BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

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[ferrarimanf355]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

Imagine how good it'll be with a few mods... ;D

[Monster]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

100.21 MPH for a Taurus !!

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

Impala SS and grand prix gxp have been doin that for years
with no leaky turbos

[38P]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

As much as I want to love the new SHO, I can't.

Barely dipping into the 13s makes the SHO fodder for any number of comparably priced or cheaper V8 sedans (SRT-8s, Pontiac G8s and (horrors!) Hyundai Genesis 4.6 come immediately to mind. Hyundai? Yes, Hyundai http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=7905).

And most instrumented testing so far indicates that the standard SHO (without the expensive performance package) won't even break 100 in the quarter. See http://speedzzter.blogspot.com/2009/07/taurus-sho-finally-past-100-m.html and http://speedzzter.blogspot.com/searc...DMUNDS+TESTING

As the Mustang SVO proved twenty-five years ago, charging more for less performance is not a successful sales strategy.

Ford, of course, needs to be building turbocharged cars (including V8s (http://speedzzter.blogspot.com/2009/...ruth-with.html). They should have never stopped! And the 2012-2016 CAFE regulations will kill off what's left of the hot big-cube V8 sedans in everything but the uber-luxury segment.

But the new SHO is "SLOW, HEAVY AND OVERPRICED!" It's not the answer.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

I am sure the turbos are backed way off to let the GM/FORD transaxle live

[min301]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

Impala SS and grand prix gxp have been doin that for years
with no leaky turbos

Bone stock?

Doubt it...

[Mr4Speed]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

The W-bodies with 5.3's are good for about 14.0 at 101 bone stock.

[6d9 V-100]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

I like the fact it is moving pretty good; however that level of performance for the 'buy-in' price is too rich for my blood. For stealth, cost, durability, and parts availability give me a '98-'05 Buick Regal GS. Cheap to insurance, lotsa performance pieces available (Chevy and Pontiac), comfortable, and they are huge snooze mobiles (only surpassed by modded turbo Caravans and Voyagers '89 & '90 in this department). Still, neat Ford is still trying

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

yeah ....that 5.3 is backed way off - with displacement on demand during shifts

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!

there is a guy at the at gmhtp magazine drags in the 12s with a monte carlo -no boost