[Shotimes] 60k austin

[Steve Tatro]

Okay, you got me.  There are only two.

Scott would only report this if he had seen it multiple times (he has) and would only report the cases on cars that had seen a pure synthetic (typically Mobil1) for the entire life of the car.

Sure, there are other "SHO mechanics" who haven't noticed this, but have they even looked?  Have they taken the forethought to pay close attention to this on a synthetic-only SHO?

I'm not saying Scott or Doug L. are right or wrong.  I just think if there were more examples of synthetic-only SHOs *and* a greater number of mechanics looking for this type of wear on these cars we *may* find it's a possibility.  General consensus right now is to just discount this anti-synthetic talk as bogus.

How many people do you think have done 60k services?  What percentage of those have even looked at their cam lobes for wear?  I know the first time I had mine open I didn't.  Then the second time I had them open I didn't again!  I was lucky I had taken a couple of digital pics that clearly showed the cam lobes, so I at least had an idea what condition mine were in.

Just food for thought.

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 173k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio

-- Paul L Fisher <sho@paul-fisher.com> wrote:
So there are now 2 SHO mechanics that say this? Wow!
-- 

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley 
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus 
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.

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Quoting Steve Tatro <stevetatro@netzero.com>:

> It depends how "near" you want!
> 
> There's a nice guy, Scott Patterson, in Richardson Texas who's done more than
> his fair share of SHO work.  He frequents the SHO Forum (www.shoforum.com):
> Member name SDPATT, #51, and has the 2nd most posts of all time ;^)
> 
> The only thing to be wary of is he'll tell you he's seen some odd cam lobe
> wear from people having used certain synthetic oils in their SHOs.  That goes
> against 99% of what the SHO world will say, but 99% of the SHO world hasn't
> done the number of 60k services that Scott has.
> 
> I haven't met him in person, but seems like a good guy.  You may want to give
> him a call/email.
> 
> Later, and good luck.
> 
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 173k miles
> Cincinnati, Ohio
> 
> -- loren <loren@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Can someone recommend a mechanic in or near Austin to perform the 60k 
> service (120k miles) on my '90 SHO.
> 
> thanks!
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