1991 Ford Taurus

SHO Sedan

6 Cylinder 3.0 Liter

Manual

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Gasoline

Air Conditioning

I've owned 4 SHO's and this is one I've had about 3 years and it's time to let it go. I knew the previous owner and he did all the subtle mods to the car. It has all the good plus features with the ABS bulge hood, rod shifter, and original rear deck spoiler. It still has shiny original factory white paint(never wrecked or repainted), with assorted small dings and scrapes but shows very well overall. Not a spec of rust at all anywhere on body. The interior is black full leather and is also very nice also with just a split in the drivers seat bolster and on top of the rear seats and one seat bottom. The car has 173K miles, but just 3,000 miles since going through the motor--heads were removed, valve job, valve seals, cam seals, couple guides, light surfacing were all done. Valves were adjusted to middle of clearance specs. Ford head gaskets were used. The block got a lite bottle hone and all pistons had new Ford rings installed. New intake and exhaust gaskets, new timing belt and crank position sensor. Water pump also recently replaced along with idle air control valve. The rod bearings were replaced along with checking the main bearings. They were all retorqued with a Snap-On digital torque wrench. Car runs and drives great, clutch is good, front brake pads and rotors are new, has polished slicers with 225/55/16 tires. The AC has been blowing cold and sometimes not so cold so the charge is getting low. The engine is making a rattling noise on top which may be the timing belt tensioner and I have the part on order and will be installing it. I've installed the tensioner now and the noise remains. I've driven this car for several years and the noise has not affected how the engine runs, and it seems to go away about 2,000 rpm or so. The engine is basically rebuilt and all rod and main bearings reinspected and all within spec. All 4 struts were also recently replaced. These are the mods done to the car: 96 Big Brake upgrade Walbro fuel pump Performance Plus y-pipe Summit turbo mufflers Welded in subframe connectors Front and rear strut tower braces Sony sound system with CD changer in trunk Police grille Window tint done by new car dealer 2 years ago, ceramic film, 20% rear, 35% front, windshield band too. The car is in the San Diego, Ca area