[Shotimes] RE: supercharging

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

Understeer on a Taurus is easily cured as 1-2-3.

Sway bars are where its at. Some year Taurii understeer more than 
others (depending on sway bar combo)

Ian


> Speaking as someone that owns a Taurus and someone that owned a Fox 
body
> (sheds a tear) let me toss in my 8.75 cents.  The fox body is raw, 
not very
> comfortable to drive, but fun as all hell.  Regardless of whether or 
not the
> Taurus has a stiffer structure to being with, stock for stock, the 
Mustang
> handles very well and the Taurus has more understeer than.... 
ummmmm....
> Something that has a lot of understeer. : > )
> 
> With that said, the cars are for two different people.  The Mustang 
is your
> raw go fast mobile, while the Taurus is your family luxury sedan.  Or 
at
> least that is what it was intended to be. : )
> 
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <jem@milleredp.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: supercharging
> 
> 
> > > 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?
> >
> > Stiffer structure (the SHO is quite stiff for a production sedan, 
the Fox
> > cars are very floppy), slightly better material quality (yeah, 
there's
> > still a lot of Ford in it, but there's also some fairly clever 
details),
> > better suspension design (you can get better balance and more grip 
out of
> a
> > SHO chassis than you ever can a Mustang with the stock four-link 
rear
> > suspension), and so on.
> >
> > John.
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