Which to buy for a Daily Driver from these choices? Opinions welcome!

[PaxtonShelby]

One more thing about the SHOs - if you go with the 1993-1995 models, they are much cheaper maintenance-wise, as many of the parts are interchangeable with the regular Taurus. The only other thing you need to worry about is the clutch - the Ford throwout bearing is no good and ends up seizing up and cutting through the fingers on the pressure plate, which eventually breaks them off. Pretty soon it gets hard to shift, then shifting isn't possible. The answer is a ceramic throwout bearing - SHONut Performance sells them. They are $90, but your clutch will last forever unless you beat the snot out of it. There is so much labor in replacing the clutch that $90 for a TOB is immaterial. I put one in my SHO 10k miles before it was totaled. Then I bought it back from the insurance company and sold it to a buddy. Since then, it has survived seven 100-lap enduro races at Lernerville on that clutch - and those miles are just a little tougher than the ones I put on it... Second gear all the way around the track at 7000 rpms. You should hear that puppy screaming with the straight pipe exiting at the passenger rear door!!!

[KeystoneJohnny]

just buy my svt contour

Hey Rick, I would it's one of the cleanest ones I've seen in a while but more than I want to spend 2k or less.

04 GTO Automatic







nah, the mustang :)

LOL

One more thing about the SHOs - if you go with the 1993-1995 models, they are much cheaper maintenance-wise, as many of the parts are interchangeable with the regular Taurus. The only other thing you need to worry about is the clutch - the Ford throwout bearing is no good and ends up seizing up and cutting through the fingers on the pressure plate, which eventually breaks them off. Pretty soon it gets hard to shift, then shifting isn't possible. The answer is a ceramic throwout bearing - SHONut Performance sells them. They are $90, but your clutch will last forever unless you beat the snot out of it. There is so much labor in replacing the clutch that $90 for a TOB is immaterial. I put one in my SHO 10k miles before it was totaled. Then I bought it back from the insurance company and sold it to a buddy. Since then, it has survived seven 100-lap enduro races at Lernerville on that clutch - and those miles are just a little tougher than the ones I put on it... Second gear all the way around the track at 7000 rpms. You should hear that puppy screaming with the straight pipe exiting at the passenger rear door!!!

You mean the 24 valve duratec motors in the regular taurus's have common parts withI the Yamaha motors in the SHO? If I went with another one it would be a 92-95 one anyway. I did figure out where I'm at with the Supercoupe price is going to be around 1200.00 I found a 91 LX 5.0 5speed Hatch solid car my buddy told me about for 1500.00 or he said make an offer body is solid & it has the typical fox body woes for it's age. And I looked at a SHO in Pittsburgh on Sunday for 1500.00. I'm up in the air but leaning towards the Stang. IDK

[Mark Aubele]

You mean the 24 valve duratec motors in the regular taurus's have common parts withI the Yamaha motors in the SHO?

No, I am guessing he just means the cars themselves. The 88-91 had a bunch of parts that were specific to the SHO. '92 was the first year for the "newer" body style.