sentranator
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anyone on air here i am really intrested about it and am wondering if someone can tell me what they know about it i really want to know whatever you have to say
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Speedy_91_SHO
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Oh boy
sentranator
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hey thanks for the informative replies
quadmasta
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I can tell you that I know it won't be good on the SHO at all. Air ride uses compressed air filled struts(sometimes called cylinders), or bladders ( most often called bags) to vary the ride height of the car. Systems are expensive, heavy, and ride quality is severely diminished. Handling will also worsen because your suspension ( now air) can compress a lot more causing major body roll and other suspension squashing complications.
Try not to get smart with the people on this board, it won't get you any help, but it will attract the opposite. Remember, not too many people know about this car and you don't want to alienate the ones that do.
Brian
Yes it can be done and has been done to a Tauurs though I dont know if it was a SHO. They had the air shocks on ebay a while ago. I have a friend with an air bag truck and the ride quility did deminish and it cant handle as well. If you want it for handling forget it, it will not improve, if you want it for nice look affect go for it.
You will need custom made air shocks, there might be a company that makes them for the Taurus but Im not sure. You would want to get a reinfoced Hbrace for the back and adjustable control arms for the rear as you will need the adjustments. You should also get a kit for more adjustment in the front. The front control arm should be able to handle it. Dont got with CO2 it is to much of a problem. You should get a couple gallon tank and couple of air compressors to fill it fast enough. It will cost a lot to do it mainly due to the shocks. Im not to familiar with car air rides but I think springs will be needed. Intrax would be good to go with but if you want coilovers there are IPT or Ground Control. You should have it professionally installed as it will be a lot of work. I hope this helps.
You will need custom made air shocks, there might be a company that makes them for the Taurus but Im not sure. You would want to get a reinfoced Hbrace for the back and adjustable control arms for the rear as you will need the adjustments. You should also get a kit for more adjustment in the front. The front control arm should be able to handle it. Dont got with CO2 it is to much of a problem. You should get a couple gallon tank and couple of air compressors to fill it fast enough. It will cost a lot to do it mainly due to the shocks. Im not to familiar with car air rides but I think springs will be needed. Intrax would be good to go with but if you want coilovers there are IPT or Ground Control. You should have it professionally installed as it will be a lot of work. I hope this helps.
92sho16
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check out www.aimind.com they should have air kits that will use your struts that you have on the car.
PROPHET
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Hello and welcome to the forum,sorry for the bad reception.
Stay a while and look around, a lot to be learned here and a lot of good people.
www.shotimes.com is a great source of info on the SHO.
Peace.
SHOspazz92
Banned
What the old guy said!PROPHET:
Hello and welcome to the forum,sorry for the bad reception.
Stay a while and look around, a lot to be learned here and a lot of good people.
www.shotimes.com is a great source of info on the SHO.
Peace.
, People can be ....well , how can i say this...**** these days, but please stick around, its really not all the bad <small>[ May 29, 2003, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: SHOspazz92 ]</small>
Okay, well I've done some research into this because I was and still am thinking about doing it to mine. First of all, you're looking at like $2100 for a complete system, max. There is a company that makes air struts for the taurus, I was told they will also work on a SHO and the best part is they are (for the most part) bolt on the struts are the expensive part, they will run you 500 for the front and another 500 for the back and that's about as cheep as you are going to get them because, like I said I only found one company that makes them (several sites sell the same struts). They do not make air cylinders for the SHO, they are slightly different from the air strut which is a strut with an air bag in the middle of it, it also incorporates the shock.
The ride quality will not be horrible like some people think, I have a friend with air ride on his S-10 and it rides pretty decent and corners real good because it's so low. You're not going to beable to slam the SHO down on the frame but it should go 3-4 inches lower fully aired out. I found a picture of a red SLO on air and damn it looked good.
You're also going to need valves, a tank and a compressor that can be picked up off ebay pretty cheep. Viar (sp) is suposed to make one of the best compressors for this application. The 400 is very good but stay away from the 550s, they're trouble. Depending on how fast you want it to move, you can go with 1/4 or 3/8 valves and line, I'd strongly recommend the 3/8, my friend with the s-10 just converted his system and it moves real good. Electric valves are probably the way to go, you could lower the whole car, the front, back or either side boink
It isn't suposed to be real hard, it will take a good weekend. The more I think about it, the more I want to do it, any car looks good lowered and I think a SHO would be sweet on air. Let me know what you decide or if you have anymore questions.
Here are some links:
http://www.kmwperformance.com
http://www.truckn-store.com/product_list.asp?id=1040
You don't want to buy the kit because you can part it out on ebay cheeper. If this works, here is the picture of the bagged taurus, he went custom or something, I'm not sure what's sticking out of the strut towers but the air struts wont do that, it looks good though if you ask me
Hope this helps
The ride quality will not be horrible like some people think, I have a friend with air ride on his S-10 and it rides pretty decent and corners real good because it's so low. You're not going to beable to slam the SHO down on the frame but it should go 3-4 inches lower fully aired out. I found a picture of a red SLO on air and damn it looked good.
You're also going to need valves, a tank and a compressor that can be picked up off ebay pretty cheep. Viar (sp) is suposed to make one of the best compressors for this application. The 400 is very good but stay away from the 550s, they're trouble. Depending on how fast you want it to move, you can go with 1/4 or 3/8 valves and line, I'd strongly recommend the 3/8, my friend with the s-10 just converted his system and it moves real good. Electric valves are probably the way to go, you could lower the whole car, the front, back or either side boink
It isn't suposed to be real hard, it will take a good weekend. The more I think about it, the more I want to do it, any car looks good lowered and I think a SHO would be sweet on air. Let me know what you decide or if you have anymore questions.
Here are some links:
http://www.kmwperformance.com
http://www.truckn-store.com/product_list.asp?id=1040
You don't want to buy the kit because you can part it out on ebay cheeper. If this works, here is the picture of the bagged taurus, he went custom or something, I'm not sure what's sticking out of the strut towers but the air struts wont do that, it looks good though if you ask me
Hope this helps
Well let's try that again, here's the other link:
doh
http://www.kmwperformance.com/airkits.asp?Make=Ford&Model=Taurus
BTW- many people here on the forum aren't really into air ride on the SHO, that's what JThomas68 is talking about oh_my
doh
http://www.kmwperformance.com/airkits.asp?Make=Ford&Model=Taurus
BTW- many people here on the forum aren't really into air ride on the SHO, that's what JThomas68 is talking about oh_my
Levand16
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crizzaSHO
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I like the bagged look. I think if you have the money and get good products and profesioanl installation, it should look really good.... Ride should be bumpy.. On the other hand, there are some ****** in this forum.... people that hate questions like yours because they might not think it's a good idea for their 1/4 mile times or something... just ignore them, there are like 4K members on here... thumb beer
quadmasta
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That red Taurus looks like it's got bags AND definitely a body drop. That's why his strut towers "stick way up"
Dave Ladely
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struts are better suspension than air bags alone.
But some cars and trucks have shocks, and air bags added to that, not replacing shocks, really do help. No bottoming out, more load capacity, helps regular springs, does help prevent roll. But they are AUGMENTING good shocks, not replacing them.
But some cars and trucks have shocks, and air bags added to that, not replacing shocks, really do help. No bottoming out, more load capacity, helps regular springs, does help prevent roll. But they are AUGMENTING good shocks, not replacing them.
SHOmuchFUN
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Whoa, that slo is WAYYYYYY LO!
I agree, that although your handling is compromised, the look is nice... You have to realize though, that with that sort of setup, you are DESTINED for problems. Whether it be air leaking and your car dropping, curbing your car on inadvertant road hazards, and the occasional mind lapse when you get speed greedy and chase after a honda, approaching a curve quick and OOOPPS!
I think the potential problems outweigh the potential cool factor. Your car is only cool if you can drive it. Remember too, that those strut towers that come into the wheel wells WILL rub if they are left in there. I don't know exact fitment and applications, but we can only lower our SHO so far, because if we lower it any further in the rear, our towers are going to rub up against the springs and struts because they come in at an angle. Just something else to consider.
And yes... it has been a VERY long time since I've posted here, but I'm coming back thumb
I agree, that although your handling is compromised, the look is nice... You have to realize though, that with that sort of setup, you are DESTINED for problems. Whether it be air leaking and your car dropping, curbing your car on inadvertant road hazards, and the occasional mind lapse when you get speed greedy and chase after a honda, approaching a curve quick and OOOPPS!
I think the potential problems outweigh the potential cool factor. Your car is only cool if you can drive it. Remember too, that those strut towers that come into the wheel wells WILL rub if they are left in there. I don't know exact fitment and applications, but we can only lower our SHO so far, because if we lower it any further in the rear, our towers are going to rub up against the springs and struts because they come in at an angle. Just something else to consider.
And yes... it has been a VERY long time since I've posted here, but I'm coming back thumb
If you want the car to handle great,forget it.If you want it to be a ricer lowrider,go for it.In that case,this is in the wrong section,as it is a PERFORMANCE section.A quick search will give more info.This isn`t a flame,it`s about what you want.Just speaking my a hole mind.
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