if you want to turbocharge your Taurus thats cool I hate people who all try to do the same thing as everyone else, so it's cool that you are (finnaly) doing somthing different, as for a auto tranny, lots of shops can beef up the gears (I don't know what they do, but they make them stronger) and try Phantom Grip for an LSD I doubt it, but it's worth a try, you would also have to reduce the compression in your car before putting a turbo on it, this can be done many different ways, such as the rods, the vcrank, the pistons, and I've also herd getting a thicker head gasket will also achive this, but again, I think this a cool Idea and since you have a non SHO it would be one of the best sleepers ever!