1989 Ford Taurus SHO review from North America

This car has 141,000 miles on the body and about 8,000 miles on the rebuilt motor.

Starter went out at 124,000 miles.

Rear brakes went out at 128,000 miles.

Had to buy new battery at 133,000 miles.

Seats show general wear, but nothing a few seat covers won't take care of.

Very slight oil leak since I have owned the car, but nothing to fret about.

Since I have owned the vehicle I have performed various modifications.

Installed SHO-shop cat back exhaust and flowmaster mufflers at 119,00 miles.

Installed SHO-shop cams at 122,500 miles.

Installed full vehicle bushing kit from SHO-shop at around 130,000 miles.

Installed SHO-shop cold air intake at around 120,000 miles.

Installed SHO-shop under drive pulley kit at 130,000 miles.

Installed a basic engine rebuild kit at 133,000 miles.

Rebuilt motor because I was getting ready to install major performance upgrades.

Installed SHO-shop stage 2 supercharger kit, Hi-Revs Jr. competition clutch, an engine support package, engine torque-limiters, Quaife limited slip differential, Baer racing brake kit, high flow fuel pump, high flow fuel injectors, battery relocation kit, and a aluminum ultra lite flywheel (8 pounds, compared to the stock 21 pound flywheel) at 135,000 miles. (around 2,000 miles on rebuilt motor.)

And finally the last thing I have done to this car besides basic mechanics was a gloss black paint job with silver anodized Cobra R rims at around 135,500 miles.

I absolutely love this car and have spent the past two years building it into what it is today.

I couldn't be happier.

To my luck, everything with the performance upgrades went exactly to plan and the car is still running strong today.