[Drivesthebeast]

I have been told that while that engine was being R&D'd, they torture tested it, and the testing involved running some prototype and early production engines on engine dyno's, non-stop for a week straight at like 10,000-12,000rpm. Apparently, the Ford engineers said that the engine could have possibly run faster, but the accesories kept blowing up/caving in. Pretty impressive I think.

If you watch the video clips of the SHOpaz on the dyno, it sounds simply crazy when bryce hits the bottle...

Oh yeah, the SHO V6 generated more power, and the Taurus' with that engine were faster on the track than the V8 SHO's...why Ford would reverse engineer something to make it actually crappier... knows. If Ford had been more keen, they should have used the 3.9L V8 from the Lincoln LS...Cosworth/Ford Designed and built block and cylinder heads, Cossie/Ford internal parts, lightweight, 280hp, and 286 ft lbs of torque (and I think that was off of regular or 89 octane fuel too)...that's almost 4.6L mustang power...Also impressive.