Ford Motor Company worked with Yamaha Motor Corporation to develop a compact 60° DOHC V6 engine for transverse application. This V6 was to power a mid-engine sports car in the early 1990s, but that project (known internally as GN34) was cancelled. The company decided to place the engine, dubbed Super High Output (or SHO) into the front wheel drive Ford Taurus sedan. The Ford Motor Company (usually called Ford; sometimes called FoMoCo), (NYSE: F) is a multinational corporation that manufactures automobiles. ... Yamaha Motor Corporation (ヤマハ発動機株式会社) is a motorized vehicle-producing company, initially part of the Yamaha Corporation. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ... The Ford Essex V6 engine A V6 is an internal combustion piston engine with six cylinders in a V configuration. ... A transverse engine is an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ... The Ford Taurus (from Latin bull) is a mid-size car sold by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...

The SHO engines share a common bellhousing pattern with the following Ford engines: the 2.3/2.5 L FWD HSC I4, the 3.0L FWD/RWD Vulcan V6, and the 3.8 FWD Canadian Essex V6. The HSC was an automobile engine from Ford Motor Company sold from 1984 until 1994. ... The Ford Vulcan V6 was a 3. ... The Canadian Essex (90 Degree V) engine was a V6 engine family built by Ford Motor Company in Windsor, Ontario. ...

3.0 L

The SHO V6 was a high-tech design when it bowed in 1989 at 3.0L (2986 cc). It was an iron block, aluminum head 24-valve DOHC engine with a then-innovative variable length intake manifold. Its oversquare design, which sported an 89 mm bore and 80 mm stroke, gave the high-revving engine an output of 220 bhp (164 kW) and 200 ft·lbf of torque (271 Nm) at the flywheel. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ... Variable Length Intake Manifold (VLIM) is an automobile engine manifold technology. ... A piston engine is oversquare or shortstroke if its cylinders have a greater bore (width, diameter) than stroke (length of piston travel). ...

In 1996, Ford replaced this engine with a 3.4L V8 and automatic transmission. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Ford Motor Company had worked with Yamaha Motor Corporation to develop the compact DOHC V6 Ford SHO V6 engine for the 1989 Ford Taurus SHO. When the time came to replace that engine, the company again worked with Yamaha to build a new V8 based on their successful Duratec V6. ... An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. ...

3.2 L

From 1993 to 1995, Ford mated a larger 3.2L (3200 cc) version of the 3.0L V6 to an automatic transmission. This new engine, while retaining the same 80 mm stroke of its 3.0L brother, sported a larger 92 mm bore that helped raise output to 220 bhp (164 kW) and 215 ft·lb of torque (298 Nm) at the flywheel. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. ...

In 1996, Ford replaced this engine with a 3.4L V8 and automatic transmission. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Ford Motor Company had worked with Yamaha Motor Corporation to develop the compact DOHC V6 Ford SHO V6 engine for the 1989 Ford Taurus SHO. When the time came to replace that engine, the company again worked with Yamaha to build a new V8 based on their successful Duratec V6. ... An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. ...