Origins of Taurus SHO
Undeniably one of the most successful cars of the 80's and 90's, the Taurus was and still is an unsuspecting family oriented mid-sized sedan. Unsuspecting until it was the subject of courageous improvisation for the 1989 model year. Improvisation that resulted in dropping a 220 hp Yamaha DOHC 3.0L V6 into the sedate Taurus and backing it up with the Mazda built, but Ford designed, MTX-IV manual transmission. Ford called it the Taurus SHO (Super High Output). There are several stories behind the conception of the SHO, all of which fall somewhere between fact and theory. The story that is most widely accepted among SHO owners is that Ford was developing a sports car in the early to mid-80's to compete with the Fiero, MR2, RX7, and 240/280/Z cars. The sports car was called the GN-34. Ford worked with Yamaha to produce a light yet powerful modern engine for the world class two seater. Unfortunately competition was going away and the market for 2 seater "fun" cars was gone before the project was completed. The contract with Yamaha remained and Ford needed a place to put these motors, so they decided to make a "sport" version of the Taurus. For introduction into the 1989 model year, engineers stuffed the chassis with the Yamaha V6 along with the MTX-IV transmission. In order to round out the SHO performance package the special submodel got a stiffer suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, alloy wheels, ground effects, full power accessories, side lumbar supported leather seats, and a redesigned dash with a 7000 RPM Tach. The SHO was complete.

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94 mustang gt 306 with

factory red/black interior "rare"
17" bullet rims 245/45R17
typhoon upper and lower intake manifold
24lb injectors
E303 cam
Kieth black flat top pistons
CAI
E6SE heads
90mm MAF
BBK 70mm throttle body
MK1 short throw shifter
King cobra clutch
aluminum underdrive pullys
3:73 gears
PYPES X pipe w/highflow cats(emissions)
Flowmaster 40 series mufflers
3 3/4" tips
gt-40 strut tower brace
platinum spark plugs
9mm plug wires
12in 2000 watt tsw2000 pioneer sub
visonic amp

Tweecer tuning program
scat forged 331 stroker kit
sub frame connectors
upper and lower control arms
patriot heads
racing shorty headers
3.5in cowl hood
black widow 3 body kit
drag radials
smog pump removed
EGR removed
aluminum drive shaft
possable turbo in future