American Super-Sedans from 1990

[MexicoCityM3]

Spirit R/T



Taurus SHO



I am pretty sure the Taurus is going to run away with this poll here, but the R/T has a special place in my heart. I had a "Mexican" version with 160hp when I was 18-20 and loved that car. Then my dad got a "real" R/T with a manual and the 224hp Lotus-headed engine. That thing was incredibly quick and agile. I blasted everything else that was available in Mexico back then. I remember a high speed run at 240kph in that car coming back from Vallarta. I didn't drive anything faster until I got the E46 M3 15 years later.

[2o6]

Bonneville SSEi?

[SVT666]

SHO

[Onslaught]

SHO. Not because of the car. Because that thing is a POS. But when you opened that shit hood and looked at that motor.......

[2o6]

I gave it to the Spirit, mostly because it love those old Turbo Mopars.

[MX793]

Gotta go with the Yamahammer.  That motor was just so sweet.

[68_427]

Spirit hands down.

[Vinsanity]

Lumina.

[68_427]

V8 awd lumina concept

[SVT666]

SHO. Not because of the car. Because that thing is a POS. But when you opened that shit hood and looked at that motor.......

One of the greatest looking intake manifolds ever made.

[Cookie Monster]

I hate the SHO's intake manifold.

[280Z Turbo]

Too bad it's in a Ford Tortoise.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The Taurus was actually a far better all around car than the Aries.. er, Spirit

[68_427]

[Rupert]

Fo' SHO.

[Onslaught]

I hate the SHO's intake manifold.

First time for everything. I've never known someone who thought that.

[cawimmer430]

I voted for the Taurus SHO to make AutobahnSHO happy. 

[Cookie Monster]

First time for everything. I've never known someone who thought that.

I guess I'm the only one. The manifold looks like a bunch of noodles.

[MX793]

I guess I'm the only one. The manifold looks like a bunch of noodles.

Let me guess, you also hate the equal-length header pipes on the Shelby Cobra 427...

It's called intake resonance tuning.  The length of the tubes are matched to the engine for increased volumetric efficiency (moar powar!).  The SHO also had a variable length intake (one of the first production cars to feature such), which allowed for a fatter power spread.

[Payman]

I guess I'm the only one. The manifold looks like a bunch of noodles.

Nothing a black plastic cover couldn't fix.

[Cookie Monster]

Let me guess, you also hate the equal-length header pipes on the Shelby Cobra 427...

It's called intake resonance tuning.  The length of the tubes are matched to the engine for increased volumetric efficiency (moar powar!).  The SHO also had a variable length intake (one of the first production cars to feature such), which allowed for a fatter power spread.

I'm sorry if the intake resonance tuning doesn't visually give me a boner.

[Cookie Monster]

Nothing a black plastic cover couldn't fix.

Don't get me wrong, I love the SHO. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I could. Plus how often are you going to look at the intake of a car?

I just don't like how it looks and that's not saying anything about how much I like the car.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'm sorry if the intake resonance tuning doesn't visually give me a boner.

Then you are wrong.

here, have a manifold better suited to your taste

[SVT666]

Don't get me wrong, I love the SHO. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I could. Plus how often are you going to look at the intake of a car?

If my intake manifold looked like that,  I would pop the hood every time I got out and leave it open until the next time I drove.

[Cookie Monster]

If my intake manifold looked like that,  I would pop the hood every time I got out and leave it open until the next time I drove.

Then hopefully no one steals your battery and pees in your coolant.

[93JC]

What kind of third-world hole do you live in such that people steal car batteries and pee in coolant?

[280Z Turbo]

Pee works as coolant? I have to pee and the Focus needs coolant. It's like $7 a gallon for that shit.

[280Z Turbo]

I voted Spirit R/T.

They're both awful looking, so I picked the one that's faster.

[93JC]

As for the poll, my head says Taurus SHO but the Spirit R/T is tugging on my heartstrings. My old Spirit ES served me well. Deep down I know that the chassis is totally inadequate for that much power though.

[Pommes-T]

Shizzle my nizzle!