What are the odds that this thing has been turbocharged?
What are the odds that this thing has been turbocharged?
Real low considering there's no under hood shots.
Text and ask for engine pix.
Those bays are really tight. It would be one hell of a squeeze. Doubtful. Just asked for under the hood pics.
rear mount.
In reply to Ranger50:
good point
Pffft. He got one of these:
Ranger50 wrote: rear mount.
Its the only way on those......and I doubt that is. If it were, it would be about double that price
Dumbass prolly thinks since the new sho's are turbo, his is. Then again, most people that look at mine who don't know anything think its a supercharged Taurus.....needless to say, I facepalm a lot.
Those things have such an oddball V8, 60 degree with a splayed crank.
e_pie wrote: Those things have such an oddball V8, 60 degree with a splayed crank.
Honestly, they only thing I like about them is the exhaust note......some just sound rowdy. If that had been one of the 4 or 5 converted to 5sp......id be all over it.
Manual you say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCdxz2_8pw
I test drove a V8 Taurus from a dealer, it was a factory manual car
aussiesmg wrote: I test drove a V8 Taurus from a dealer, it was a factory manual car
That's interesting since none were made and marketed to the public.
Was it a one-off or a test car or something? I know there have been some conversions, and that's the only way I'd want to own one. My '92 MTX was a fun car.
Javelin wrote: Pffft. He got one of these:
May as well run a straw to the intake and blow in it.
aussiesmg wrote: I test drove a V8 Taurus from a dealer, it was a factory manual car
BS......no v8 sho's left the factory with a manual.
the 89-95 v6's, believable......
Aside from the very few retrofits completed, there hasn't been a manual transmission in a sho since 1995....they died with the yamaha v6.
Powar wrote:aussiesmg wrote: I test drove a V8 Taurus from a dealer, it was a factory manual carThat's interesting since none were made and marketed to the public. Was it a one-off or a test car or something? I know there have been some conversions, and that's the only way I'd want to own one. My '92 MTX was a fun car.
Ford does that. My friend had a 2002 SVT Focus w/an AT.
Nitroracer wrote: Manual you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCdxz2_8pw
I wanted to buy that purple/graphiteish colored one(the first mtx conversion) when it came up for sale earlier this year......$4-5k IIRC. It sold and moved to MN before I could make an offer....
Powar wrote: That's interesting since none were made and marketed to the public. Was it a one-off or a test car or something?
As far as the community knows, the only thing ford did in development and didn't put into production was...........wait for it...........fix the camshaft snapping problem.
I've been in this community a long time and have never heard of a v8 manual before the conversions.....except shiny happy people who thought their 6cyl was a v8.....
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