[Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:39:47 -0400 (EDT)

Boy,has this thread gotten out of hand.When I 1st posted this several weeks ago.I made the statement"there is NO car that can replace the SHO.And there still isn't one made today.A SHO is A SHO.....A souped up Taurus with a kickass engine.A lexus is a lexus,a bmw is just that a bmw,all this bullshit about mazada 6 or that crap about a nissian gxe is faster and handles better,HA!The only car that can replace a SHO is another SHO.
Kenneth C.
'90 Red
'92 SHO-SHO

 --- On Fri 07/23, James F. Ryan III < av8r567@optonline.net > wrote:
From: James F. Ryan III [mailto: av8r567@optonline.net]
To: sho@paul-fisher.com, rbchilds@pacbell.net, shotimes@autox.team.net
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:30:58 -0400
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement

The Cadillac V-8-6-4 system was introduced the same year as the IBM-PC - 1981, and was used for that year only. The "computers" in cars of the late 70s and early 80s weren't called OBD-I, that didn't start until 1982. If the brand new IBM-PC had 640kB of RAM and a 4.77MHz 8088 I can only guess that the "computers" in the cars at that time were 1/10 of that. My friend Lou's father bought a Caddy in 1981 with the V-8-6-4 and he loved it. He was so proud of it and drove it for many years without problems. I did a search on the internet and it seems its reliability was pot-luck and the SOP was to disable the system and just let the engine be a V-8. It's easy to look back in hindsight, 25 years ago, and say the Cadillac system was a piece of junk. I applaud them for their vision and the engineering effort. Who knows, if Cadillac hadn't offered the system in 1981 maybe Daimler wouldn't have been inspired. When I did the search, I also learned 2 other things. 1 - The V-8-6-4 system wasn't designed by Cadillac it was designed by Eaton. 2 - This wasn't Caddy's first foray into this area, in the 1930's they offered a similar system on their V-16. The system could shut off an entire bank, effectively making a straight-8, and it supposedly worked well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com> To: "'Ron Childs'" <rbchilds@pacbell.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:38 AM Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement > Probably because of the new capability of the electronics. When the V8-6-4 > came out, wasn't OBD-I still the standard? > > > Paul L Fisher > > '99 Ford Taurus SHO Toreador Red Clearcoat Metallic 66K - Kirk'ed 2/29/04 > > - Amsoil Two-Stage Air Filter - TS-124 > > SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/ > Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/ > Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] > On Behalf Of Ron Childs > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:21 PM > To: shotimes@autox.team.net > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement > > In the road tests I have seen of the new hemis, they have said the system is > not > even noticeable; much better than the Cadillac 8-6-4 system. > > -Ron Childs '91 > > --- BOB FISHER <thunderbird88@comcast.net> wrote: > > cadillac tried this a while back and it was a flop.i wonder if it will > flop > > for chrysler too.BOB > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net> > > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) SHO replacement > > > > > > > I think the jury is still out on this but the Hemi has a system that > drops > > > out some cylinders under light load in order to improve mileage. > _______________________________________________ > Shotimes mailing list > Shotimes@autox.team.net > http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes > _______________________________________________ > Shotimes mailing list > Shotimes@autox.team.net > http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes _______________________________________________ Shotimes mailing list Shotimes@autox.team.net http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes

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