From: bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas)
Subject: Re: SHO Engine for Probe
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:27:47 GMT
Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners

In article <10055.74.uupcb@cutting.hou.tx.us> david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds) writes:
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>  >It will be probably faster than the Mustang 5.0, and there is absolutely no way
>  >in the hell Ford will allow that.
>
>I'd find that hard to believe, as I've seen a stock '91 SHO beat a stock '91
>Mustang 5.0 on the freeway (by about half a carlength, but it happened), and 
>have heard from several sources that a SHO will outaccelerate a 'stang from 
>100 on up also.

I've never been beat by a SHO, but then my cars not stock either.  I'd say 
that they would give a stock Mustang a good run for its money over 100MPH.
I've played with them on the highway on the way to work and they do seem much
quicker on the highway then they do on city streets.  On the streets, where
I do most of my fooling around, SHOs get pummeled.  They have no torque at
all.  They couldn't touch a stock LX in 0-60 or 1/4 mile, from what I've 
seen...


>
>My mechanic, who has a '89 SHO, has gotten it up to 140+ MPH speeds, think
>a mustang would disintegrate at those speeds.  Didn't think the mustangs
>were aero enough to handle decently at 100+ speeds.

Top speed on a late model Mustang is supposed to be 144.  The SHO is right up
there with it.  I don't know about late-model GTs, but if new LXs handle at
140+ speeds the same way that my GT handles, they are extremely stable at
high speeds.  Why would the mustang disintigrate at high speeds?  It's got
stiffer suspension than the SHO, and it's lower to the ground, too.

>
>Granted, a Mustang can be 'upgraded' to much more of a car than it is, stock,
>but then again, so can a SHO.  While the Mustang can be the "mechanic's dream"
>as far as tweaking goes, some of like having a high performance automobile 
>that's practical at the same time, plus not HAVING to see the mechanic on a 
>monthly basis for repairs is an added bonus!  ;-)

SHO upgraded?  How?  (Let me guess... a chip, right?)  You can't do anything
to an SHO to upgrade it.  How many aftermarket intakes can you get for the
SHO?  Zip...  You know why?  Because it's already upgraded as far as it'll go!
Can you get 2 1/2" exhaust for the SHO?  Nope!  Nobody makes it.  There just
isn't any way to seriously upgrade the car, because it's already upgraded as
far as it's going to go.  That's why it can compete with a stock 5.0.  Add a
nice intake to the 5.0, like the GT40 intake upgrade, then see what happens!
The whole idea of Mustangs is that you can upgrade it and go nuts or leave it
alone and have a very reliable car, and quick car.
I don't know what that crack about HAVING to see the mechanic was about, 
either.  Mustangs can be very reliable if you don't beat on them, and you can 
do your own maintainance on them.  Can you do your own maintainance on a SHO 
as easily as a 5.0?  Not a chance...  
BTW, I've yet to hear about a Mustang service bullitin on the net, while I've
heard alot about the clutch on SHOs...  Is that reliability?
Sorry to be so harsh, but I hate people putting down 5.0s because they're 
simple.  If something works, you stick with it, which is why the probe never
replaced the Mustang in the first place!

Another loyal Ford fan...


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