When I bought the car it was a direct trade for my Sunfire which had its own problems. The car had a bad clutch, original at 133K, when I test drove the car the radiator blew which I changed before I even bought the car because I knew how powerful and great they were.
I took it to a Ford Dealership to get the clutch, emergency brakes, and have the engine cleared out of carbon deposits. Now the car runs great.
Recently the the left front caliper was slowly coming off, but I didn't notice since I drive to work early before sunrise and get home after sunset until I heard serious grinding on the brakes. It was the pads rubbing againts the edge of the rotor which a missing top caliper positioning pin was to blame. Replaced it, but still had problems. Will be taking to a mechanic tomorrow.
Other problems include badly worn seats wrong size tires and a grinding noise when I switch into reverse. There must be careful positioning which includes double clutching and slowly putting into reverse while jiggling it. My thinking was a bad synchro, but the transmission "experts" said my tranny or to be more correct trans-axle was just fine. Anyway I'll be changing the tranny with my new upgrades.
This car is great. It was a huge step up from my Sunfire.
The car handles like a dream despite its age and with its new clutch I can seriously burn rubber.
I have been against a new 2004 V6 Passat and killed it. The V6 Accord was a bit of a betterf challenger, but I still beat it with my car redlining at 7000 rpm which gives me a serious edge.
This is the best car I have ever driven. For a 17 year old kid this aint bad.
Well I have a 1991 sho and I agree they are a quick car I'm 16 yrs old and just blew my tranny up from doing burnouts so if I was you I would keep those on the low low and just keep racin I also stripped my gearbox out.
I've Had My 91 Taurus Sho and it's Great! The Only car that Presented a Challenge in a 1/4 Mile was a Lexus IS300. I whupped it though and hit my rev limiter at 7500RPM. My Second one, too. my first was in a Front on collision. I walked away unharmed and even drove the Car Home (with a Smashed radiator of course). the only problem on my 91 is my wiper motor. the timer relay eems to be out o the wipers never retract fully. so yay for the taurus sho.
Just because your red-line is higher doesn't mean anything, if you shifted at peak horsepower then you'd get more out of your car then going to red-line.
I feel sorry for you kids when you have to get these engines tuned up seeing as it'll steal at least $1000 from your wallets.
@donuts: Don't do donuts in a FWD car, that's just stupid and looks rather pathetic, not to mention it blows differentials and transmissions very easily.
However, the SHO is an awesome car with a fantastic engine. I'll give it that.
Redlining it doesn't make it go faster. Like the previous reviewer said... After peak hp and torque is achieved you are just wasting your engine going all the way to redline. Usually inexperienced kids drive this way... and get beat pretty easily by any experienced driver (not to mention replacing engines and trannys on a regular basis). I used to shift the 5.0 Mustangs I had at 4500 rmp's and they would grab into the next gear at 3200 rpm's... hmmm right at PEAK torque. See ya at the finish line... when you eventually get there!!
The SHO is an incredible car. Well an incredible engine, the rest of the car is great if you prefer a four door car. Burnouts will kill your transmission, as will heavy racing. These cars will rev to 7000 RPM easily and are safe up to and past 9000 rpm, but you have burned past your Torque band well before this so why bother? This car with mods can produce over 475hp and with suspension mods can use that HP on Porsche's up in the hills. To top that all off the engine is good for 25+ miles to a gallon and many reach well beyond 200,000 miles before any major service is needed. Great Car.
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