its has 265 horses!!
the last model only had 153!
how am i suppose to make fun the the american FAMILY car now?
this is:Track:
its has 265 horses!!
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Are we talking about a new model or the last models made? I was reading that Ford was doing away with the 500 and bringing the Taurus back because it was such a huge seller.
The newer tarus's are actually ballin' cars. I was looking at getting a 00'ish.
all these new cars 200 something horse means nothing.
wow they can get a v6 or 4 cyl to make a peak of 250 something horsepower. but look at the torque figure, i would guess its under 200 ft lbs. and torque is the actual FORCE and engine makes. all the "pushing back in the seat" and smoking tires is not horse power. its torque horsepower is simply a figure of how fast the torque is working in a way.
when you slap heads and intake and cams and what not, putting that stuff on increases the torque output of the engine, and you want your horsepower figure to go up the make the car move efficiently.
i hate hearing kids going "my new civic makes more HP than a 5.0 mustang, i could smoke one"
then you get them out on the road against your mild bolt on fox. you know just exhaust and simple stuff, and the mustang will EAT IT ALIVE. the reason why is the honda is make its 230 HP or w/e they are making, WOW now take a look at the torque figure, then you find something like 150ft lbs. WOW that sucks.
look at the mustang, in stock form it makes twice as much as pretty much any car out now, 300 ft lbs. 300 ft lbs in a factory car is PRETTY nice in a factory car even today. and the mustang had this back in 87.
this in my opinion is still why a 5.0 still stomps things to this day and still suprises people and still is a benchmark for performance
so all these guys 4 doors and imports making more peak HP numbers going around saying they can beat a 5.0 or w/e can go F off. sure you got this "HIGH" horsepower number but if you have no torque to back it up your not going anywhere.
you must remember Horsepower is not a force, its a figure. torque is what you feel when you feel your gut sinking back towards the seat. and i like when my gut moves around in a fast car feels like a roller coaster.
its has 265 horses!!
the last model only had 153!
how am i suppose to make fun the the american FAMILY car now?
this is:Track:
I wouldn't unless it has very low mileage. Im a tech at a transmission shop. I do more taurus transmissions, especially the ones built between 97-05 than any other cars. They start to go out at about 120,000 miles.
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