Sho nuff, i got a few new(bie) questions (pics)

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Alright, when i took my plenum off to do my valve covers, we had a cold storm, and my memory of what hooked up to what was a little foggy. I got the vacuums hooked up ok, but there were a couple of molded hoses I had removed and i want to make sure i hooked them up right. The pics didn't come out real great so bear with me.

Thats a picture of the plenum from the underside, right where it connects to to the throttle body. There are two hoses. One has a clamp on the other end and runs to the bottom right of the pic. The other hose runs out of the top right of the picture. Does the hose that you can fully see (with the clamp) hook up to the throttle body here? Or does the hose running out of the pic attach here? I've got the one with the hose clamp hooked up and iit seems to be working fine, but id like to be sure.

(pic of my finger touching the end of the throttle body, again, not that clear)

What does this connector go to? Is it the tach service or something else?

These next few questions, i can probably find by searching, but might as well include them in this thread. If you don't feel like ansswering them but know of a good search term/thread that addresses, feel free to let me know:thankyou:

93 SHO. Interior and Body wise, are they the same as the rest of that gen taurus?(minus the badging and spoiler) Id like to know what cars i can pull this stuff from.

Slight burning oil smell inside the cabin with defrost on after car has reached operating temp.. Ideas?

Steering. At low speeds the wheel has that floaty feel i expect in a ford, at higher speeds it seems to take some extra force to turn the wheel..but then it goes to floaty again after that first initial part. Is this a desired function of the VAPS so people dont oversteer? Or is it an annoying problem with my car?

Suspension. the car handles well.. like garbage. Do these cars handle well with new stock items or do you have to go aftermarket? Is the suspension the same as other Taurus' of that gen?

Finally, are there any issues with the car that Ford hasn't addressed with a TSB, but actual owners of the car KNOW is actually a problem? (IE Acura Legends and their head gaskets)

Sorry for the long post, and thanks for any help.

 

[rubydist]

The SHO suspension is better than that on the regular Taurus, but not that much. There are a hundred different answers from a hundred different people on what is the best suspension setup - your best bet is to read a bunch of threads.

The vaps will provide what most of us believe is too much boost at low and medium speed, and then it dials down to lower boost at higher speeds. I find that around 30 mph it can't quite decide how much boost there should be, and it varies - almost like it surges.

The burning smell in the cabin is most likely due to some oil getting on the exhaust system. The most common candidates for the cause are: leaking cam seals, leaking power steering pump, leaking valve cover gaskets.

Interior stuff is different from regular Taurii because you couldn't get buckets except in the SHO and in some Sables. So, it depends what interior stuff you need, but a bunch of it is unique.

The connector in your fingers in the last photo looks like the one that connects to the ground wire on the battery cable.

The other hoses become pretty clear what goes where once you drop the intake back onto the engine - it seems like spagetti, but they pretty much only fit together one way.

 

[cobrakidd03]

You also can get bucket seats and a console from a Taurus SE. I believe 94 and 95 it was offered. Also I think they had a Sport option also that included a SHO spolier

 

[SHObill]

just do the TBB (Throttle Body Bypass). You don't need all those hoses, esp down in TN.

 

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Thanks guys for the responses.

Throttle Body Bypass- Meant to ask about that. Wasnt sure if those hoses were needed for the IAC. Now Ill just bypass.

Interior parts- My sunroof is leaking like ****, and the headliner for just the sunvisor part is trashed. So are the console lights and visiors. A couple door panels could also be replaced. Thats the stuff im most concerned with.

Cabin smell- yeah i just changed the nasty valve cover gaskets so i guess it will probably clear up in a few days.

VAPS- i dont like it. Is it easy to disable? yes/no here, ill search if its a yes

Suspension- The suspension is just thrashed and I don't have much money at all to put into this car. I realize there are a hundred different answers but im not going for autocross here, i just want a nice ride to the store.. Will regular Taurus pieces work?I havent checked but after paying $90 for valve cover gaskets which is like the same price as a radiator for a regular taurus i tihnk i would be more than happy with stock taurus suspension if it bolts on.

Thanks guys for all the answers I guess that ground plug is why i had to run a ground to the plenum at the module..I have no idea where the other end of it is

 

[rubydist]

Sunroof parts and sunvisors parts should be same as regular Taurus parts, and iirc the door panels are too.

There is a way to disable vaps, iirc there is a how-to on shotimes.

You could put regular Taurus struts on, its just that the springs & valving are even softer than the stock SHO parts....

 

[pjtoledo]

that connector by the perforated copper strip, its for a resistor in the fuel pump circuit. earlier SHOs had a dropping resistor for the fuel pump. when Ford did away with the resistor they left the wires in place. so that connector is not used on your SHO

 

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Thanks you guys are my SHO heroes!