TheStickerGuy
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Here's a pic of my 011 next to my bro in law's 018. The 011 actually looks smaller lowered. Cool. I think my trunk is open! Mine is an SHO too. I took the badging off. You know, stealth and all.
The Difference in Lowering H&R
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FiveLeeter918
Ortiz Performance Sales
tell him it's time to lower his boat too! haha
TheStickerGuy
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He's not really into his car. He bought the SHO as it was the cheapest car in the line of Taurus' they had on the lot. When the sister in law had my car, I offered to install my tune into his car as I was driving a CTS-V at the time. He didn't want it as he would then have to run premium.
Lowering is the LAST thing he'd do. In fact he clipped a friend's car with it 3 months after he bought it. Scraped the back a pretty good bit. I told him I had paint guys who could fix it as I used mineral spirits to get the paint he acquired off his car. It's still scraped to this day.
Lowering is the LAST thing he'd do. In fact he clipped a friend's car with it 3 months after he bought it. Scraped the back a pretty good bit. I told him I had paint guys who could fix it as I used mineral spirits to get the paint he acquired off his car. It's still scraped to this day.
FiveLeeter918
Ortiz Performance Sales
ouch.
TheStickerGuy
Member
Yeah. Some folks just don't give a rip about their wheels. Even my beaters as a kid were clean and ran well.
1992.
1992.
BoSHO
Member
Hunker down you hairy dawg!! Nice ... liking the dark blue. And I saw you try to sneak in that 'was driving a CTS-V', or words that effect. Uh-huh. Also nice, but fully disclosure: V8 ****** here.
That said, this SHO - I'd argue - only really needs to be lowered. Not a true sport sedan (you'll see that again), but the 1.5" improves handling and stability quite noticeably.
Because while clearly as big as a yacht, the wheelbase is barely 113", i.e., sort C-Class, 3 Series-ish (not E or 5-series). My old 206 Infiniti G35 was about 112" ... a dressed up a 350Z 2+2, for crying out loud. Again, not handling like the rwd-based G or even C63 , but I know what I'm feeling underneath me. Not bad. Especially with TC off.
Aesthetically, really brings out the low, 1950s chop-top look ... think Dodge Magnum Sedan, maybe even a 300.
OK, I dig V8s, but the 3.5 EcoBoost does an acceptable imitation, minus the sound, of course. It's not quite weak, so while this first snippet is about the old Travis Haley 550 HP, these two statements ring very true for me as I roll around:
"But roll into the throttle with the ease and patience of a gentleman, and you're rewarded with a planted machine that wants nothing more than to explore the upper octaves of its speedometer. Haley lowered the car by an inch and a half on H&R springs. You'd never know it from looking at the car, but the drop banished most of the car's body roll and nose dive. It just only gets more planted as the speed climbs, and the engine simply does not stop pulling. You run out of numbers on the dash before the car runs out of steam."
Then from Automobile magazine, on a stock 2013 model:
No, the 2013 SHO isn't a sport sedan and it shouldn't be criticized as an attempt to be one. Instead, it's a true-blue muscle sedan that offers as much space as it does speed. It may stretch 202.9 inches long and weigh 4400 pounds, but the SHO hustles to 60 mph quicker than many sports cars (an estimated 5.2 seconds). It has incredibly plush seats (perforated suede with leather bolsters, heated and cooled) and a soft ride. It feels like a California King bed powered by an Air Force-surplus jet engine, and that's what I like about it.
Nuff said.
TheStickerGuy
Member
"OK, I dig V8s, but the 3.5 EcoBoost does an acceptable imitation, minus the sound, of course." LMAO! When I put the Corsa on mine I had a buddy ask how it sounded. I replied, "It sounds like a 6 with an exhaust." No V-8 here! I took the blowoff valve hoses off and actually routed them with 3/4 inch rubber hose to the drivers side hood area so you can hear the whoosh. It's corny but very cool all in one.
The CTS-V was a nice car but it ate gas and to be honest, I didn't like the fact I had to step and fetch every time I wanted to race somebody as the TC has to OFF and that takes about 15 seconds. I want my power, NOW! Plus (or minus) it was an automatic and I was worried about blowing up the trans. I feel the Taurus has a much more usable power curve. With the V, if you pressed on the gas to pass someone it would go full Godzilla mode and drop into the lowest gear possible. It would come, "ALIVE!" Kind of no halfway to it. Don't get me wrong. The car hauled ass and I liked it but I was looking at C6 Z06's and still am. I'll have one. It's just a matter of time.
My Taurus has the seat massagers. Does yours? They're funky as ****. Here's a pic of the V.
The CTS-V was a nice car but it ate gas and to be honest, I didn't like the fact I had to step and fetch every time I wanted to race somebody as the TC has to OFF and that takes about 15 seconds. I want my power, NOW! Plus (or minus) it was an automatic and I was worried about blowing up the trans. I feel the Taurus has a much more usable power curve. With the V, if you pressed on the gas to pass someone it would go full Godzilla mode and drop into the lowest gear possible. It would come, "ALIVE!" Kind of no halfway to it. Don't get me wrong. The car hauled ass and I liked it but I was looking at C6 Z06's and still am. I'll have one. It's just a matter of time.
My Taurus has the seat massagers. Does yours? They're funky as ****. Here's a pic of the V.
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