99 Taurus SHO...Cheap, but broke!!!

[matted2thefloor]

Don't know if this goes here...but ...


I've been talkin' to a guy from another forum that has a 99 V-8 SHO for sale CHEAP!!!!!!! But...it has had the intake cam gear slip resulting in the need for a new cam, gear and some exhaust valves. Are these cars worth putting the money in to fix or just leave it alone?

I can pick it up real cheap...I'll be doing the work myself unless it takes a wadd of special tools to re-time it, and I also work at a dealership so I can get the parts at dealer prices!

It's said to have around 100K...
Lookin' at it as a "flip" car...not to keep around afterward!!!

:shrug:

 

[Sonic605hp]

no

 

[Steve@TF]

as a keeper, maybe. as a flipper, hell no.

 

[SVT F15O]

Parts are hard to come by for these motors. I am in the middle of fixing my POS '96 SHO. I've been waiting weeks now trying to find a valve lifter spacer. Hell they can't even get the exact size I need any more. I am to the point where I might just part the thing out and take the loss.

 

[T-Bolt]

Nope. Once the cams slip on the cam gears, the motor's ****ed. Buy yourself one with welded cams.

 

[BuckChoklit]

Leave it alone, it's not worth the money you'll put into it. First its new heads/motor, then it's new transmission, etc. Parts are not cheap either.

 

[matted2thefloor]

Good enough. Thanks for the input!!!

 

[SolarYellow]

You should be paid just for listening to his offer. Once the cam sprocket takes a walk, you are screwed.

 

[gomach1]

big headache! dont do it! if you want one for yourself get a gen ll

 

[Blade Runner]

Like they said in "Monty Python", "Run away, run away!"