[Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD

[Donald Mallinson]

Bill,

You are probably right, SHOtimes has a page with the 
picture.  Aerostar I think though, has the same basic 
driveline as the Ranger, so would make an easy SHO RWD 
conversion.

Thanks for the correction.

Don Mallinson

Bill Murray wrote:

> Don, the SHOstar was a Windstar, not an Aerostar, so it was FWD.
> 
> Bill Murray
> 
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:46 PM
>>To: rsdesi@jps.net
>>Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD
>>
>>
>>Been LOTS of SHO engines put in RWD format.
>>
>>SHOstar minivan (Aerostar)
>>SHOranger pickup
>>Cobra kit car.
>>
>>and the Monster Healey that we are featuring in the magazine 
>>now.
>>
>>Easy to turn around the intake, plum the water line from the 
>>(now) back of the motor to the front is the hardest thing, 
>>but easily done really.  Water flow is traditional as far as 
>>that goes.
>>
>>The engine mounts to the ranger/aerostar tranny bolt 
>>pattern, so that solves one big problem.
>>
>>Don Mallinson
>>
>>rsdesi@jps.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I was cruising a Ford Ranger site recently and they were 
>>
>>talking about what
>>
>>>it would take to put a SHO engine in a Ranger.  One guy was 
>>
>>saying that the
>>
>>>engine would have problems cooling in the North/South 
>>
>>configuration due to
>>
>>>the coolent flowing in a direction for a FWD car.  He said that head
>>>gaskets would need the sides swapped in order to fix the problem.
>>>
>>>I have seen that a few guys are using the SHO engine in RWD 
>>
>>cars, but this
>>
>>>is the first I have heard coolant flow direction being 
>>
>>different.  Anyone
>>
>>>have comments on this?
>>>
>>>Rich
>>>
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