[Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel

[Donald Mallinson]

And I have never seen any non-police Tauri with the grill 
other than SHO's!  Seen lots of police cars in the day when 
they were actively used.  NEVER seen a wagon with the police 
grill.

Seems funny that the distribution would be so uneven.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> I seem to have seen at least as many wagons with the grill as sedans. One
> particularly ugly one was a rusty gold wagon, and the grill was about the
> best piece on the car!!
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:38 AM
> To: Donald Mallinson; Shotimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel
> 
> 
> 
>>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
>>
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