[Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:58:35 -0500

Ford sells as well here as it does anywhere in the nation.

Don't forget that Peoria is the quintessential "average" city!

  Yes, if a big plant is located in a town, chances are the 
mix will be skewed just a little, but it won't be a huge 
difference.

Still, we had a lot of Taurus police cars, and you say there 
were none wherever you have lived?  So I guess Washington, 
IL (and most of Central Illinois) WAS a hotbed of Ford 
sedans!  :)

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> Washington IL is probably not a hotbed for Ford sedans.
> 
> Detroit and Louisville (which have Ford facilities and lots of Ford
> employees) are.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:03 PM
> To: 'Shotimes'
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel
> 
> 
> 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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