Guess what, I'm making a SHOwagon

[chrism3784]

Got the dash assembly out of the wagon.
Added more photos, go on my TCCA link above.

 

[32MTX]

hmmm...in a world full of suicidal deer, people behind the wheel who are barely coherent, parts built by the lowest bidder, police helicopters and potholes big enough to swallow a mid-60s Caddy, i'm a puss for not wanting to push my 15 year old, ton-and-a-half car with undersized brakes to a speed that equates to over 2 miles a minute? fine by me.

puss......

move to south florida where we don't have deer or potholes

around the beach is crowded as **** but when your here awhile you know where to go

yeah were doing 150mph for 30 seconds here......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70o9R8KPfE

fun times... stupid? maybe... would I do it again? ABSO F'N LUTELY

 

[bubba]

Maybe I see it! :thumbup: Watching this! Are you going to do the front end swap? If so change the headerpanel!

I like it. Keep us posted I know someone here in Ft. Wayne, IN that wants to build a SHO wagon. I know he's watching this.

 

[SHOtime2511]

I love bubble body Impala SS'

 

[32MTX]

that ***** was fast man

slow as **** stock, but some good exhaust and gears woke that ***** right up


13's is pretty respectable with a 260hp motor with 3:73's(I think stock is 3:08 or 3:2?) and I/H/E in a 4500lb car!

as a matter of fact, thats faster then an ECOSHO with 100 more hp stock, only a 4 speed transmission, and its probably heavier then the SHO.... that impala had lots of extra weight in the speaker/dynamat category, had atleast 2 layers of dynamat inside the entire body/trunk/doors

 

[chrism3784]

I'm leaving the front end the same. Don't want to paint bumpers are anything and I like to keep something 1988

 

[mattsho1993]

32MTX metallica has the same effect on me to metallica=speed

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

that ***** was fast man

slow as **** stock, but some good exhaust and gears woke that ***** right up


13's is pretty respectable with a 260hp motor with 3:73's(I think stock is 3:08 or 3:2?) and I/H/E in a 4500lb car!

as a matter of fact, thats faster then an ECOSHO with 100 more hp stock, only a 4 speed transmission, and its probably heavier then the SHO.... that impala had lots of extra weight in the speaker/dynamat category, had atleast 2 layers of dynamat inside the entire body/trunk/doors

Got a video of this car running 13's?

I find it had to believe a car that runs 15.4's stock turns into a 13's car with I/H/E and gears.

Oh, and it's 4000lbs, not 4500...........

 

[chrism3784]

Anyone following up on this on tcca. I've gotten very far!

 

[32MTX]

Got a video of this car running 13's?

I find it had to believe a car that runs 15.4's stock turns into a 13's car with I/H/E and gears.

Oh, and it's 4000lbs, not 4500...........

this car was heavier then stock. entire passenger compartment was layered twice with dynamat, lots of amps, extra battery, 2 sets of components, subs/box etc....

not lieing here, this was my brother's car, seen it run 13's in person.

It would keep up with bolt on cobra's, LT1 z28's, never raced a LS1 with it though. Wouldn't expect that to be a good outcome for the Impala.

Car ran strong as ****, putting in the eaton clutch LSD and the 3:73's was the biggest difference. Transgo HD2 shift kit, 2500 stall converter made a nice difference as well. Had headers, no cats, and a ****** catback system, K&N intake system with 1LE elbow.

This motor is now in his truck, with a bigger cam, I think a Comp 306 or 305, higher compression forged pistons, forged rods, aluminum z28 heads with a bunch of upgraded valve train parts, and some hedman 4-1 headers and a true dual exhaust(was hard to do that on a 4x4 chevy truck)

:wave:

 

[32MTX]

no what section is it in?

 

[chrism3784]

http://www.taurusclub.com/forum/124...-taurus-sho-1988-taurus-wagon-lx-combine.html

 

[SHOtime2511]

Good work so far man.

 

[chrism3784]

Getting much closer, tomorrow I drop the engine in it, and connecting everything to fire up!

 

[chrism3784]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfdtDDhW5c4

 

[SHOtime2511]

You planning to run an after market tach?

 

[zach44102]

nice build. great work

 

[cflguy2005]

Can't wait to see it in person Do you still need the panel to hold the buttons in? If so, there's a couple Gen 1's up here with the digi-dash.

 

[SuperchargedSHOguy]

Good deal!

 

[chrism3784]

You planning to run an after market tach?

Nah, I like the digital. It goes to 7000 which is all I really need.