I thought it was funny as we were coming up with a bunch of those at work. My favorite was always:

FORD SHO

Fix Or Repair Daily because **** Happens Often



I have no plans to boost the Civic. I'd build up a DOHC motor if I were to boost it, but this is supposed to be my reliable daily driver so I can push more power out of my other car and not feel bad when I track it.

 

One thing that I think is weird, and this may be just me, but with all the cars out there, I mean smaller, lighter, faster stock cars, you picked out a ford taurus, a heavy car, and made it in to a race car. And watching the vid, that thing is like a 747 around the track, all over. Do you have any suspension done to that? Dont me to sound like jerk, just think its really unusual.

 

Actually, this car gets better lap times than a Ferrari F355, 360 Modena, C5 ZO6, supercharged S2000, NSX, and the like. That car is actually moving pretty fast around those turns. The only thing really holding me back is I was on street tires. When I post my other videos taken in car and the ones where I mounted a camera on the hood and on the side of the car, you'll get a better realization of speed. It's actually lighter than a Lamborghini Diablo ;-)

It's not my "race car". It's still a street car, but is setup to have some fun. Yes, there has been suspension work to include:

How about I just post the majority of my mod list copied straight from my cardomain page:

MODIFICATIONS

ENGINE & INTAKE/FUEL/EXHAUST/MANAGEMENT

-Big Bore Butterflies
-Extrude Hone Intake Runners
-Gasket Matched Heads
-Silicone Manifold Hose Kit
-Stage 1 Camshafts
-High Flow Y-Pipe w/Cats
-Flex Pipe
-Custom 3" exhaust
-Underdrive Pulleys
-255lph Fuel Pump
-SHO Nut EXTREME Reinforced Motor Mounts
-TwEECer RT
-PLX Devices Wide Band O2 Sensor Kit
-Mr. Gasket Crank Case Evacuation Kit
-Coolingmist water injection
- Vortech T-trim Supercharger(12 psi)
-Accel 44lbs fuel injectors
-SHO Nut fuel pressure regulator
-2000 Ford Lightning 80mm MAF

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

-Intrax Progressive Rate Lowering Springs
-Koni Adjustable Shocks
-Front & Rear Strut Tower Braces
-TWR Full Body Sub Frame Connectors
-Rear Tubular Adjustable Control Arms
-TWR Aluminum H-Brace
-22mm Front & 26mm Rear Sway Bars
-TPR and Greasable Poly bushings
-Cup Style Aluminum Sub Frame Bushings
-Police Front & Rear Strut Mounts
-Windstar Front Endlinks
-17" Kazera KZ-U Rims
-Nitto Extreme NT555 High Performance Tires (235/45/ZR17)
-SHO Part NW 13" 'SHO' PBR 13" Brakes
-SHO Nut 11.6" rear brakes
-Earls Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines

DRIVETRAIN

-Quaife Torque Biasing Differential
-Clutch Masters Stage III Clutch
-Fidanza 9 lbs Flywheel
-Red Line D4 ATF

INTERIOR & AUDIO

-Pioneer DEH-P9300 Single CD Player
-Pioneer CDX-P670 6 Disc Changer
-JBL BP150.1
-JBL GTO635 6.5" 3-Way Speakers
-JBL GTO7525 5" x 7" 2-Way Speakers
-JBL P80.4 4-Channel Amp
-Cerwin Vega HED-8DVC Installed In Modified Stock Sub Enclosure
-Optima Red Top Battery
-Cincy SHO Trunk & Floor Mats(SHO Logo'ed)
-S/R Motorsports White Faced "Indiglow" Gauges
-AutoMeter Lunar Electric Water Temperature, Voltmeter Gauges, & Air/Fuel(wide band)
-AutoMeter Lunar Mechanical Oil Pressure & Boost/Vacuum Gauges
-Lo-tek 3 Gauge Pod (A Pillar)
-PLX Devices Wide Band Controller.
-Knock Link knock monitor

MISC. AND COSMETICS

-Yamaha Badged
-Shaved Emblems on Rear
-"SHO LONG" License Plate holder
-Procarparts.com Clear Corners
-Installed Drain Plug in Transmission
-Hood Strut Relocation kit
-Fog Lamp Switch Mod (Allows fog lights to turn on with just the parking lamps and stay on with high-beams)
-2 Quart Accusump Pre Oiler


It's a great sleeper and a fun car. Here's a 650hp track SHO that really puts a hurt'n on supercars.... This one is gutted, roll-cage, etc...

This was a few weeks ago at PPIR.

http://panamapat.no-ip.info/SHO/Vid/...Clip/Page.html

http://panamapat.no-ip.info/SHO/Pic/PPIR_1005/Page.html

Yes, I'm deep into SHO's, but it makes me quite a bit of money, so I'm not complaining.

 

psh...... nice nascar!














Just kidding, can't wait to see some in car vids, that 460hp has got to seem pretty insane inside the car

 

hey yamahaSHO, for comparisons sake, what does your car run in the 1/4 mile? and what does it weigh?

 

nice list of mods you got there. Well, its a sleeper no doubt.

 

The car is around 3,300 - 3,400lbs. At this altitude (Bandimere - 5820ft), we speculate it will run about a 13.9 w/ very high trap speeds. The problem is, I can't launch this thing worth a crap. FWD + stage III double diaphragm clutch, + lots of power = hard to modulate wheel spin.

They are big videos...

Here's a hood mounted video at the race track:

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31...002BB86NRQNDFB


Door mounted video:

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2S...T2G20WDSQCTIJC

In-car... Sorry, the camera shifts in the video:

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25...T3CW9BZPLS70AR

 

I'm impressed. I've never seen a fast SHO like this. Kudos for doing something different, I'm exactly the same way. Nobody ever suspects it. But, many props for taking something with the aerodynamics of a brick and making it quick.

 

Thanks, although I don't really consider the gen II Taurus a 'brick'. That's reserved for the GMC Syclone/Typhoon and Ford Lightning guys.

 

how about me? can i be a "brick"?

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i weigh more than all of the aforementioned vehicles...