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Subject: [Spridgets] L(A)JC
From: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (bjshov8 at 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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