[Shotimes] Mid-engine, SHOgun type Q's

[sho2go]

Folks now are buying 8-13 year old cars that were run hard and tied up hot.
Its just no wonder they have problems; there are a couple hot spots, but
nothing more than any other manufacturer around that price range.  I hear
people say they (SHO engine) are made to run to redline daily.  There is no
engine that will benefit from that treatment; the Yamaha is probably less
affected than most but time will take its toll.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
To: "sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Mid-engine, SHOgun type Q's


> You are dead on here!
>
> I went out of my way to rent an '86 right they came out for a trip from
> Minneapolis around Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.  It was likely
the
> best sedan that I had ever driven up until that time.  Felt better than a
> friends M-B. And went better because the M-B was a diesel.
>
> Improvement came in '89 with our SHOs, but although Ford made a few minor
> changes, likely as a result of warranty issues, there were few actual
> improvements.  However, I suspect that they lost some money at the start
of
> the model run, but because of cost cutting, etc, they made a handsome
profit
> by the end of the run in '95.
>
> The Gen 3's are likely a different story.
>
> Jim White - greensho@crown.net