Don Mallinson's 1989 SHO
Titanium MTX "SHOZAM"
Personal Info
Age:

Sex:

State:

Occupation:
50 ish

Male

Illinois

National SHO Club President/Publisher,
DC CarCare detailing supply mail order business.
SHO Background:
Modifications:
History of the Car:  Bought, modified, raced,drove,
raced, drove, raced, drove some more. Going racing soon.  I am second owner.  One of just a few SHO's with a bumper hitch.  I do pull a small trailer to conventions sometimes with race wheels etc inside.
Basically a BOS with:
Eibach springs
Koni struts
Under Drive Pullie's
Cat Back
SHO Shop Y-pipe
Performance Plus service keeps it on the road
96 front brakes with FPS grooved disks
Added plus plastic hood plus 24VDOHC badges
Painted Taurus emblem on trunk
Replaced FORD oval on trunk with Yamaha 
Added 91 slicers
93 style exhaust tips
Police grill
Front and rear SHO Shop strut tower braces. 
Amsoil bypass oil filter and Amsoil Series 2000 0-30 oil. 
I change it maybe every 25,000 miles.  Engine looks new inside.

Inside
Scanner
CB
Underdash CD player 
Aftermarket moon roof

In the trunk:
10" sub with it's own dedicated amp 
20 hz with decent volume, it ROCKS! 
Still have the stock Premium sound system other than the sub. 
SHO Specs:
Milage:
-- 175,000 miles
--  45,000 when bought in 1991

Wheels and Tires:
-- 91 Slicers
-- 225/50/16 Continental's
-- Ninja Turtle race wheels
-- 245/45/16 Yokahama R1's

Dyno Spec:
-- 245hp at the wheels (207hp corrected at the wheels) 
    Dyno tested LOTS of times on my own Dynojet.
-- HIghest HP NON-poweradder/cam/head work SHO I tested or have heard of to date.

Interior:
-- Basic 89 SHO. manual HVAC, Premium Sound, aftermarket moonroof.
Racing:
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Autocross, road racing track days, drag race. All the Convention events.  Trophy winner in the 1996 One Lap of America.  Third out of 15 cars in the mid-price Sedan class, beat a Stillen Prepared 96 Maxima, plus several V8 Impala SS's.  Probably the oldest, highest mile, least modified car in the class.  We Beat up on a lot of cars!  Placed 34th out of 100 total cars in the One Lap that year.
Created:   02/11/01
Updated:  02/11/01
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