[V8] For Sale, 1 Soul

[d saad]

Ford used to be a customer of mine in the early 1990s. The factory I
called on was the one where a lot of the EEC-IV Engine Controller Software
was written (Colo Springs). One of the programmers was also a gear head -
and had that SHO. He had custom EEC-IV software and a turbo on his - I
forget now what the horse power specifics were, but I know that I visited
4 times a year, and he was usually rebuilding his transmission. When it
ran though, it was a rocket ship. A friend of mine still has his 89
SHO.

These guys also told me that the then new turbo diesel
(Navistar) was capable of 800 HP with just a software change. In fact, the
same motor went into heavy equipment. They had to work hard to detune it
enough to make the rest of the drivetrain last through the warranty
period.

Other little tidbits -
Fords were (and probably
still are) built to carry a 100K mile warranty but it is un-likely we will
ever see it.

The EEC-V (current generation) engine controllers
were supposed to record the crank angle after you shut off the motor and
it stopped spinning so that it could start faster. On the older systems
the starter had to spin the crank two revolutions before it could figure
out how to fire the injectors and even then it had to guess on the
ignition for some motors.

And Kent -
I can hardly afford
my own soul, but one of these days we will both have an S4!

I
just hope it is before gas is $52 a gallon and the earths average temp is
below 140 :-)

Dave

> Owned an 89 SHO, 5 speed,
Black w 17inch wheels.  This was a fun car,
> for a Taurus. The
early years had more body molding on them as well,
> always
thought they looked better than the later ones.   The 5 speed
>
trans was horrible, but that motor was a sweetheart, would easily rev
to
> 9000 rpm. Sold it to get married.................
>

> Bob
> 90 V8Q 177K Pearl
> 
> 
>

> 
> -----Original Message-----
>
From:
v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Bill Hitzler
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:59
PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] For Sale, 1
Soul
> 
> Interesting thread. Right before I bought my V8
about 6 years ago I was
> trying to buy a 1990 SHO Taurus. I
passed because the owner wanted way
> too much for it. I was able
to buy my V8 for less than they were asking
> for the SHO. I sure
wish all my decisions turned out that well. Not too
> long after
that a friend of mine bought an S4 Avant. It was nice but in
>
general I was fairly unimpressed. Way unimpressed when I thought of the
> money he had spent. But that was the 250 HP turbo motor. When Audi
put
> that 340 HP V8 in there I thought that sounded like a pretty
impressive
> combo. It was interesting to hear Kent confirm
everything I had thought
> about the car and then some. I feel for
you Kent. Now you have that
> amazing driving memory and only 24
hours a day to figure out how you can
> get one those rascals for
yourself. Regards, William
> 
>
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