Customer Taurus Tuesday

[Livernois Motorsports]

Ian's 2014 Ford Taurus SHO

Rare Darkside Metallic paint, Tune by Livernois and CAI. Next up is down pipes, turbo upgrade, cat back exhaust and meth injection.

Ian is a true car guy as well! Not only does he have a SHO, but he also owns 2 of the most coveted vehicles ever...

2001 Nissan Skyline GTR R34

2003 Honda S2000

 

[Butcher]

Can you put upgraded turbos and a meth kit on a stock engine SHO? I thought one or the other was possible, but not both. How far can you push the stock long block before "weak spots" start showing up?

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

We do not recommend doing both without the shortblock upgrade.

 

[Butcher]

Ok, but do you have customers that do it anyway? If so, what gives up usually? Is it something "minor", like the head gaskets? Or is it something "major", like the rotating assembly?

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

We do not usually have clients that disregard that safety warning. If someone did decide to do meth and turbos without the engine fortification we would have to water down the tune so badly that you wouldn't even know that there were aftermarket turbos on the car.

 

[BoatSHO]

Ian is a true car guy as well! Not only does he have a SHO, but he also owns 2 of the most coveted vehicles ever...

Awesome SHO! But on the other 2...coveted by who? I just couldn't resist...

 

[Butcher]

We do not usually have clients that disregard that safety warning. If someone did decide to do meth and turbos without the engine fortification we would have to water down the tune so badly that you wouldn't even know that there were aftermarket turbos on the car.

Ok, then I would think the customer in this thread is getting at least a short block too. That will be a fast car, when it's all done.

What is the weak part in the short block? Rods? Pistons? Fasteners? Oil pump gears, just like the Mustangs?

 

[bpd1151]

Awesome SHO! But on the other 2...coveted by who? I just couldn't resist...

Oh boy, we officially have another *** stirrer in the community. Outstanding!

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[mval]

angela: i am not a sleeper guy so wild ok but those ricers are too much. last week at at a local cars & coffee & one of these were there. i know a great car & expensive but i'd take the $$ rather than the car GT3RS. just got to believe the german engineers where visiting japan & had too much sake when they did this.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Awesome SHO! But on the other 2...coveted by who? I just couldn't resist...

I thought we were friends...I see how it is!

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Ok, then I would think the customer in this thread is getting at least a short block too. That will be a fast car, when it's all done.

What is the weak part in the short block? Rods? Pistons? Fasteners? Oil pump gears, just like the Mustangs?

They are all the weak points. The block itself being open deck suffers from cylinder contortion.

Rotating assembly is not made for that type of power nor RPM.

The fasteners do not the required tensile strength for that power level.

The pump gears are powdered metal...do I need to get into that one?

 

[SHOdded]

Still waiting for drive train upgrades. In the meantime, the tune can help the stock engine make same power with less effort after the turbos and meth kit are installed. Also means less stress on the engine. Wouldn't hesitate to do both now and short block later if you have to stage it.