jerflash
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96000 and has all the service done last year except for plug seals and shims so i will do that myself
like i said car is in great shape
like i said car is in great shape
Monster Taurus said:Bought my 98 SHO with 48,000 miles in march of 2004. Since then I put 30,000 miles on and babied her all the way. The paint is flawless as well with the interior. I got it from a dealer for $10,500 with a 36 thousand mile warranty. Some people think the price is too high, but you got to drive to car to see what its really worth. I can honestly say its Fords best kept secret. It sounds like a NASCAR when you take the flexpipe out and run open exhaust. Sounds better then half the camaros and mustangs you'll find on the street. I have upgraded the brakes with EBC rotors and pads all around. And had the cams welded. I just bought a Garrett turbo a few days ago, and I'm looking foreward to having some fun with that when it's on the SHO. My goal is to smoke Evo's and WRX's along with Camaro SS's. It may take some time, But it will be the ultimate sleeper. And with how high this motor rev's to...a turbo would make this thing a screamer :mj: ! For exterior mods, I plan on getting black powdercoated rims used for NASCAR and also getting a set of Goodyear Eagle 1 NASCAR yellow letter tires. It'll look badass. Like a real NASCAR :rockon: . Seriously though, The Taurus SHO is an amazing car :thumbsup: . I dont ever plan on selling mine.
80blue said:hey guys ive read this thread over a few times and theres the guys who love this car and those who say its a p.o.s. i need your advice,im lookin to buy a car either a thunderbird super coupe,fox mustang or sho,most likely a supercoupe or sho,so what would be a worth while price for an SHO 126882 miles on it or heres the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6238&item=4556437516&rd=1
i almost got a 35th anny SC from a guy 20 minutes from me but he sold it to some guy in florida cause the joker was goin to pay to ship the car,and i bid 3000 on ebay today on a 93 SC didnt meet reserve so i contacted the seller and offered 3000 and he said he wanted 6500,it was a nice car but no stock SC is worth that unless its a 35th with about half a mile on it.
so what should i do,i will be driving this car at least 50 miles every other day for 66 weeks to go to school (UTI,universal technical institue) so should i go for a cheap SHO or a decent priced supercoupe,i dont care how cheap the car is though if it breaks alot and is expensive to fix,thanks guys.
80blue said:haha thanks thats what i thought was comming.
ectuomnie said:Automotive engineering has always been a hobby of mine, Madison Gibson is my brother and Carroll Shelby is a childhood friend.
I have had the privilege of riding and owning some of the finest and most luxurist cars ever built.
I own a Quad-turbo 1996 Taurus SHO, with a Ricardo Mercedes 6 speed Automatic transmission. I have spent nearly as much my SHO as I have on both my kit cars.
I consider the V8 SHO one of the finest American built cars of the past 25 years.
As for the value of a SHO car wise? They are worthless. But their super light weight engines are gold mines for the hobby and kit car industries.
I most recently bought 5, V6 SHO cars for somewhere around $5,600 each and sold them for nearly 9k each. My most common buyers are people building kit cars, air planes and light weight Jap cars.
I myself currently am running 2 V6 SHO engines in my Chevron Marauder and a V8 SHO in my Cobra Kit Car.
My SHO has nearly paid for itself in bets, (mostly from mechanics and Ford dealers who claim the car doesn’t exist).
But the SHO is a great car, and certainly a work of art.
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I would like to add I had to strip the engines and do a little work to them but it was still a 35 hundred dollar profit.
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ac427cobra said:Unless you like working on your car and more importantly know what you're doing, I'd advise against the SHO. The SHO needs twice the work of a normal car and if you can't do it yourself, you'll go broke!
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