# new ford taurus sho...$45,905

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**Created:** [June 17, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-ford-taurus-sho-45-905/244842 "2009-06-17T11:09:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-ford-taurus-sho-45-905/244842/51 "2009-06-18T06:35:57Z")

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> [@Bills fans, making the WNY area look good as always](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bills-fans-making-the-wny-area-look-good-as-always/19505/50):
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> im pretty sure if the nissan engine was one of the best on the planet they would be swaping that into every other car instead of the LSx motors.
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> every car you can think of, the LSx has gone into, including a mini cooper and 350z.

The VQ has been a top 10 engine for like 14 years (1995-2008). LSx (1 in this case) was only from 1998-1999. ([Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_10_Best_Engines))

It’s not made to run 700hp or whatever people who do swaps want to push their motors to. That’s probably why they use LS’s. But for an engine in stock form, it doesn’t get any better than a Nissan engine.

EDIT: I have seen 4th gen Maximas (my gen) running 11’s and 12’s on a VQ block and being NA (swapped VQ30DE for a VQ35DE (02+ motor) or VQ30DE for a VQ30DEK (2000-2001 motor). I’ve seen cars in the 450-500 range on a VQ block (stock I’m 190). The weak part in Nissans is the trannys. Hell, I drove a SC’ed Maxima with a 3.5 swapped in an the auto swapped out for a 5spd and that thing dyno’ed at like 390 or something ridiculous. I was like a kid in the candy store (took the car to the parts store to buy hoses while the owner was working on my car).

Video:

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/9/9931a0187467e8250a9dee4a8063b593fcb8828e.jpeg "Nissan Maxima 12 sec 1/4 mile runs Volume 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCO6fWNjx-k)

> [@Owner of that car - DandyMax](#):
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> Let’s see… it had a custom intake, full exhaust with a cutout, cams with extended redline, lightened flywheel and tuned with a Greddy Emanage Ultimate - that should cover most of the “go” stuff.

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