SBS 2016 Taurus SHO Build Thread - LOCKED

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Picked up the SHO... dyno slips and video coming soon!

Needless to say... holy sho balls Batman!!!


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Big shout out to Matt Robinson at Gearhead and National Speed, Inc in Richmond, VA!!

These runs were on the base tune Matt sent me for E30. I specifically asked for a 475awhp tune to start... there is plenty in it. Datalog was spotless just about!

One is corrected and the other is not...


Corrected

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Uncorrected

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She's truly one hell of a Wicked SHO now!!!  Awesome and very quick turnaround over there at National Speed! 
 
Ran into a problem with the XDI pump yesterday.

Drove the 100 mile trip from Richmond to my house... my buddy came with with me and drove my fiesta back. Drop the fiesta off and he gets in the SHO...  get of my neighborhood and into the highway.. no boost... nothing... no check engine lights... no acceleration... just flat dead.... barely gets enough load to move..

Limp it over to the gas station....

The left bolt on the XDI pump that holds the plate/spacer to the cam lobe snapped... which caused the right bolt to pop out of the cam lobe pedestal which stripped about a 1/4inch of threading from the top of the hole...

Oil went everywhere!

We were able to use a small screw driver to unscrew the broken bolt from the HPFP pedestal. We did not need a screw gun with an extractor. We got very lucky...

Verified that there was enough thread depth left on the right hole to support a new screw. We had plenty of thread depth left.

Stock screw is 1.0x35mm 1.00 pitch with a torx head. The new screw that comes with the XDI pump is a 6Mx1.0x35mm 1.00 pitch stainless steel A270 hardness...

I ended up with picking up some 6Mx1.0x40mm 1.00 pitch 12.9 hardness screws...

I decided to go with a longer stronger bolt as the black plate is also a spacer... so there is plenty of extra thread depth to make up for the stripped amount.

Pulled the cam guide for the pump and checked it along with the cam for scoring or damage. It all looked very clean with no damage. Had to pull the plugs on cylinder 4 and 5 to clean up the pooled oil/fuel....

Needless to say... this was HIGHLY disappointing.

Separation of pump from lobe...

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Broken bolt still in pedestal...

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Stock bolt on left, broken on in middle, what it should be on right.

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New bolts...

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SHOdded said:
:o :o :o  Whew, that was a CLOSE one!
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Yea it was...

I know there are performance differences between the XDI and the LMS pump. But I like how the LMS utilizes stock fuel lines and stock bolts for the plates.

At this point I’m checking this pump after every drive to verify it’s staying in place.

If it pops out again, completely strips the pedestal, it will need to go to the shop for repairs... in which XDI will be receiving a phone call and bill.


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My god SBS what a pain in the ass that is. Glad it turned into a sorta simple fix. Wonder if maybe a dab of low strength purple Loctite would help.
 
shoNoff said:
My god SBS what a pain in the ass that is. Glad it turned into a sorta simple fix. Wonder if maybe a dab of low strength purple Loctite would help.
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That thing pushes 3000 psi from that spring... locktite ain’t helping that lol!

The new bolts are longer, stronger, and better quality... should be OK. I hammered the snot out of it...still holding soo.


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Not exactly what I wanted to see after just paying the bill for the turbos and all the other work....

Good thing I hadn’t eaten or I would have vomited probably..

Had my buddy who is a mechanic in the car with me... he kept me calm! Said bolts snap.. not the end of the world.


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SHOdded said:
Lot of torque with that HPFP, we now know for sure LOL.
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Since I am not worried about breaking my trans again, I wonder where the limit is before a rod gets kinked. I think a 500 hp/600 tq to the tire SHO would make for a interesting ride.
 
SM105K said:
SHOdded said:
Lot of torque with that HPFP, we now know for sure LOL.
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Since I am not worried about breaking my trans again, I wonder where the limit is before a rod gets kinked. I think a 500 hp/600 tq to the tire SHO would make for a interesting ride.
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Not sure? I’m running as high as I feel comfortable right now...

I know the highest HP SHO LMS let out the door on stock internals was 465awhp.


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What's going to be awesome is there's only I think 2 other SHOs in the US That will be a run for the money after your tuned , your on stock block and no meth  😂😂 pump gas only
 
18SHO said:
What's going to be awesome is there's only I think 2 other SHOs in the US That will be a run for the money after your tuned , your on stock block and no meth  pump gas only
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I appreciate the confidence! Track slips will help for sure. There are some pretty impressive SHO lately.


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StealBlueSHO said:
18SHO said:
What's going to be awesome is there's only I think 2 other SHOs in the US That will be a run for the money after your tuned , your on stock block and no meth  pump gas only
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I appreciate the confidence! Track slips will help for sure. There are some pretty impressive SHO lately.


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I call bs on any track slip. No way your car can be fast and not tuned by ***.
 
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