[Shotimes] RE: supercharging

[IdriveaSHO@aol.com]

Not to be a jerk, but why are SHO's so much better than mustangs? 4 
doors/trunk space/fwd & rwd asside, what are the apples to apples comparisons 
that make the SHO better? I like the steering feel in my 89 SHO better than 
my 88 mustang LX 5.0 but the handling is pretty much the same. Bone stock 
they take the onramps and offramps at the same speed. The mustang is MUCH 
easier to work on, you can get into the dash, get into the engine for almost 
any part change without pulling the motor(other than major internals). The 
motor swap takes about the same amount of time(when done by myself, about 6 
liesurely hours with a lunch). As for suspension, the SHO has IRS but since 
it's front wheel drive does that argument count? The mustang has stronger 
trannies but that doesn't count either. Price of parts? We're talking stock 
so we can skip that. Road noise? Both are fairly noisy cars, nothing like a 
BMW or a cadillac. Build quality? haha they're both Fords. Power? HP withing 
5 or each other but the mustang has gobs more nearly twice the torque. Speed? 
The mustang is faster but not by much. Comfort? The SHO is designed as a 
comfy car, the mustang is designed as a kid/muscle car(no cupholders). To be 
really honest, I like my SHO more than my mustang. It's more comfortable it's 
quick enough, the police look at me like I should be home reading a book to 
my child while sitting in my rocking chair and it fits all my friends/junk 
that I take anywhere. Mileage is close enough due to my driving that there's 
no real differance their either. Just a preferance in vehicles, otherwise 
they are the same things in different catagories. Oh in that A/B/C/ list you 
forgot D....Ford considers them a mistake to have made(and most of us agree 
that they should have put the motor in more cars so it could have ended up 
with 5.0 type support). Good night all, I'm going to bed. - "sleepy" Steve 
Bowen

<< SHOs are, front-drive aside, much better cars than the Mustang.  They're 
 also (a) more complex, which makes aftermarket parts development more 
 expensive (b) rarer, meaning any aftermarket vendor has to recoup his 
 investment over a smaller number of units, and since (c) they're also down 
 in the throwaway price level used, you won't see much aftermarket 
 development for them anymore except by fanatics. >>