[Shotimes] If Ford Asked you to build the next Taurus SHO

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It's either called a Lincoln LS, minus about 500 pounds, or an Aussie Falcon XR6/8.  Rear wheel drive with a manual tranny, ABS/Traction Control, and minimal gadgets.

Definitely not made from the new Camry, I mean, 500.  Or just build the Ford 427 Concept with a 6 speed...

Kerby 'No more FWD for me' Haltom

-- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
I would go back to the original V6 Turned north/south, maybe 
bumped to 3.4 or 3.6 liters, and bump HP to about 320+ with 
variable cam timing on both intake and exhaust.

place this in a 4-door sedan body, maybe based on the 
Lincoln LX, with 6-speed manual with only ONE Overdrive 
gear! with an IRS rear suspension/drive.  Try to hold weight 
to 3400 pounds.  Make it stealth, but with good design, 
Chris Bangle not invited to participate!  :)

Get the best suspension engineers to disect the CTS and BMW 
and others to get the best combination of ride and comfort. 
  The V8 with two position struts was a great idea, but it 
can be done without the complexity or cost.

Hold down electronic gadgets, no parking radar, no GPS/map 
programs, few automated gadgets, maybe traction control, but 
nothing else to get between the driver and the road.  Use 
the superb steering from the V8 SHO.

Make the seats GREAT seats with full power (one set of 
gadgets that would be apprecaited ( with power recline, and 
bring back the power wings/side support from the V6 cars.

One other thing, I would see if it couldn't be made a true 
four door hardtop.  Might be hard to do and keep the body 
stiff enough for great handling, but if Ford wanted to 
really get back some of the sedan business and trump the 
competition, do a really good body with a true hardtop 
style.  We should be able to make the windows seal to 150 
mph by now...don't you think?

That last might not fly, especially if you keep the cost 
down to under $35,000, hopefully to under $30,000 if you 
leave out most of the unnecessary gadgets.

IT MUST have the bundle of snakes intake similar to the 
original!

Don Mallinson





Thomas wrote:
> If Ford came up to you and said " I need you to design the next Ford Taurus
> SHO" what would it look like and what would be the specs?(i.e. HP, Trans,
> Motor, size ETC....)
> 
> Kinda courious in what people would look for if they had a chance to change
> the SHO. Although its already a great automobile but there is always something
> that people would want to change.
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