Hey everyone.
Well before you bite my head off i did to some searching, but didnt come up with much.
A little backround. Im trying to find a new home for the yamaha built 3.0L DOHC v6 engine. These engines were put in the Taurus SHOs from 89-95. Built by yamaha for ford, these little 3.0s are very strong (bottom end is forged, takes 500hp without a problem). I know its hard to believe but they are quick cars (run high 14s, low 15s). The 5-speed paired up to the 220hp high revving yamaha is alot of fun. They are a unique car. The major problem i have is its extremly hard to build a drag car out of it (suspension wise, they can really be built). The engine has the potential, no doubt about it, its just everything around it (FORD). the entire drivetrain has to be built (halfshafts, quaife ATB, etc, etc), even then, anything over 300lb-ft torque shreds the teeth off third gear. Holeshot they have nothing, even on heavily modified SHOs 2.0xx is an extremly good 60' time.
Well, what im getting at is i need to find a RWD platform to mate up to the SHO engine, see what the yamaha will really do. I looked into the rx-7 but im more of a nissan man (93 sentra, a few mods). I have the chance to get a 90 240sx for very little.
First question; is the engine compt. large enough to support a standard-sized v6? I did hear that someone put a 350 in? Obviously the MMs and tranny Mounts and exhaust would have to be fabbed, but thats the least of my concerns (right now)
the SHO engine weighs about 450 lb dry, with all accesories. Would this through off the weight distribution ratio? How heavy is the SOHC 2.4?
Does anyone have pics of the engine bay?
Okay, has anyone ever swapped a t-5 ford trans? I would love any info about this. Thats what i would use, with some fabbing it will bolt up to a SHO engine.
Hows is the stock rear end? Can it handle 250+ hp?
What would a 90 240sx run stock in the 1/4m?
what is the weight?
How do they handle, stock?
thanks in advance!
btw-here is a SHO engine:
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Well before you bite my head off i did to some searching, but didnt come up with much.
A little backround. Im trying to find a new home for the yamaha built 3.0L DOHC v6 engine. These engines were put in the Taurus SHOs from 89-95. Built by yamaha for ford, these little 3.0s are very strong (bottom end is forged, takes 500hp without a problem). I know its hard to believe but they are quick cars (run high 14s, low 15s). The 5-speed paired up to the 220hp high revving yamaha is alot of fun. They are a unique car. The major problem i have is its extremly hard to build a drag car out of it (suspension wise, they can really be built). The engine has the potential, no doubt about it, its just everything around it (FORD). the entire drivetrain has to be built (halfshafts, quaife ATB, etc, etc), even then, anything over 300lb-ft torque shreds the teeth off third gear. Holeshot they have nothing, even on heavily modified SHOs 2.0xx is an extremly good 60' time.
Well, what im getting at is i need to find a RWD platform to mate up to the SHO engine, see what the yamaha will really do. I looked into the rx-7 but im more of a nissan man (93 sentra, a few mods). I have the chance to get a 90 240sx for very little.
First question; is the engine compt. large enough to support a standard-sized v6? I did hear that someone put a 350 in? Obviously the MMs and tranny Mounts and exhaust would have to be fabbed, but thats the least of my concerns (right now)
the SHO engine weighs about 450 lb dry, with all accesories. Would this through off the weight distribution ratio? How heavy is the SOHC 2.4?
Does anyone have pics of the engine bay?
Okay, has anyone ever swapped a t-5 ford trans? I would love any info about this. Thats what i would use, with some fabbing it will bolt up to a SHO engine.
Hows is the stock rear end? Can it handle 250+ hp?
What would a 90 240sx run stock in the 1/4m?
what is the weight?
How do they handle, stock?
thanks in advance!
btw-here is a SHO engine:
