It's '25. How do we make SHO great again?

[2014RedBull]

I love my '14 non-pp SHO. I definitely want more! My local track doesn't open until April 2nd.

The other Ecoboost engines are making big power. How do we do it with the 3.5L?

I'm sending my intake manifold out for porting and adding an 70mm TB. The exhaust manifolds are being "worked". Larger downpipes and full exhaust. Looking for better turbos. I want to increase the fun on my daily driver.

 

[FREAK_SHO]

Grab and beverage of choice, pull up a chair, and have a look around these here parts. All those questions, will be answered, and then some.

 

[Bronco2fan]

And get ready to make a list of parts that will be more expensive than you're willing to pay nowadays.

 

[BweegN]

Sooner or later one of us is going to be "dumb" enough to put a twin screw coyote in a SHO.

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[2014RedBull]

I'm not finding current info for the Taurus SHO. Most shops are only helping Fiesta ST, Explorer ST, 3.0L Lincolns and F150s. I contacted ZFGR late last year about getting a tune and they don't tune anymore. Tech has stayed the same for ten years??

 

[Bronco2fan]

If you're truly serious, read 802,s thread. So much has been done to his ride. It's an awesome build.
Most of us just do enough to make people wonder what just passed me lol.

 

[BweegN]

If you're truly serious, read 802,s thread. So much has been done to his ride. It's an awesome build.
Most of us just do enough to make people wonder what just passed me lol.

Second this.
I've been riding his coat tails and Jordan_R's coat tails for basically all of my build. Motor, trans, driveline, fuel system, cooling system. It's all out there if you check out 802SHO and JORDAN_R

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[Vestin112]

Bro if you want someone to work on your SHO you're not too far away from my boy Brett in Keene at Monadnock Ford who has done all my work. My SHO will be done by this summer I swear to god lol

 

[2014RedBull]

Bro if you want someone to work on your SHO you're not too far away from my boy Brett in Keene at Monadnock Ford who has done all my work. My SHO will be done by this summer I swear to god lol

Nice! I'll be at NED street nights when it opens. (Our cars hit triple digits on the speedometer way too fast. I want to run it at the track. I also want to meet SHO owners in the area.

 

[BweegN]

Bro if you want someone to work on your SHO you're not too far away from my boy Brett in Keene at Monadnock Ford who has done all my work. My SHO will be done by this summer I swear to god lol

Like Keene, New Hampshire?? Another local SHO would make my day!
I'm hoping mine will be done this year but it comes down doing my trans and my schedule.
Short block and CSS, heads w/ valvetrain done by CNCwerx in Kingston NH. Turbos done by turbo bay, rest will be me.

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[Vestin112]

Like Keene, New Hampshire?? Another local SHO would make my day!
I'm hoping mine will be done this year but it comes down doing my trans and my schedule.
Short block and CSS, heads w/ valvetrain done by CNCwerx in Kingston NH. Turbos done by turbo bay, rest will be me.

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Yessir good ole New Hampshire, mine won't be a built block til I blow up the first one but it's FBO and a whole lotta extra lol

 

[Vestin112]

Nice! I'll be at NED street nights when it opens. (Our cars hit triple digits on the speedometer way too fast. I want to run it at the track. I also want to meet SHO owners in the area.

Getting some NE SHO owners together would be pretty awesome not gunna lie. As soon as this damn weather is better we can get it going for sure.

 

[2014RedBull]

Like Keene, New Hampshire?? Another local SHO would make my day!
I'm hoping mine will be done this year but it comes down doing my trans and my schedule.
Short block and CSS, heads w/ valvetrain done by CNCwerx in Kingston NH. Turbos done by turbo bay, rest will be me.

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Let me know how those Turbo Bay turbos work out for you.

 

[CraxyMitch]

I'll say it: "A 2026 Taurus SHO announcement. 550+ HP Stock, All state-of-the-art mechanicals."

 

[SHOnion]

I'll say it: "A 2026 Taurus SHO announcement. 550+ HP Stock, All state-of-the-art mechanicals."

And would start at $70,000+~. Hard pass

 

[SM105K]

Sooner or later one of us is going to be "dumb" enough to put a twin screw coyote in a SHO.

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As much as that would be awesome, that is a lot of money and fabrication. It is easier and more cost effective to strap on a PD blower on the Mustang.

 

[BweegN]

As much as that would be awesome, that is a lot of money and fabrication. It is easier and more cost effective to strap on a PD blower on the Mustang.

I'm starting to wonder after how much I've put into my SHO and it's still sitting w/out a motor and trans
But, yeah, there's certainly cheaper ways around it's just a matter of how committed you are to the platform I suppose.

 

[SM105K]

I'm starting to wonder after how much I've put into my SHO and it's still sitting w/out a motor and trans
But, yeah, there's certainly cheaper ways around it's just a matter of how committed you are to the platform I suppose.

You would have to fab a transmission tunnel, build a non transverse engine cradle and mounts, and reinforce/engineer the mounting points for a rear end. You would need a new transmission, converter, drive shaft ect. If you wanted to keep it AWD you would need provisions for a transfer case.

Honestly, hacking a 4x4 Ecoboost F150 and body swapping a SHO onto it would probably be easier.

 

[BweegN]

You would have to fab a transmission tunnel, build a non transverse engine cradle and mounts, and reinforce/engineer the mounting points for a rear end. You would need a new transmission, converter, drive shaft ect. If you wanted to keep it AWD you would need provisions for a transfer case.

Honestly, hacking a 4x4 Ecoboost F150 and body swapping a SHO onto it would probably be easier.

I agree. Especially since the cars are monstrous anyway. I would probably work out pretty good dimensionally.

 

[FREAK_SHO]

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