[Shotimes] It's a Sad Milestone

[Rick Glass]

I had a ES '96 with 171k when Kirk welded it in January '04.
I can't say with absolute certainty that it had never failed, but there were 
no obvious signs of a previous failure or rebuild.

Rick Glass
   '99 SF WELDED
   64k Flowmasters
   Resonator back in place

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] It's a Sad Milestone


> 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.
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