[Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel

[Donald Mallinson]

Ron,

Yep, and it WAS part of the police package, so thus not 
misnamed.  :)

We had lots of taurus police cars in city and county use in 
the midwest.  Although there are few taxi's in our area, so 
I never saw one of those, doesn't mean they don't exist.

I would put good money that there are almost NO "heavy Duty 
Cooling" Tauri out there, but a LOT of POlice and taxi versions.

IT is named correctly.  I don't remember any definitive 
discussion ever that said the "police" grill is misnamed.

Yes, the outer boundry layer may be pushed somewhat over the 
hood, but all those bugs that die in the grill and front of 
the bumper don't ride in on nothing other than inertia 
(which is part of it yes) but there is plenty of air that 
hits the grill at speed.  Yes it helps with flow with the 
fan at low speed too.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> Don, go in into the "wayback" machine, this was discussed years ago!!
> 
> It is a part of the Heavy Duty Cooling Package on "any" Taurus.....the SHO
> community decided to call it the "police" grill for whatever reason. Yes,
> the Taurus police cars have the HD Cooling package and therefore have the
> grill, but when I lived in Louisville (home to two Ford plants), I saw the
> grill on more taxis and run-of-the-mill SLOs than any police cars (never saw
> any SLO Police cars around there anyway). It was also a part of the Towing
> package.
> 
> The purpose of the grill was to aid airflow at low or "zero" speeds, as
> idling in traffic, and while stressing the engine at lower-speed towing.
> With the aerodynamics of the front bumper, I'll bet that it does about
> nothing at speed for getting in more air, as the bumper will deflect the air
> up over the hood.
> 
> Ron Porter