SlickVicToledo
New CEG'er
Im picking up a '99 SHO duratec 3 this weekend. will swaping cams and **** give me a substantial gain or should i just leave it? thanks in advance.
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SHO or SVT
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DanMyers
Hard-core CEG'er
The SHO motor is NOT a Duratec, nothing is interchangeable, good luck with it.
Y2KSVT
Hard-core CEG'er
SHO doesn't have a Duratec. And could you define "and ****," because that's a pretty broad term. Welcome to the site. :shrug:
Mark
Mark
todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
Yikes!!!!!!!!!!1
2000SilverSVT
Veteran CEG'er
The 99 SHO has a V8 and there are no V8 Duratecs. The original Tarus SHO was a Yamaha V6 bearing no relation to the Duratec other than Intake runners looking similar.
Rara
Hard-core CEG'er
There was no SHO in 99 anyway. The final year for the SHO was 98.
DanMyers
Hard-core CEG'er
If he's picking up something someone's trying to sell as a '99 SHO Duratec, I'd get out of this deal immediately!
actually 99 was the last year for the SHO,, they dropped it when they change appearance in 2000.
DanMyers
Hard-core CEG'er
Really? I thought they ended in '98, but hmm this changes everything, if it's the last year Ford probably turned to the trusty unused parts bin for that model year, so maybe it does have a Duratec :laugh:
Y2KSVT
Hard-core CEG'er
Yep, '99 was the last year for the SHO.
Mark
Mark
i think some people get confused on 99 since they stopped using the SHO only wheels and just went with 5 spokes that were available on the sport models. other than that it is the same as my 98 SHO with other slight little trim changes, and there is NO similarities to the duratec
Big Jim
Hard-core CEG'er
Actually, the SHO V8 is a Duratec. It is a 2.5 V6 with two more cylinders, a balance shaft, Yamaha designed heads, and assembled by Yamaha.
actually designed and parts built by yamaha, but was assembled at the winsor plant in Canada
mattsBLK99cSVT
Hard-core CEG'er
the sho is weird i never heard of a 3.4 litre v8,(my dads explorer has a 4.2 litre v-6) i had a choice between that and the tour and i choose a tour for many reasons
svt4stv
Hard-core CEG'er
haha, i was going to chime in here and say that, except i didnt know all the specifics. john the sho guy who did my 3L explained that to me. he is a sho afficianado and does cam welds on a weekly basis. im just suprised that some of the people in here saying theyre not duratecs didnt know that.
SlickVicToledo
New CEG'er
I was talking to a ford employee who said it may be possible to cram the 3.4 in the tour w/o any MAJOR mods. What are your thoughts on this everyone? thanks for your comments.
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i don't think it is worth the trouble,, you would basically have to widen the frame to make room,, plus you would have to use the automatic tranny that came with the sho(no 5 speed avaibable) and you would basically have to use every piece of the sho harnesses computers probably fuel pumps and so on and so on.
Big Jim
Hard-core CEG'er
As I have posted before, there is room for the 3.4 V8 (as well as the 4.6 V8), but unfortunately, there isn't room for the engine AND a transmission.
Beans
Addicted CEG'er
is the v8 SHO FWD?