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

[Shylo McKinsey]

WOW!!!

Ok, now I'm drooling...

Shylo McKinsey

'91 White MTX

--- 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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