I have a chance to buy a 98 SHO with 56000 miles from the original owner. I know they are prone to cam failure but does anyone know anything else about them?
I had a 97 SHO V8. I loved the car! :wub: It was great to blow the doors off of unsuspecting people that thought you were in "just another Taurus." Great handling car, I took it on many road trips without any problems. Gas mileage was pretty good too.
I traded it at 41,000 miles before I had the dreaded cam failure though. Try out this website, there's a lot of information there about the cam failures, and even information on people that will weld the cams for you to hopefully prevent a failure.
Johnny O, I also hang out at that board, I go by the name of *MrGarabaldi* over there. As I understand it, if the cam is welded, then it is ok, if it isn't....then you need to get it done.