[Shotimes] Looking for old information

[Donald Mallinson]

Michael,

A wonderful name from the past!  Welcome back, glad you are enjoying the 
LS, but more glad you still have a SHO or two.  Like potato chips, they 
are hard to put down.

The only thing I remember about that V8 for Volvo is that some people 
speculated that Yamaha had taken what they learned in the first two SHO 
engines and applied it to make this techno wonder.  V8 group also 
wondered how nice it would have been to have that engine in a SHO.  
Never heard anything about Ford considering a SHO version though, and I 
would be amazed if they did.  Sure be nice though, maybe the club would 
start growing again.

If they do make an LS version, then I just might get back into a newer 
Ford.  Right now I have a 300C Hemi because I wanted room, power and 
RWD, and Ford doesn't make such an animal so far.  IF they improve the 
driving dynamics on the 500.... a LOT....and put in that V8 with RWD or 
rear biased AWD and a near 50-50 weight distribution (once you get used 
to that, it is hard to be without it!) I might be tempted.  But as usual 
with Ford, except for certain Mustang based projects, they are going 
conservative.  If they expect to even come close to competing with the 
300 and variants and get back some sedan business they are losing, then 
they need 350 hp at least.  Why be half-hearted, go for the gusto!

Just so you know, SHO international convention #!4 is going on next 
month in Indianapolis.  Why not bring one of your SHO's, or even your LS 
and have some fun with your old friends! 

No matter what, it is good to hear from you.

Don Mallinson
http://www.shoclub.com    (just in case you want to peek at the 
convention info...hint hint)

Michael Holhut wrote:

>Well, it's been about 7 or 8 years since I've been on this list.  I
>started my experience with the SHO with a '94 MTX and moved on to a '96
>SHO after the '94 was totaled in an accident with a tractor trailer.  If
>there's any old-timers around here still, they might remember.  Anyways,
>I moved on from the SHO world and bought a Lincoln LS after the '96 SHO
>haed a cam failure.  I had a '90 SHO for a winter beater and now have a
>'94 ATX  as my daily driver so I don't pile up miles on the LS...  So
>I'm back where I started from.
>
>Now, after that brief reintroduction...
>
>I'm looking for information that I think was posted here a long time
>ago.  Might have been on the V8SHO.com email list and will check there
>when I rejoin them.  Anyways, in the Lincoln LS world, the discussion of
>the Gen II LS has surfaced for the '07 model year.  It's based on a
>Volvo platform, have AWD, look like the current Ford Fivehundred, and
>the new powerplant will be a compact 4.4 liter, 311 horse power
>transverse mounted Yamaha V8 currently in the Volvo XC90.  All stuff
>I've heard in the SHO circles that was supposed to be the revival of the
>SHO.  I rembmber seeing a large  artist's rendering of it as well...
>looked like the Fifehundred and it was blue.  There were links to it on
>someone's homepage.
>
>If anyone remembers that old information, I'd greatly appreciate you
>passing it on.
>
>Mike Holhut
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