the vehicle meets standards applicable for either the model year of the donor vehicle or the engine. The EPA generally frowns upon installing an engine older than the vehicle it's going into, but the vast majority of inspection stations don't go nearly into this level of detail in the engine specifications. Most of them aren't going to check. I am pretty certain I remember Jay Leno explaining that less than ten of these SHOgun Festivas were produced, well under the 250 vehicle limit.

[@googleusergp]

@@SteveMagnante Festiva. The Ford Fiesta was offered in the US through the 1980 model year.

[@joekurtz8303]

Had met Rick Titus who was displaying the SHO-GUN @ Grand Prix in Long Beach. Slick concept limited production car

[@JerroldSullivan-nt7qj]

@@SteveMagnante jay Leno has one. With NOS!!! Love your channel

[@budp9844]

We had a 95 non SHO, with four wheel disc brakes. Car lasted forever, passed thru the family, til a deer did a dance across the hood, roof and trunk (then ran off).

[@TimothySchulting]

I don't know much about cars but I do remember the mid 90s Taurus and Sable were notorious for having garbage automatic transmissions.

[@kenney5454]

In my local tranny shop back then and noticed many of them too, the mechanic smiled and said "Those are my bread & butter"

[@mcdonaldm73]

I always thought a SHO V6 with a 5 spd setup for RWD in a Pinto would have been awesome!

[@hughjass1044]

A very rare occasion when I don't learn something from a Steve Magnante video. I've never seen a Taurus with a stick shift and never seen a 4 cylinder model. Never knew either was even offered. Thanks as always, Steve.

[@sombra6153]

I’ve seen one. I think it was from the early production. I think the guy who had only bought it because it was a cheap deal likely due to heavy dealer discounts just to get rid of it. The fours were the 2.5 shared with the Tempo.

[@Fritzstmire]

The four-cylinder taurus were only available in 86 & 87. They had a Ford tempo drivetrain with the 2.3 liter engine and the three-speed ATX trans.

[@desolategrey]

Good Ole RoboCop I remember being a kid Ford nut and loving to see them being thrashed in the movie Tuning Fork power

[@bandwagon240]

I currently have a 91 SHO with the 3.2L from the automatic in it. It's a little rocket, does quite well in modern traffic. The previous (and original) owner gave me a treasure trove of parts with it, including a NOS rod shifter conversion with the necessary exhaust.

[@DanEBoyd]

There's one of those sitting about fifty feet from me, grown in so badly that you almost can't tell that it's there!

[@tonylashmit2613]

Seen one of those engines mounted longitudinally in a truck magazine in a late eighties Ford Ranger ! Can't believe somebody hasn't gotten this engine out of this car?

[@rmarketgame]

My insurance agent had a letter framed in his office about the early SHO's. Apparently the first year or years they were built you couldn't tell a SHO from a standard Taurus by the VIN numbers and the insurance company wasn't pleased about it and directed the agents when writing a new policy to visually inspect every Taurus that verify it wasn't a SHO and apply the correct surcharge if a SHO was found.

[@ancientheart2532]

That is correct!

[@houseofno]

Had your insurance company been smarter, they could have determined whether the car was an SHO by the VIN number. Following 1981, the engine code was the eighth digit in the VIN number, as only the SHO's got the Yamaha SHO 3.0L/3.2L DOHC V6. A computer program could have been written to automatically apply the surcharge if a specific digit was found in the VIN number. Yes, even back in 1981, this could have been done by either the computer or by human beings.

[@googleusergp]

@@houseofno That is correct. The SHO engines had their own VIN codes not shared with the other non-SHO Taurus models.

[@googleusergp]

That's not correct. The VIN codes for the SHO engines (in this case the 8th digit) were unique to SHO models and they could be easily distinguished. All insurance companies had guides for VIN decoding and could easily tell what was what. Even back in 1980, when we had photos taken of our 1980 Trans Am, they knew it was a Trans Am by the 2nd VIN code being a "W" which denoted Trans Am. Sounds like someone didn't know what they were doing in that insurance office.

[@wyatberp3611]

VIN... not VIN number!

[@JimmyYahteez]

Great video! Hate to possibly “correct” Steve…but the first SHO came out in 1989 not 1987. I remember my friends older brother got a brand new 1989 and it was really cool other than wrong wheel drive.

[@daveditcher4059]

There are still a few SHO guys out there bringing it at the strip. I’ve seen them with nitrous and I’ve seen them with a centrifugal blower. No doubt a few crazies have turbocharged them.

[@saleendriver]

I had a 1994 SHO. Green like this one, with the automatic. Great engine. Great car......not only a great highway cruiser but a great stop light grand prix car. The only weak part of the car was the automatic. I ran through three transmissions in the time I owned it. But I loved that car. Only sold it to buy the Saleen in 2000, which I still own today.

[@bobsmithinson2050]

Good man

[@u121921]

Some parts and a lot of that induction design molded in plastic found it's way into the 96 and up Windstar 3.8 making 200 horsepower instead of the 140 in the T Bird and Taurus . The extra HP and torque meant the right front tire had half the life of the other 3 . My wifes 96 van was much quicker than the many used Fox body Cougars and Birds i used to pick up as cheap work cars . looks like the same guage cluster the van had . Hunday-Kia had a real crude copy of the engine when they first tried mini vans that was fire prone.

[@johnboydTx]

A Mustang performance shop in Dallas Texas put this drive train in a 1994 Tempo gl 2 door 😂 won a lot of races 👍 ... Happy motoring 🤠✌️

[@thomasdearment3214]

I had both 93 and 97 great cars. 93 220hp 97 235hp both got great milage and they went, handled, just a fun car to drive. should have kept one.

[@jimbo3214]

I had a new 1999 SHO V8. While sitting at a gas station a man walked up to me to say that I would have problems with this engine around 70,000 miles. Something about a pressed on gear on the cam. A few years later at 74,000 mile the engine locked up driving down the road at 45 mph and motor was ruined.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Damn! Talk about prophetic utterances! That’s crazy! Sorry to hear that Buddy!😮

[@redwingscuj031]

If you didn’t get the cams welded, you were screwed

[@RayGates-r9x]

Had a regular 89 Taurus with the 3.0 V6. Great car, very good power and handling. Unfortunately, the transmission began slipping at 180,000 miles and I didn't feel like putting the money into fixing it. I kind of wish I would have fixed it and kept it up, mainly because it drove so good and also because you never see the 1st gen Taurus or the 2nd gen Taurus on the road anymore. When the 1st and 2nd generation Taurus started getting high mileage on them around the late 90's and early 2000's, that was it. Most people did the same as I did, because they weren't considered anything special and off to the junkyard, they went if anything major failed on them. I can say with complete confidence that I haven't seen a 1st generation Taurus on the road in at least 18 years. You're more likely to see a old Plymouth Roadrunner or Dodge Superbee than a 1st gen Taurus on the road. I'm old enough to remember when these cars were everywhere, you couldn't go anywhere without seeing a Ford Taurus , it's so strange how a car that was once such a common sight on the road is now so rare that you probably won't see one unless it's in a junkyard.

[@dubiousf00d]

The 1st car i ever bought was a green 93 SHO. Was fully loaded, sunroof, full leather, the works. Loved it so much, i bought 2 more. All green😂. Still have one now.

[@davidbeaumont4455]

I owned this exact car, but with an automatic since the wife didn't drive manual. Also, my wheels were the stock SHO rims. It was a wonderful driving car! Interesting side note, the hood was unique to SHO. I learned this when the wife drove it under a Ford Tempo!😢

[@jaa2772]

Yup came straight from the mercury sable

[@jaa2772]

7:22

[@rightlanehog3151]

Steve, Was 'SHO Off' considered as an alternate title for this video? 😉

[@dougpendleton1266]

A couple of minor corrections, the SHO first came in 1989, not 1987, and it had 220 hp, not 215. I bought a silver 1992 back in the day, I enjoyed the high rpm but the low end was very poor, at least compared to the Mustang GT. I also had a fair amount of warranty work for clutch chatter, sloppy shifter cables and other issues. Last but not least was the torque steer, mercy!

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Drove one. Definitely could choose your spot on the freeway coming off a ramp! Fun stuff!

[@lilmike2710]

My uncle "Joe" bought one in their debut year of 1986. (Late summer 1985) What a miserable 4 cylinder POS that was! But it was brand new, so that was the car that I drove for my driving license test. 😊 And that actually just occurred to me since ive not given it much thought over all these years.

[@joe6096]

Ford really screwed themselves in the 1996 redesign of the Taurus/Sable. The basic 1986-95 design was industry changing and aged well, especially the '91-95 style. The guy who said "hey lets make every conceivable surface of the car invoke the Ford oval" must have been Chris Bangle's roommate in college. There was no need to put a "V8" into the SHO just to say it had a V8, especially when it was slower and heavier than the Yamaha V6 it replaced. I always have my eye on a 1991-95 SHO 5 speed in green with gray leather, in good to very good condition, unmodified and unmolested, with decently low mileage. I know that's asking a lot but if I do find one that meets those criteria I will buy it.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Look in south Florida there is probably some old retired Canadian from Quebec that has a pristine one sitting in the garage!😂

[@Exemplar9]

I loved my red ‘92 SHO automatic with black leather interior. Minor point but I loved the side curb lights that went on automatically when you activated the turn signal for that side. I believe the front bumpers were unique to SHO models. And the functional fog lights were cool. I enjoyed smoking some other high performance cars of the day coming out of full stop toll booths. What did the car in ultimately after 12 yrs was an AC system that no mechanic by me could get working, annoying expensive repairs like $400 for the failed ignition key switch, $400 for new radiator, a loose r&p steering system requiring another $500 or so, and finally it wouldn’t start and the fix would cost about as much as the car’s book value. I miss that car though!!

[@scottandrews4822]

Great video, as always. I'm praying for your full recovery, Steve!!!

[@davidboyden9099]

Had two of them. What a GAS!! I had one of them up at 130 mph. It felt like I sitting on a couch. I just watched the German beasts fad out behind. Love to have another!

[@Fore-Four-Dee-Too]

Ford SHT...Get well soon Steve!

[@Lobo-tommy10]

That v6 with a manual was great!

[@jeffclark2725]

Those were cool cars back then,the round body Tarus was even in Nascar, thumbs up great video 😊

[@stevemcnally7655]

Great video, as ever, I love the "CANCELLED!?" bit in every video. Promise me you'll do a video on the Diamond Reo in the background of this video and the Peterbilt 352 in the distance.

[@thechriscollection9983]

I miss my 1993 SHO now! It was an ATX, still very fun to drive, and had the quickest car in college! Especially in automotive everyone talked about the SHO! The car was about 12 years old and talk of the class. Those 16 inch "Slicer" rims were side specific, and made in Italy. The Plus model for 1991 had a factory fiberglass hood and new Slicer rims, blank centercaps, where 92 and up centercaps had "SHO" on them. Not that quick by today's standards but 20 years ago was a different story. Another great video. Thanks

[@phillippearce9680]

I was a tech at the dealer in the 90's and these were a blast to drive.👍

[@jeffbranch8072]

Chrysler countered with the Dodge Spirit R/T, getting 224 hp and 217 ft-lbs of torque from a 2.2L 4 cylinder. This outdid the Taurus SHO, but only made 2 years and people hardly noticed it at the time.

[@JerroldSullivan-nt7qj]

Uh, cuz it was 2.2 head gasket failure pile,of junk

[@robertschreiber8099]

I'm sure, it was because, the Daytona was the IROC model of that era.

[@charlesdalton985]

Car and Driver (I believe) did a comparison article on the Z34, the Spirit R/T, and the SHO. The Spirit owned the performance numbers. I believe 0-60 was 5.7 seconds.

[@jeffbranch8072]

@@charlesdalton985 , oh I forgot the Z34. 😂😂😂😂😂 (Of course, that was easy to do even when they were still brand new.)

[@garyszewc3339]

Chrysler actually had a prototype 2.2 that put out over 400 horsepower. They were doing the same thing Ford did, and outsourcing the head. I don't remember which exotic car manufacturer was making the head for them, but general motors bought the majority share in the company just to stop Chrysler. I no longer worked at the Chrysler dealer by then but I had friends that did and actually drove one. Torque steer was so bad that when it shifted gears, it jumped a lane.

[@nathanbarden9709]

Jay Leno has a Ford Festiva “Shogun”with this engine mounted in the rear. Pretty cool. Too bad it didn’t sell better.

[@BreakfastTacos]

My friend, Brady had that exact car in New Hampshire in 1995-96!

[@anthonyfaye3344]

It's pretty rare that Steve talks about a car that I have owned. That kind of cool to see. I loved my '92. It met an odd and unfortunate end at the hands of a too-fast too-furious kid who raced it and blew it up. He later tried to fix it but it never ran again and ended up wasting away in the central California sun. I got a call at least 10 years later from someone who bought it, believing it to be a running car, only to find out that it was still F'd. So he found my registration or something and tracked me down. He ended up scrapping almost every piece of the car, but he sent me the Yamaha Ford logo from my trunk. That was a solid move by that dude. So I always enjoy SHO content from those who know. Thanks Steve!

[@TrashcanGarage]

Loved mine. Ford did that one right. I'd get another if I could find one.

[@thisisdarren7572]

I had a 1993 SHO first new car I ever purchased. I loved that car, the throttle response and the way that engine revd was amazing

[@robbchastain3036]

If Yamaha was involved, it should've been the Ford SHO YZ. 😀

[@michaelhansonsr2098]

I miss my 92 money green 5spd SHO with the black guts. I had so much fun in that car in my late 20's. I actually drove a 90 SHO silver in color with the black guts to my Junior prom. I raced the 95 V8 Cougar and I believe 93 Mark 8. What fun we had that night and yes I won that race. To many races to mention but they all were wins for me. Im now in my 40's and was about to get the big boxy V8 365hp SHO but I raced one in my G37xs and I smoked him so I kept the G37 and bought a Q50. But very nice cars the SHO and I wish I could have that moment in time again.

[@fhwolthuis]

That first Taurus was such a highlight after the malaise era. Shame they messed it up completely with that oval whale thing in the 90s.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I still really want one of these

[@SuperOperator4]

Coffee and Crawling!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@debbiebermudez5890]

☕️☕️🍩🍩👍👍

[@paulhansen7667]

I still want one of those.

[@grievus7764]

Steve I really appreciate your presentation style just in general and I have been emulating it with the presentations I give. I just wanted you to know that you're an inspiration. Love the channel. Keep on keeping on!

[@butcher390]

These were factory sleepers 🏁 It's a shame , that one rotted away I'm still a bit surprised , Ford went too Yamaha , For engine development & design , ( cylinder heads ) Cool they did it , just odd . Never saw one of the 3.4 , V8s

[@LI-FLKayakFisherman]

Bought one as my bank executive company car in ‘89. It replaced my Turbo Coupe. Black on black as stealth as they come. First time I took a bunch of fellow executives out to lunch they couldn’t understand why I brought a Taurus much less a manual car when they all had Lexus and Acura as their company cars. That ended the minute I left the parking lot and nailed it on the highway. Another fun fact, the engine was final assembled by Mercury Marine since they used similar Yamaha heads on their HO outboard engines.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Nice!😂

[@cdk68]

Interesting, hadn’t heard of Merc building Ford engines. I know they used Yamaha for a lot of their early 4 strokes. Got a link for more on the double breasted yamaha?

[@jackcook4772]

I had one of these. It was definitely a sleeper. Problem with EGR circulation . Carbon plug under runner. Use metal coat hanger to unplug.

[@puckhead1909]

My College roomate had one in our Senior year man that was a lot of fun to race around campus banging gears it was so responsive in the lower gears when shifting. Years later my brother worked for a Ford dealer and he found an SHO trim package only model which looked the part but had the mundane motor super rare never saw another like it he kept it for years til some guy offered him way more than he paid for it.

[@tonywestvirginia]

What a great "And fast" car this was back in the day

[@marccaruso9789]

I had 87 Taurus 4 banger...MT5 thought it was until I did some downtown Chicago driving

[@chrisscearce]

Hi Steve great video on this SHOgun Taurus. These were definitely a good buy. I think I read once it was the combination of low price ($20k -$30k) and high performance put it as the fasted 4dr production car. Anything faster was a BMW and that would set you back north of $50k. That was big money in the late 80s. The SHOgun engine is rev-limited to 7300 rpm but not to protect the internal components, but to keep the accessory drive system from flying apart. 🤣The engine itself is safely able to turn more than 8500 rpm! On different notes, did anyone see Alef Aeronautics revealed Tuesday (yesterday) that its flying car, “Model A,” became the first of its kind to receive legal approval to fly from the US government. We are definitely living our future as we envisioned during childhood. Have a blessed day everyone 🤙🏼Namaste 🙏🏼

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Yeah, I’m changing my name to, Elroy Jetson! I Identify as a Pan-am pilot! 😂🦄🌈 Crash the Rainbow!

[@houseofno]

Couple of factual errors in your commentary. The Ford Taurus was actually released in December 1985 for the 1986 model year, NOT 1987. The Taurus SHO was produced from 1989 until the 1999 model year, and then not seen again until the 2010 model year, selling through 2019. The Taurus model in general was discontinued after the 2004 model year, then reintroduced in 2009 for the 2010 model year.

[@gs1100ed]

I had a 1997. Great sleeper!

[@yahmutha]

Steve, you should look into the AIV Mercury Sable project. It was an early dabble into full aluminum bodied vehicles for Ford and they were SHO powered too for the helluvit 😎

[@toddbob55]

Taurus was actually a very good car !! I knew people who got a TON of mileage out of these cars and they were very comfortable a much better car than the junk Chevy Lumina or Corsica

[@SST11B]

Sold our family owned '95 Taurus GL 3.0 two years ago, 127k and still running strong. Plastics inside were suffering from old age, but the car was bullet proof!

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

Thanks Steve

[@hbanyea]

The 3.0 & 3.2 was a full Yamaha built engine. The reason why is the Vulcan junk they sent to Yamaha in Japan blew up on the dyno with the Vulcan bottom end. Then Ford gave Yamaha the authority to build the whole engine and revise it too hold up. So the engine is actually all built and somewhat engineered by Yamaha. Also a fun fact is this engine and the 2JZ have some similarities due to them being built around the same time frame.

[@Andrew_460]

A quick google search proves you wrong lol. Nice try.

[@hbanyea]

@@Andrew_460 That is what happened because the Vulcan was a pile of shit, so nice try.. Maybe next time don't believe the first thing you find on google keyboard warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@Andrew_460]

@@hbanyea nope. The engine was based on the vulcan v6. Stay mad.

[@ConnorFya]

Only thing the Vulcan and the sho v6 share is the engine size.. other then that they are different.. different crank which is forged and con rods which are also forged, aluminum pistons. It’s built to withstand alot more power, look up the blue turd, the guy made close to 1000 hp on stock block “ stock crank and rods”, this engine has Yamaha engineering all over it. The engine is literally on the Yamaha website, unlike the 3.4 v8 sho which was half ford or “cosworth” and Yamaha was not on the website because it’s not a fully Yamaha engine.

[@caseyrevoir]

The shop i worked at wouldn't do your Vulcan head gasket on an engine with over 100k because they had so many bottom end failures. (they were plenty with under 100k to feast upon). I find the idea of a non modified block comical.

[@Townshipfarmer]

When I was 19 I was all about Mopar v8s. I road in a in an sho that belonged to a friends dad. That thing hauled ass. Arguably more then my magnum Dakota and my friends iroc camero

[@Sal834]

Had company cars that were regular Taurus only. Reminded me how we always only wanted Atlanta plant built cars. One Chicago plant car was so bad that in accepting the car we could not shut one door, hood or the trunk as they were so badly misaligned. Took a ton of paint off to shut. Built on a Friday I guess.

[@jamesf.ryaniii7918]

At 6:42 you say "2-speed valve" and then point to the IAC (idle air control) valve. The actuators which control the opening of the secondary butterfly valves are 2 vacuum valves - one is between the intake runners for cyls 5 & 6 (front bank) and the other is between intake runners for cyls 1 & 2 (rear bank). These 2 vacuum valves are controlled by a switch on the rear of the engine by the firewall which allows vacuum pressure to the 2 vacuum valves on the intake manifold when the engine reaches approximately 4000 rpm.

[@deanstevenson6527]

I like the crank, the bank, but when it went V8, it had the glued, not welded hollow camshafts. So decapitating. The V6 SHO, had non of that cost cutting ✂️ stuff.

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

They added glue for the extra 🐎🐎

[@deanstevenson6527]

@@UnfinishedProjectDartSport It sent many a Jelly Bean 60 ° V8 from the SHO room ....to the Glue Factory. Love, Love Taurus apart, again. But I dire Grass...

[@James-sir]

One of the only Fords I liked the only others were the 01 mustangs and I actually liked 99 00ford contour except the transmission but no other fords not even earlier fords hate the looks I’m also fairly old so I’m aware of the early vehicles kinda a Foxbody but that’s the end

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

I had a 1999 Taurus with the Durtec V6 (Not SHO) for a company car. It was 20K out the door. It ran very strong, I surprised many at stop lights and cruising at speed. It had 150,000 plus miles when I sold it and still running strong.

[@ricko3242]

Duratec, yes. The rest of the car, junk. I had a 96 Sable with the duratec v6. Brakes shot at 36k. Other failures include .Wheel bearings, multiple sets of swaybar links, variable assist steering , rear speaker shorted out.Lower radiator hose rubbing the frame put a hole in it. An nasty thump in the firewall on a hot day when cornering the dealer couldn't diagnose. It didn't make it to 100k and the trans failed. A year after the trans was replaced the hot wire from the fuse box under the hood to the one under the dash shorted out and the car wouldn't come out of park. Had to run a new hot wire. I haven't bought a Ford since. Fix or repair daily is an understatement.

[@hbanyea]

I had 5 of these with them all being manual besides 1, 3 reds, 1 green & 1 blue. I really wish I would have kept them..

[@normp3273]

I always thought there SHOs were really cool when they were having a run.

[@sirstabbybeard337]

my mom had one of those when i was 17 to 18. it did great burnouts in first and, trust me it hit 65/67 mph in second gear and over 100 in third. i was told that engine originally had a 10k RPM redline and ford had to detune it because it was destroying transmissions. not sure if that was true but i liked that engine, car meh, engine awesome. thanks Yamaha

[@01FozzyS]

I used to autocross back in the day with another racer who owned a first gen SHO. One heck of a car and driver. Always loved the first gen.

[@davidp2888]

My father had several Taurus wagons as company cars. Unfortunately none of them were SHO.

[@tomwesley7884]

Looks only a mother could love

[@shoominati23]

I like the next gen SHO with the V8. I feel that generation gets no love, but they are a great driving car

[@robertmiller664]

Late 90's the shop i was at, I aorkes on a SHO that needed an engine. The customer supplied. We tidyed it up, new intake gaskets(gun) w/p, clutch etc. Fun car to test drive, not to work on tho

[@thomashenniger2070]

Good stuff Steve!

[@normende]

Steve, Don't forget Robocop drove a Tarus and did front wheel mini-burnouts!

[@Jasona1976]

Boring?? It was #1 in US sales for several years.

[@Av-vd3wk]

Boring = AKA not sexy.

[@Jasona1976]

@@Av-vd3wk nonsense. Boring only to thugs and assorted criminals.

[@dougeaton2446]

How's the police car coming???? Any updates yet??

[@michaelschubel6330]

Back about 10 yrs ago, there was a guy who converted the SHO engines into awesome engines for midget racing. He raced them several years at the Chili Bowl, a ‘premier’ race for midget cars in January in Tulsa OK.

[@edwardaustin740]

I really like this body style. These are the cars I grew up with. My boss has a newer SHO with a twin turbo AWD V6. It's pretty sweet.

[@joemazzola7387]

I believe the front fenders are mercury sable as well We had a 95 Taurus se just a 3.0 liter v/6 Super comfortable car

[@pmscalisi]

Being from the northeast the whole frame is probably rotted out. The rear quarters are already rusted out.

[@twmsrr1]

I worked on the red SHO wagon in Beacon, NY. The driver was filming the movie Nobody’s Fool. I still have a copy of the vin number. The automatic was a 3.2L and the sticks were 3.0L

[@rsaraiva1]

Don't forget The Ford Festiva Shogun Steve

[@vintagesavoiur]

The Taurus in general were ground breaking in their design. Honda and many other manufacturers copied the general design. The SHO was awesome