My two rides

[yamahaSHO]

My daily driver is a 2002 Civic EX Coupe. It is pretty much stock except for a stereo and HID's. The HID's will be going soon in favor of a retro fit. It is a nice, comfortable daily car and I'm not planning anything big. I will be adding Eibach Pro-Kit springs, Tokico HP struts, camber kit, RSX-S 19mm rear sway bar, and some sound dampening.

I just keep the thing clean. I have removed the rubber bumpers and the pin stripes since I bought it.

The day I bought it.
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Now
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http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/2165000-2165999/2165206_33_full.jpg


My other car is a 1995 Ford Taurus SHO that I have done a little work to...

I bought this car back in '02 nearly stock. Since then I've been modifying it myself. I originally stayed NA and a near-stock appearance. when stock, it put down 185whp. After I modified it NA with a horrile tune, I pulled out 215whp. Last year, I added a Vortech T-trim at 9 PSI and put down 381whp. This year I have built a fully forged motor without overlooking anything. I'm shooting for 450-500whp now! I have videos of me racing another SC SHO and of me on road course at http://members.cardomain.com/yamahasho

Anyway, here are the specs on the car....

ENGINE & INTAKE/FUEL/EXHAUST/MANAGEMENT

- Wiseco Forged 3.2L Pistons (9.5:1) w/ wrist pins and rings
- Australian Made Valve Springs
- Oversized valves
- Bronze valve guides
- Connecting Rods Flash ground, Shot Peened, Resized, and Fresh Wrist Pin Bushing
- Balanced Internals
- Big Bore Butterflies
- Extrude Hone Intake Runners
- Gasket Matched Heads
- Silicone Manifold Hose Kit
- Stage 1 Camshafts
- High Flow Y-Pipe w/Cats
- Flex Pipe
- Custom 3" exhaust
- Underdrive Pulleys
- 255lph Fuel Pump
- SHO Nut EXTREME Reinforced Motor Mounts
- TwEECer RT
- PLX Devices M-300 Wide Band O2 Sensor
- Coolingmist 2-stage water injection w/ accumulator
- Vortech T-trim Supercharger
- Accel 44lbs fuel injectors
- SHO Nut fuel pressure regulator
- 2000 Ford Lightning 80mm MAF
- Fluidyne Therm-HX Oil cooler

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

- Intrax Progressive Rate Lowering Springs
- Koni Adjustable Shocks
- Front & Rear Strut Tower Braces
- TWR Full Body Sub Frame Connectors
- Rear Tubular Adjustable Control Arms
- TWR Aluminum H-Brace
- 22mm Front & 26mm Rear Sway Bars
- TPR and Greasable Poly bushings
- Cup Style Aluminum Sub Frame Bushings
- Police Front & Rear Strut Mounts
- Windstar Front Endlinks
- 17" Kazera KZ-U Rims
- Nitto Extreme NT555 High Performance Tires (235/45/ZR17)
- PBR/Cobra 13" Brakes
- Baer Eradispeed Plus 2-piece rotors
- SHO Nut 11.6" rear brakes
- Earls Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
- Brake Cooling Ducts

DRIVETRAIN

- Quaife Torque Biasing Differential
- Clutch Masters Hi Revs Jr. Clutch Kit
- Red Line D4 ATF
- Installed Drain Plug
- Shot peened internals
- Shimmed shafts
- Drilled and tapped for cooler

INTERIOR & AUDIO

- Kenwood MP3 Player
- Kenwood 6x8" 2-way speakers
- JBL GTO635 6.5" 3-Way Speakers
- Optima Red Top Battery
- Cincy SHO Trunk & Floor Mats(SHO Logo'ed)
- S/R Motorsports White Faced "Indiglow" Gauges
- AutoMeter Lunar Electric Water Temperature, Voltmeter Gauges, & Air/Fuel(wide band)
- AutoMeter Lunar Mechanical Oil Pressure & Boost/Vacuum Gauges
- Lo-tek 3 Gauge Pod
- PLX Devices Wide Band Controller
- Corbeau CR1 Seat in Black Microsuede

MISC. AND COSMETICS

- Yamaha Badged
- Shaved Trunk Lid
- Clear Corners
- Hood Strut Relocation kit

Here are some pics from last year before I spun a rod bearing....
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[CIVICRicerBoy]

Wow. Now I've seen a clean Taurus. :TU: to that man! That thing looks good!

[Black91CRXsi]

Holy Taurus!

[egriffith45]

that's a badass taurus

[big_g_jando]

damn i didnt know people could fix those up??? ehats ashit load of hp good job

[black94sol]

DAAAAYYYYMMMMM...that taurus is nuts.

nice civic

[dubbedcorde]

wow thats suprising u can make a taurus almost driveable. nice work if its yours

[ryan89crx]

what times did you pull with the SHO?

[boostdeliquent]

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: That's fucking nuts. Can anyone else say SLEEPER? I know I'd never see that one coming. PR4U

[yamahaSHO]

wow thats suprising u can make a taurus almost driveable. nice work if its yours

Yeah, it is definitely mine. I have hundreds of pics on my cardomain site. http://members.cardomain.com/yamahasho

On the first page, I have some track videos (click the links).

[civic97]

wow that taurus is sick

[93 red ls]

+1 on the rep for a ford

[modsHXcivi]

Nice videos cars look good ....:TU:

[civic510z]

first Taurus that i like. nice work bro!!

[kyle h.]

sho is tight!

[Synergy001]

fo sho

[MyblkVTEC]

My first car was a 98 taurus with the 3.0 v-6 vulcan motor and I loved it as a first car..... I love that SHO man..... nice rides!!!

[Prakash]

Nice Taurus :TU:

[strykersd]

Nice Taurus. Why did you put Yamaha badges on a Ford?!?!?!

[AJxr]

Nice Taurus. Why did you put Yamaha badges on a Ford?!?!?!

sho's have yamaha powerplants, props for a sweet whip.

[4gExpress]

Amazing Taurus! REEPPP!!

[CrazyConscious]

Damn, those are both sweet cars!

[BLACK-KNIGHT]

Sweet whip.

[yamahaSHO]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I wasn't trying to get 'rep' with this post, but thanks to all 7 of you who did give me rep.

I found a brand new set of heads for my build, so now they need to go into the machine shop for the larger valves, bronze guides, 3-angle valve cut, and studs for the cam caps. Then I get to re-adjust all the valves again...

I got lucky and bought the heads for $550 total, when they retail for $2,500 for the pair.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/225000-225999/225912_662_full.jpg

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Also, to answer the question about the Yamaha badge... The SHO has a Yamaha designed and built Yamaha engine in it.

I also just recently installed these and although I haven't driven the car with them yet, they feel nice!

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/225000-225999/225912_660_full.jpg

[necro]

I really like the SHO.