[Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel

[James F. Ryan III]

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

The woman that delivers my morning paper used to drive a Taurus wagon with
the "slotted grille".  I doubt she installed it for the looks.  She now
drives an Explorer.  If I see her I'll ask her about the wagon.  I've only
seen one Taurus police car in NJ.  It was an unmarked detective's car and it
was dark brown, had black painted steel wheels, dual tail pipes, and the
"slotted grille".


Jim Ryan
Wayne, NJ
'91 PLUS - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille



>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
>Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:39 PM
>To: Shotimes
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel
>
>
>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
>_______________________________________________
>Shotimes mailing list
>Shotimes@autox.team.net
>http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes