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when i was wandering throught the junkyard today, looking for parts for my grand marquis of doom, i stumbled accross a taurus sho. is was in pretty good condition. just wondering if it was fessable to swap my 2.5 for the 3.0.
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sEARCH THE 3l fORUM FOR "3l sho" AND you'll get the answer.
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The simple answer is that the SHO motor is not related to the Duratec and would not be easy to swap in. With enough time and money you can do most anything though. It really makes more sense to use a 3.0 Duratec.
I wish it was an easy fit. The SHO engine is one hell of an engine.
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not being sarcastic or anything...but why is it a hell of an engine?
lots and expensive maintenance
can't find parts
obviously it's old (and probably somewhat outdated)
it doesn't make "that" much power
What is it?
PS I have had an SHO and I am going to look at one today.
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Originally posted by stilov:
not being sarcastic or anything...but why is it a hell of an engine?
lots and expensive maintenance
can't find parts
obviously it's old (and probably somewhat outdated)
it doesn't make "that" much power
What is it?
PS I have had an SHO and I am going to look at one today.
Yes, they are loosing their sparkle as they age. I guess that is to be expected. Parts get hard to find on anything as they get older too.
But in their day it made a lot of power. They took a lot of abuse. It was reasonably easy to get more power from them.
However, they do have their limitations. Even though Yamaha furnished the block, it was still basically based on the Vulcan 3.0 V6. It did not have enough bell housing room for a decent clutch. Ford eventually had their vendor design and build an odball sized clutch that fits the SHO only to get one as big as possible. That helped, but the clutch remained one of their weak points.
It was sometimes hard to find someone that truly understood the engine when you needed work. You needed someone with either Volvo or motorcycle experience to adjust valves due to the shim in a bucket design.
It was truly a great engine overal that was searching for a better platform. Think what it would have been like in a Probe.
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Well I went and drove the 89 today...it just wasn't that exciting...and man it was OLD!!!
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" Driveway of Doom"
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your stock svt is better anyway.
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