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Re: [Spridgets] L(A)JC

To: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] L(A)JC
From: <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:52:05 -0500
My bad... the current SHO engine is a 365hp VEEEE-SIXXXX, not v8.

 
> (Check my email address.)  I used to be a Ford Taurus SHO owner.  The current 
>generation of the SHO comes with the new Ford "eco-boost" engine.  It is a 
>turbocharged engine, hence the "boost" part, and it is supposed to be higher 
>fuel mileage than the equivalent V8 engine and therefore better for the 
>environment, hence the "eco" part.  The engine is basically a 3.5L V8 that has 
>maximum computer-limited horsepower of 365.  That engine came out in 2010, 
>this year they have apparently made versions that are 3.7L as well.  Anyway 
>the idea is that it generates the "thrust of a V8" with "the economy of a V6", 
>to borrow from the actual SHO television commercials.  The engine actually has 
>good low-end torque with a relatively flat torque curve, again probably shaped 
>that way by computer engine management.  Some people theorized that they did 
>this to protect the front wheel drive transaxle for excessive horsepower.
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