Poll
Question:
Which american super sedan?
Option 1: Spirit R/T
Option 2: Taurus SHO
Spirit R/T
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/MexicoCityM3/a1776f05374a6dd93885e4033d13fcc4.jpg)
Taurus SHO
(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/MexicoCityM3/5129a7f1a585d55d334c865bb30f3cf1.jpg)
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.
Bonneville SSEi?
SHO
SHO. Not because of the car. Because that thing is a POS. But when you opened that shit hood and looked at that motor.......
I gave it to the Spirit, mostly because it love those old Turbo Mopars.
Gotta go with the Yamahammer. That motor was just so sweet.
Spirit hands down.
Lumina.
V8 awd lumina concept
Quote from: Onslaught on December 27, 2012, 08:43:28 PM
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.
(http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/02/12/09/02/1994_ford_taurus_4_dr_sho_sedan-pic-228.jpeg)
I hate the SHO's intake manifold.
Too bad it's in a Ford Tortoise.
The Taurus was actually a far better all around car than the Aries.. er, Spirit
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/comptech_69/W-Body%20Forum/358846_116_full1.jpg)
Fo' SHO.
Quote from: thecarnut on December 27, 2012, 10:43:20 PM
I hate the SHO's intake manifold.
First time for everything. I've never known someone who thought that.
I voted for the Taurus SHO to make AutobahnSHO happy. :lol:
Quote from: Onslaught on December 28, 2012, 04:38:22 AM
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.
Quote from: thecarnut on December 28, 2012, 07:22:19 AM
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.
Quote from: thecarnut on December 28, 2012, 07:22:19 AM
I guess I'm the only one. The manifold looks like a bunch of noodles.
Nothing a black plastic cover couldn't fix.
Quote from: MX793 on December 28, 2012, 07:29:58 AM
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. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Rockraven on December 28, 2012, 07:58:50 AM
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.
Quote from: thecarnut on December 28, 2012, 08:59:43 AM
I'm sorry if the intake resonance tuning doesn't visually give me a boner. :rolleyes:
Then you are wrong.
here, have a manifold better suited to your taste
(http://images1.americanlisted.com/nlarge/302_ford_2_barrel_intake_manifold_30_valdosta_ga_16669829.jpg)
Quote from: thecarnut on December 28, 2012, 09:00:52 AM
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.
Quote from: SVT666 on December 28, 2012, 09:37:13 AM
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.
What kind of third-world hole do you live in such that people steal car batteries and pee in coolant?
Pee works as coolant? I have to pee and the Focus needs coolant. It's like $7 a gallon for that shit.
I voted Spirit R/T.
They're both awful looking, so I picked the one that's faster.
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.
Shizzle my nizzle!
Would pee even ruin anything? It would freeze, obviously, but if the car already has antifreeze then it would mix in and be fine.
If this poll has taught us anything it's that Carspin needs more Mopar fans!
Quote from: 93JC on December 28, 2012, 01:09:47 PM
What kind of third-world hole do you live in such that people steal car batteries and pee in coolant?
Well SVT lives in Canada... :huh:
:devil:
Quote from: 93JC on December 28, 2012, 01:09:47 PM
What kind of third-world hole do you live in such that people steal car batteries and pee in coolant?
Akron, OH.
Quote from: MX793 on December 27, 2012, 08:47:38 PM
Gotta go with the Yamahammer. That motor was just so sweet.
It was the Maxima before the Maxima. My pick too, though thats not to take anything from the R/T. Another great motor wrapped in doo doo
Both?
My choice is Conan's choice.
Quote from: Onslaught on December 27, 2012, 08:43:28 PM
SHO. Not because of the car. Because that thing is a POS. But when you opened that shit hood and looked at that motor.......
:lol: Someone did NOT believe mine was stock. It was way cooler after I replaced the hood struts and didn't have to use a broom handle to hold it open.... ;)
The Taurus of that era came with more stock stuff than most cars out then. Not all had power windows and locks on a car that cheap, etc... but you could get most of that stuff on a Taurus cheaper than other cars.
The SHO was straight up amazing though. Fastest cheap 4door when it came out- and they started at $20k. (In 1989 the M5 was $35k and 7er was $50k+)
Quote from: Raza on December 30, 2012, 04:58:25 PM
My choice is Conan's choice.
:ohyeah:
Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - '92 Ford Taurus SHO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uukjz0Gyv8s#noexternalembed-ws)
Quote from: MX793 on December 27, 2012, 08:47:38 PM
Gotta go with the Yamahammer. That motor was just so sweet.
Ditto
Heh, on the other hand, while the SHO was super cool back in the day, the M5 is still cool. :lol:
Quote from: Rupert on December 31, 2012, 03:40:56 PM
Heh, on the other hand, while the SHO was super cool back in the day, the M5 is still cool. :lol:
Pfft, I see them fairly often. SHO will be very collectible in a while.