whats faster a acura 3.0 cl 98 or a tauras sho 93-95

The sho would be 5 speed and therefore that cl would get well urm , shat on!!

yup. especially if it's a 95 sho with the yamaha tuned engine

The SHO is badass, but people just don't really know about it, the new ones are a POS, I beat one in the max, and its a v8, Like you said though, the 90 to 95 with the YAMAHA is sweet!!!!

definitely, my friend has a 5 speed 95 SHO. i beat him but it's definitely quick. his is the 3.2 high output 6 cylinder. i don't think they make 8 cyliner ones. unless the new ones are 8's. after they chaged the body style of the taurus i lost all interest. the SHO was the ultimate sleeper

I agree, and the new ones are V8's, I only seen 1 though, I shit you not, since the new design, I only seen 1 v8 SHO... That should tell you something

i'm gonna be on the look-out for one now.

You can tell them apart from the rest because the 2 exaust pipes are the signature as well as it saying v8 on the side:D

look out for them???? Ha, good luck!!!!:D

Yamaha engine: Ownage

Ford Engine: Owned

89 SHOs are the fastest because they are the lightest. 89-95 All had the Yamaha V6 220hp 200ft-lbs. 89-92 were all 3.0liter MTXs. 93-95 Automatics became more available with 3.2liter 220hp and 215ft-lbs. The ATX's are slower than the MTX 5 speeds. 96-99 (Gen III oval) came with a 3.4 V8 and only an ATX. The V8 SHO are much heavier than the V6 SHOs.

i heard that the yamaha engines were capable of much more power than they actually put out and that ford tuned them down. Any truth?

Yes, Yamaha designed the 3 liter motor to push 300hp. Ford gave it a really crappy exhaust, lower cam profiles, installed horns in the runners, and retarded the timing. There are people with 300hp NA SHO motors. I am trying to find a very low milage 3.2(found in Auto's) to swap in. The motor was severly overbuilt, in fact, there is a guy in my club with a blower on his pushing 445.3 hp to the wheels(530 hp crank) on stock internals.

i'll bet he pisses of the guys in the mustangs

Those SHO's are real sleepers, but the value on them is Shit. I saw two of them on sale next to a train track. one of them had 17's on them but I'm cool.

They were only asking for like 2 grand for them. 1 89 and 1 90.

fords aren't really known for their resale value. 2 grand for a 14 year old car isn't too cheap anyway.

Originally posted by Paonessa
fords aren't really known for their resale value. 2 grand for a 14 year old car isn't too cheap anyway.

They were both modded and sold by the same person though.

Yeah, the value went way down on the first generations. There are still some second generations that can ask quite a bit of money. I paid $8,500 for my excellent condition second generation. They aren't cheap to maintain or mod, ask anyone who ones one and they will tell you the same. I like them because they are sleepers, I can drive around unoticed most of the time:D . Plus for the initial buying price, they keep up with and beat cars that cost up to $30k and $40k.

lol yeah i bought my SHO for 1 grand, love it though except i cant get any civics or integras to race me cuz i look crazy revving my engine in a taurus

Biggest hurt on resale value of SHO is the cost to maintain them. And because of that most people have one's that everything on it is way overdue. I bet most SHO at 100,000 miles need about 5G in parts and labor to be back in top mechanical shape.
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