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a_ahmed
01-10-2008, 05:12 PM
Okay so my father's 2003 Ford Taurus SE with a duratec has his struts blown at 160k... He was looking at some kind of KYB ones and monroe ones... which i told him are utter crap... he runs extreme performance tires in summer and winter tires in winter... the car handles pretty damn good with the tires and holds lots of grip and responds quite well while still having stock rubber bushings... Considering how it is.. he does drive it enthusiastically... sorry to say to him it's not a 240 :P but I am pretty sure things here and there can be done to it, bushings, adjustable arms, fatter swaybars especially in rear, better/wider tire/wheel combo (he just got some lighter+wider lower offset wheels). Its a nice sedan though... His dream is to 'tune it up' like my 240 lol... good luck but nothing's impossible.

Anyways I suggested koni yellows... that should be more than enough for his enthusiastic daily sedan driving... but I'm not quite sure whats out there and what can be done... any suggestions? Tauruses are kind of unknown being fwd heavy sedans, the duratec is an engine in a wrong car, but its not a bad car...

Help out :D Basically he wants to make it more grippy/responsive/sporty heh.. while replacing his blown 160k stock ones.

a_ahmed
01-19-2008, 09:12 AM
Guess no one knew anything about this woopie do, he changed his mind he'll wait, but i found a solution for running koni yellows :)

veilside180sx
02-15-2008, 12:29 PM
Sorry I completely forgot about this post.

bill@dentsport
02-25-2008, 07:17 AM
I have a friend who is a design engineer at ford. I met up with him at the Sandblast rally a few weeks ago and he told me about a new taurus...AWD, twin turbo Duratec w/ a 6 speed!!!

a_ahmed
02-25-2008, 12:45 PM
Wow, lol i doubt that'll get past concept stage :(

You know there was suppose to be a 'new' taurus called taurus rage at one point.. no idea on specs except it was an overbuffed SHO, but nothing happened with it.

That WOULD be sick though.. damn... twin turbo duratec... is a BEAST... plus awd.. u got a wanabe american skyline right there! The duratec is the best part of the car... too bad its auto and fwd AND heavy :( its a heavy engine but really awesome.

eg; Noble cars

veilside180sx
02-25-2008, 01:03 PM
Sounds like it will probably more or less be a spinoff of the mazdaspeed 6 using the the V6 rather than the 2.3L