can you guys tell me which car would win 0-60, quarter mile, and burnout contest both vehicles are bone stock and automatics please answer so my buddies will quit arguing over whose car is the best thanx

There is no comparison, the Firebird would win by a long shot. Its not hard to find the infor your looking for. Just go to google and do a search.

Firebird is a pussy car unless it's a Firebird Formula. A Firebird is a shitty V6 though and the SHO is a 5.0L V8 -- the SHO would win if the Firebird is a V6... if it has an LT1, the SHO is screwed.

Hey jackass, there has never been a 5.0L in a Taurus. Want some proof? I'll leave a link down below. Regardless I would say the Pontiac would win.

Here's your link. (http://www.edmunds.com/used/1993/ford/taurus/4drshosedan/specs.html?id=lin0066)

Hm yea must be a conversion I saw... and fuck you b4 you go around calling people names like jackass you little cunt.

And some SHO taurus's DO have V8's... I dont waste my time researching fords though.

First of all where's your proof, don't go around saying stuff you can't prove. Call me what you want, you know you are just some little fake ass high school punk.

my bet is on the sho but thanks for the info anyone else got an opinion?

Originally posted by LiuBei
Hey jackass, there has never been a 5.0L in a Taurus. Want some proof? I'll leave a link down below. Regardless I would say the Pontiac would win.

Here's your link. (http://www.edmunds.com/used/1993/ford/taurus/4drshosedan/specs.html?id=lin0066)

I have to agree, the big SHO isn't that fast. For a Taurus it is fast but has no chance against a Firebird.

First of all, in the 0-60MPH test, don't bother. Firebird all the way.

The Taurus would catch up towards the end, but it's too big and heavy to
even think it can try a Firebird. The Pontiac's got him quarter mile no problem.
period.

As for the burnout, the SHO will take the numbers on that one. It's heavier
so it will stay put, and it doesn't have racing tires, so it's got these skinny
little push tires that will smoke like hell.

Hope that helps!

check edmunds.com for weights, according to the site the firebird is heavier and you must also remember both are automatics

If it is a V-8 bird, the SHO will not win 0-60, 1/4 mile, and it will NOT catch up at the end of a long run as long as the Firebird driver does'nt hit brakes. As for the v-8 SHO argument, when the newest body style Taurus came out, the SHO model was equipped with a 3.9l Yamaha designed and built v-8. It was however slower than the older Yamaha v-6 powered SHO's.

let me set this straight.......again
it is a 3.8 bird aautomatic and a 3.2 v-6 sho automatic
thanx

Well in that case, it should actually be fairly close. I'd put it on whoever leaves first.

I have a 1998 3.4 liter v8 SHO (the only displacement and cylinder bank available from 1996-1999). With 235 hp/235 lb. ft. torque, the car isn't that fast (0-60/7.2 sec). It's a Taurus. The stock v6 Firebird/Camaro (1995) has only 160 hp/200 lb. ft. torque, whereas the stock v6 SHO (1993) has 220 hp/200 lb. ft. torque. It is my personal opinion that the SHO would win. The SHO, although frontwheel drive, is lighter (150 lbs.) and has more hp/torque. The numbers don't lie.

firebirds are slugs, T/A's are fast, but those stock f-birds are slugs through and throuhg. The SVO is designed to be fast...at least somewhat fast, not like a normal passenger car. And normal f-birds come with non racing tires.

SVO-made to be somewhat fast
F-bird-made to look fast

Stage it up and see if you got the cars.

Whoever started this post, why dont you list the cars(years, engine, etc)

If the F-body is '95+ it came with the updated 3.8 V6 packing 200+ both torq and hp. They could take the same year GT mustang(not saying much though).

Actually, the V8 SHO was slower then the Yamaha 6, I dont think the V8 was yamaha, and it displaces 3.4L.

Originally posted by 1320B4U

Actually, the V8 SHO was slower then the Yamaha 6, I dont think the V8 was yamaha, and it displaces 3.4L.

The v-8's ford used were never that small. Smallest v-8 I know of for the time was the 5.0 And it should be the 3.4v-6 SHO.

Sorry man, but it is a 3.4L V8, 235hp, 230-240tq. Like I said, I don't think it was Yamaha built(and of course it wasn't Ford built). It was in the last body style Taurus '95-'00 or whatver, the jellybean stule. And the older SHO had a 3.0L Yamaha built DOHC V6, 225hp and similar torque figures. Look it up if you doubt me. I got $50 on my info.

I'm a newbie but I own a 2000 Pontiac Firebird V6.The V6 in the '95 Firebird was a 3.4L not a 3.8L.

1320B4U mind showing me where you got your info?
Unfortunally this would give me another example of how ford stuck its head up its ass too many times.

To sum it all up, if its a v6 bird then it will get toasted by the SHO. If it is a 5.7 v8 then it will be the other way around. Also, alot depends on years of the vehicles.

bingo

The '95 Bird might have been modeled as a '96 with the 3.8, but I dont think so. Because you own a '00 V6 Fbody that makes you the expert?
Thats as bad as the Bimmer owners that know nothing about there cars except that it says BMW.

TerminalVelocity, Ive gotten my info from being addicted to cars. Picked up my first Road&Track when I was in the sixth grade (the one with the GT90 on the cover), sent off the subsciption form the next day. Soon, I also had Car&Driver, MotorTrend, had a stint with Automobile but I didn't care for it. I would also pick up the occasional Popular Mechanics when it would have a good sports car comparo. In the eigth grade I was a library aide for a semester, I would sit for hours reading the car mags. They had the three I mentioned above that I subscribed to but from 1985+. I was in heaven. After reading so many articles, I decided I wanted a '91-'93 GT 5.0 or a '90-94 AWD turbo Talon or Eclipse. Both radically different in there delivery but they offered the most bang for my buck. High School came and I got into the imports, SuperStreet, Turbo, Sport Compact Car were welcome new additions to my old favorites(RT, CD, and MT). Got a part time job at a service station (in Oregon your gas gets pumped for you if you don't know) and saved for 9 months. Then I went out looking for either of the cars. I was into imports, but the only fast (read FAST, not Honda) one in my price range(about $4g's) was the DSMs. I couldn't find any clean GT 5.0s. But I have to say their interiors are disgusting, it looks like a truck. So I picked up the Talon. I was in Mechanics at my HS(we had/have the best one in OR) for 3 years, worked on my car a lot. I've memorized most engines, HP ratings, performance numbers, Im basically an Automotive Encyclopedia. Thats where my info is from.

If it is a 3.8 Fbody(mid-low 7's, around a 15 in the 1/4), it will take/tie any year of the SHO's.

well, i'm the same way, I just started in the last 2 years, so I got time to go :bandit:

i know that both cars have around the same horse power, the firebird is heavier than the SHO, but the firebird being rwd and the SHO being fwd the firebird and SHO are kinda equal this time. as for the v8 sho's the v6 bird i am pretty sure would take those, they are slower than the v6 versions and were offered with a 3.4L v8 not a 5.0. i have raced a 93 firebird and killed it with my 93 SHO, but i haven raced any bird newer than that so i can't say anything about a 95 firebird, i would want to say Go SHO but this one could probably come down to the driver if manual, if auto............really really close

The Newer SHO's did have the 3.4L quad cam 32 valve v8

www.v8sho.com

My buddy has a newer one, they are really comfortable and have a smooth ride, I like them.

1320B4U is right, I looked it up on www.edmunds.com (http://www.edmunds.com)

96-99 SHO's used a 3.4L V8 making 240 bhp and 225 lb-ft; curb weight approx. 3350 lbs.

95 and olders used a 3.0L V6 making 220 bhp and 200 lb-ft; curb weight 3000-3100 lbs.

1993 Taurus SHO had the V6, not the V8. That being established, here's your results:

If the Firebird is a V6, then the Taurus will win.

If the Firebird is a V8, then the Firebird will win.

Sorry if this has already been stated, i read only page #1 and it was alot of bickering and no question answering.

here is how it would go down. if the firebird is in the first half of 1995 it would have a 3.4 liter 160 hp 200 pounds of torque. the later half of the year has a 200 hp 3.8 liter engine. Sho's are not that fast at all. i have eaten up 2 with my stealth. this story hits me to because my friend owned a 1993 Sho till some old lady hit him and my dad owned a 1994 formula v-8 and they actually raced and my dad whooped his ass by atleast 8 car lengths. however my dads car was faster than it should be. now the v-6 firebird cannot beat a sho unless there is a huge driver difference if they are sticks but these are automatics i read so the sho would win the v-6 competition.

i know that both cars have around the same horse power, the firebird is heavier than the SHO, but the firebird being rwd and the SHO being fwd the firebird and SHO are kinda equal this time. as for the v8 sho's the v6 bird i am pretty sure would take those, they are slower than the v6 versions and were offered with a 3.4L v8 not a 5.0. i have raced a 93 firebird and killed it with my 93 SHO, but i haven raced any bird newer than that so i can't say anything about a 95 firebird, i would want to say Go SHO but this one could probably come down to the driver if manual, if auto............really really close

Please refrain from dragging up threads more than three months old.