[Shotimes] It's a Sad Milestone

[Donald Mallinson]

Carl,

total SHO engines were about 20,000 + any spare engines Ford 
had (not that many).

How many total failures is something that I don't think 
anyone can come up with.  Someone mentioned if we could get 
Ford's aftermarket cam sales, that would give an indication, 
but only of those vehicles that were fixed and some have had 
more than one cam failure.

My best guess is that there have been WAY more than 1000 
failures

I am not sure if we have a 200,000 mile V8 SHO yet, but we 
do know of some 100,000 and 150,000+ mile SHO's that have 
not failed....yet.

Chances are some cars will never have a failure, but as I 
tell anyone that calls the club asking about it, "the odds 
are NOT with any V8SHO owner."  I firmly believe that well 
beyond 50% of all V8 SHO's will eventually have a failure if 
not welded or otherwise fixed premanently (replacing the 
cams with new ones just delays the problem).

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:

> I don't follow V8 SHO as a matter of course, but I did read this one.  I
> see a reference to there being about 1000 failures total in the field. 
> What is the total population of motors that this number goes against?  On
> the flip side, are there any high mileage V8s (200K or higher) that have
> not had this failure.