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Ive heard that the original SHO engine made 300 horsepower. Is this true?

April 26, 2017engine heard HORSEPOWER original SHO

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Ive heard that the original SHO engine made 300 horsepower. Is this true?

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A. Rumors and mystery have always surrounded the SHO V6 power plant. Unfortunately at this point rumors are all we have to work with. Some people have claimed to talk with Ford representatives, others have claimed to watch stock Taurus SHOs driven by Ford reps running much quicker than production SHOs. Unfortunately there is no hard evidence to support the 300 horsepower claim, and so much time has passed since the development of this engine that the truth may never be known. The SHO V6 is already an overachieving engine. Developing more power without forced induction is certainly possible, but if a 300 horsepower SHO V-6 did exist it would have some substantial differences from the production SHO power plant. Its not a case of simply switching a part or changing a computer program on a regular SHO engine to find the extra 80 horsepower.