[Shotimes] MT5

[Carl Prochilo]

Joe,

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, walks like a duck....  (you know
the rest).

You're getting a lot of gentle and not so gentle hints to abbandon your
attempts in this area.  If you are really so inclined to restore something, an
89 SHO would be a much better choice.  AFAIC, the SHO is an original and has
no ancestors.

Carl Prochilo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] MT5


> I'll be a 3-minute egg timer would do.   :-)
>
> If the curb weight of a MT5 was 3118 pounds, and the 2.5L made 132
> pound-feet of torque and 90 HP, could somebody plug that into some
> pretend-racing software and give us a predicted 1/4 mile?  Thanks.
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 4000 pounds and minimal HP made for a dangerous car that could be timed in
> the 1/4 mile by an hourglass.
> Don Mallinson
>
> Don McKinnon (AST) wrote:
> > "...Ford assumed that 20 percent of Taurus's would be sold with the 2.5
> > liter engine, but by 1989 the figure was actually only 5 percent."    HA,
> > Ford was doing then and is still doing it today (Marauder!)
> >
> > When I rode in that the one I mentioned, it sure was a dog.  I recall the
> > guy short sifting compared to my 86 T-bird TC. What was the power band
> <3000
> > rpms <LOL>
> >
> > Joseph, if you find one you have to dyno that thing.  I bet it will be up
> > there on the all time dyno dog list, if there is such a list!  A quick
> > google search and I found this Scirocco site, look at those older Scirocco
> > dyno results!
> >
> > Don McKinnon
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kevin M. Bisch
> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:52 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] MT5
> >
> >
> > Joseph is correct. Page 121 of "Taurus" by Eric Taub... "To cut the
> sticker
> > price, a smaller, four-cylinder, 2.5 liter engine became the standard
> power
> > plant for the base model and for a sporty, MT5 maual transmission version
> > that would be sold in limited numbers."
> >
> > "In terms of power and accelleration, the four-cylinder was terrible.
> 'It's
> > primarily for fleet operators,' Howard said, designed for rental car
> > companies and corporations desiring to minimize their transportation
> costs.
> > It's cheaper, it was developed for plain economic reasons. The engine is
> > very marginal. It's not powerful enough for the car. Ford assumed that 20
> > percent of Tauruses would be sold with the 2.5 liter engine, but by 1989
> > the figure was actually only 5 percent."
> >
> > Man, my 3.0L 1987 GL was a dog.... this thing must have been awful to
> > drive. Nonetheless, I think it is great that Joe wants to restore one...
> it
> > might very well be the only one of it's kind!!!
> >
> >
> > --Kevin
> >
> > At 08:28 AM 6/21/2003 -0500, van Oss wrote:
> >
> >>I think the MT5 had a 2.5L, while the others you mention had a 2.3L.
> >>
> >>Check out:  http://members.tripod.com/~TaurusSHO/specs.html
> >>
> >>Scroll down a bit to read about the engines.  The 2.5L had only 90 HP, but
> >>130 pound feet!
> >>
> >>Joseph van Oss
> >
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