ok, i see the point your making now.

as for the CL (not the TL, unless it has the same motor), it is a highly reliable engine...it's honda. how reliable is the yahama motor? (i'm really asking, i dunno) hopefully, it's not like a ford, lol.

 

Well don't nock fords. the new 5.4l's 351 W/C's and 302's are good motors. i can't speak about trannies, and i have very little knowledge of the Zetec line. other thatn that bash away.

And as for the Yamaha...

It was run at 10,000RPM for a few days with nothing noticible except for very high fuel consumption.

Ted Breaux's 89 Gen 1 5-spd SHO has over 255,000 miles on it and has been a daily driver and he even uses it to tow his boat. It has never suffered any major malady and recieved regular maintenence and 93 Octane.

If taken care of the SHO motor is just as reliable as the B series, 3800 series or cummins turbo diesel. That's good enought for me.

 

was that with any stress on it? the most work on the motor is the pulling of the car from a stop. but don't get me wrong, that's still impressive.

doesn't it seem funny that ppl who take care of their cars seem to have minimal problems with them, hehe.

so what's the fastest SHO out there?

 

well i know a guy in canada who's putting down 427fwhp. He's running an 70mm TB, 80mm MAF, Custom fabricated Ram Air, and he's pushing 15 PSI out of a vortech supercharger with an after cooler i believe. I know of a lightened SHO known as the SR-71 running juice who's in the high 12's. The fastest guy i know personally is my boy alan SHO DWN by plates. He's run a 13.8 in the 1/4 and that was almost a year ago. I'm trying to drag him to dinwiddie to run it some more before he ships back home later this year.

as for the fastest i really don't know to be honest. i don't imagine anyone has broken the 11 second mark unless it's been truly race modified...

 

i guess the SHO's must be heavy as hell cars. ford definitely likes metal. Now if they'd only bring the RS focus to the states..

 

Any posts above mine were orginally in this thread: http://www.dragva.com/forums/showthr...&threadid=5876

Thread was split since it was going off-topic but still has interesting information in it.

 

I guess I should jump in this for shits n giggles. I can confirm a couple things Justin said, as the original design by Yamaha of Japan had an output of just over 300hp to the flywheel due to a much better exhaust setup. The engine is capable of doing 13,000 rpm but sustained 10,000 rpm for several days without damage. Ford didnt contact Yamaha back in 1985 to make an engine for them, as the SHO didnt even make a debut till 1989. The DOHC 24V setup was ahead of its time back in the mid 80's, with intake runners that allow for better air flow and secondaries to open up at 4000rpm. Thats when all hell breaks loose. In 1993, an automatic trans was first offered which eats up more horsepower and adds weight so Yamaha designed a larger 3.2 displacement. Both Justin and I have that. Power specs are 220hp, 215lbs ft of torque. Mines got a few power adders so I dynoed 249 at the fly at Abacus. Thats 199 to the wheels.

 

Whats the Rev limit set at on a stock SHO's? Just wondering due to the 13,000 RPM's statement......

 

OH NO!!!! I think the DOC knows eveything about anything. rollseyes.

 

Yamaha... is the shit... theres nothing else to say about.. its nothing short of OMG a tuarus just pulled on a vr4 on the interstate from 70-140... and yes ford did take the original hp and torque numbers down.. different reasons for this have been thought of.. the one I think makes the most sense is it didnt want some little japanese motor to make more hp and torque than its big bad 5.slow... but when push comes to shove the sho beats the mustangs of the same year in *most* cases... But this isnt what surprises me about ford.. in the late 70's for had a turbo 4 cylinder that made over 225hp and 250lbft of torque.. just nothing to put it in... they later found something to put it in... TurboCoupe's, SVO's, and the Merkur... AND CHRIS WONT LET ME IN HIS CLUB!