Re: 164 vs Ford SHO

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 3:30 PM 11/28/99, Cuadra wrote:
>Several months ago I had a gentleman's race with a Taurus SHO on Skyline
>Blvd just south of San Francisco. Conditions were safe -- good visibility
>and very little traffic. We were going uphill towards the Highway 1 exit. I
>could be wrong but I think the Ford engine was a detuned version of the
>Mustang V8 coupled with an automatic tranny.

To the best of my knowlege, and rather contrary to what you have
suggested--the SHO engine is a Yamaha designed & built quad cam/24 valve 3
liter V-6. I believe that the earlier, and particularly the manual tranny
equipped SHO's were delivered by Ford in a rather higher/peakier state of
tune.

Greg

 In any case, the Ford
>definitely had the advantage off the line but started to fall back as soon
>as the Alfa hit 3rd gear. After that it was no contest. The 164 also handled
>better through the turns. As we went out separate ways we both waved.
>
>Yesterday I saw a typical American family (four of 'em) in a Contour SVT
>cruising briskly on the freeway. This was quite a refeshing sight. Your
>average Bay Area family package is usually stuffed into amorphous econoboxes
>or minivans.
>
>Paul cuadra@domain.elided
>
>164 LS 5-speed
>Moto Guzzi 1100i

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