SHO Project

A Taurus SHO + a Taurus Wagon = Thumper the SHOwagon

SHO
The donor '94 SHO		 Thumper
The upcoming and improved SHOwagon
The SHOwagon is completed!!

Click here to see the original Car & Driver article on the SHOwagon from April 1993.

UPDATE October 6th, 1999


Well I've finished the the SHOwagon.I worked for about three weeks non-stop outside in the 100 + degree heat.But as the pictures SHOw the engine is inthe car. I will be posting some updated pictures after the Labor Day weekend.



SHOwagon

SHOwagon2

SHOwagon3
Exhaust
I went with a custom 2 1/2" pipe system installed by Mufflex-Performance in Mercerville,NJ right outisde of Trenton,NJ. we did the system with two Dynomax mufflers as sound resonators before the rear axle Y-split. I kept it the 2 1/2" pipe to the Flowmaster- 2 chamber mufflers. To add a cool look we put on the Brospeed oval tips.

Flowmaster Mufflers

Dual Brospeed Tips

Y-Pipe

Engine removal of the old 3.8L from Thumper

Thumper

SHO Engine & Tranny 2

Plane 3.2L Engine

Subframe

SHO Engine & Tranny 1

SHO tranny

Click on the images to see the larger picture.

During the summer of '99 I will be transplanting a SHO 3.2L engine with the automatic transmission into my 95 Taurus LX station wagon. I recently purchased a front end wrecked 94 SHO from the Philly area. I'll be transplanting the whole engine, tranny, and computer to the wagon.

I hope to have the car completed and ready for the 1999 SHO Atlanta convention in August.

Well with the warm wearther of spring I have been able to pull the engine from the SHO. I had to spend many hours removing all the hoses, connectors, etc,etc...

UPDATE


7/8/99- Well time is closing on the Atlanta SHO convention- so I have taken some time off work and dedicated two weeks to the engine transfer. It looks like July 15th is the start and I need it done by Sunday the 25th. Keep checking back. Brian

6/18/99- I have received my new Y-Pipe from Doug at FPS. Along with a ton of parts from Ford for my 60K service. I hope to have the service completed in a week or so and then take some time off from work to do the transplant. Anyone up for some work on a SHO engine one weekend? I'll keep you posted.
Thanks, Brian