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Wile E. Coyote said:
I'm actually trying to find a really nice 94-95 GT or cobra and for the life of me I can't. If it's a clean one, they're like $15k. Any below that is a V6 or a project.
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IMO Coyote Mustangs holding their values in the used market inflated the SN95 5.0 and 4.6 values(in the sellers heads anyway). People even want stupid money for the roached ones that are modded like 240sxs around here.

CDsDontBurn said:
Saw this about an hour ago.

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Is your windshield distorting it or is the bumper on that thing just that warped?
 
White Lincoln said:
Did they at least acknowledge a comrade in arms? (I think you are driving your T Bird) A wave? Gesture of any kind? Honk the horn? Something?
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Negative. It was my intention to interact as I was indeed in my Gold Bird, but the occupants were (very likely) an older retired couple in a deep conversation about something. The driver was only looking forward while his (presumably) wife was looking at the driver.
 
Is it just me, or does the SHO gauge cluster look exactly like the thunderbird one?? I know the gurus in here already know haha, it goes to 150mph and has the RPM sweep to 8k!!


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The 1996 1997 Ford Taurus SHO Instrument Speedometer Gauge Cluster is a black analog instrument cluster designed specifically for the Ford Taurus SHO model years 1996 and 1997. It includes a speedometer with units of measure in mph and rpm. This genuine Ford part comes with a manufacturer...
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Chingon1 said:
Is it just me, or does the SHO gauge cluster look exactly like the thunderbird one?? I know the gurus in here already know haha, it goes to 150mph and has the RPM sweep to 8k!!


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1996 1997 Ford Taurus SHO Instrument Speedometer Gauge Cluster | eBay

The 1996 1997 Ford Taurus SHO Instrument Speedometer Gauge Cluster is a black analog instrument cluster designed specifically for the Ford Taurus SHO model years 1996 and 1997. It includes a speedometer with units of measure in mph and rpm. This genuine Ford part comes with a manufacturer...
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You don’t say? 😆

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97 SHO gauges with stock faces

In the 97 Cluster, I have found a "low fluids module". I am researching/planning a swap to the 97 SHO cluster and am trying to decide whether to repin the harness and use the SHO shell or repin the harness and use the MN12 shell. I am however at a loss as to the function of the "low fluids...
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Don't post links to TSTSNBN, even after I made a tech article! :insult:

theterminator93

Thread '150 MPH speedo and 8K tach (1997 MN12 only)'

The 89-96 MN12 guys get to upgrade their 120 MPH speedometers with the 145 MPH speedometer found in the Super Coupe, but those of us with a 97 can do a little better. The 96-99 Taurus came with a gauge cluster very similar to that found in the 1997 MN12. The SHO has a speedometer that goes up to 150 MPH and also has an 8000 RPM tachometer. It is possible to drop-in the 150 MPH speedometer with no other modifications, though the illumination for the Taurus is blue. You can paint the back of the gauge face with a translucent yellow paint (I used Createx Airbrush Colors Transparent Brite...
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Don't post links to TSTSNBN, even after I made a tech article! :insult:

theterminator93

Thread '150 MPH speedo and 8K tach (1997 MN12 only)'

The 89-96 MN12 guys get to upgrade their 120 MPH speedometers with the 145 MPH speedometer found in the Super Coupe, but those of us with a 97 can do a little better. The 96-99 Taurus came with a gauge cluster very similar to that found in the 1997 MN12. The SHO has a speedometer that goes up to 150 MPH and also has an 8000 RPM tachometer. It is possible to drop-in the 150 MPH speedometer with no other modifications, though the illumination for the Taurus is blue. You can paint the back of the gauge face with a translucent yellow paint (I used Createx Airbrush Colors Transparent Brite...
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You made it lol
 
@theterminator93 i read through your article but I didn’t really get one part of it. You said it’s possible to directly bolt on and it’ll read RPM and speed, but some of the lights would light up in different locations?? Such as the parking brake lighting up a turn signal or something?? For $100 that’s pretty cheap. I’m just not to confident with soldering it up like you did.
 
You can direct swap the cluster and tach heads from the SHO cluster into the MN12 cluster. The indicators in the gauge face of the tach are different than the MN12 indicators so you can just remember which is which if they ever light up, get custom faces made up, or go crazy and do what I did. You can't just drop the SHO cluster into the MN12 without completely repinning the harnesses.
 
B, idk why it's there,but I don't see demill holes in it. (!) There could be 100lbs of ww2 TNT in there!
At least there's no detonator screwed in the end!
 
theterminator93 said:
You can't just drop the SHO cluster into the MN12 without completely repinning the harnesses.
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Plus the main white housing assembly is MN12 specific. The gauges, bezel acrylic screen etc are all interchangeable but that and the circuit board are tailored for 97 MN12s

I had one in my car at a time when I had trouble finding a 94-95 SC at a junkyard, SHOs weren’t that hard to find so I did the unthinkable and converted my 94 to 97 with SHO gauges. It actually looked sweet with the red 99 needles and white kilometers (98 SHO specific!) There are like 3 dummy lights that actually match the MN12 layout and the illumination is blue rather than green which is the biggest drawback

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Here’s the dummy light situation on the speedo and tach without mods(the fuel/temp section is stock 97 MN12)

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theterminator93 said:
You can direct swap the cluster and tach heads from the SHO cluster into the MN12 cluster. The indicators in the gauge face of the tach are different than the MN12 indicators so you can just remember which is which if they ever light up, get custom faces made up, or go crazy and do what I did. You can't just drop the SHO cluster into the MN12 without completely repinning the harnesses.
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Ohh alright makes sense, I’d probably take a picture of the stock MN12 lights and just pop it up from time to time to see whatever light lights up, my memory is pretty bad haha. I wonder if there’s some dog who might be able to rewire it for me to keep it working legit. So… can you pull out ONLY the speed and RPM tach out the whole cluster and swap it into the mn12??


XR7-4.6 said:
Plus the main white housing assembly is MN12 specific. The gauges, bezel acrylic screen etc are all interchangeable but that and the circuit board are tailored for 97 MN12s

I had one in my car at a time when I had trouble finding a 94-95 SC at a junkyard, SHOs weren’t that hard to find so I did the unthinkable and converted my 94 to 97 with SHO gauges. It actually looked sweet with the red 99 needles and white kilometers (98 SHO specific!) There are like 3 dummy lights that actually match the MN12 layout and the illumination is blue rather than green which is the biggest drawback

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Here’s the dummy light situation on the speedo and tach without mods(the fuel/temp section is stock 97 MN12)

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So all you did was swap in just the speed and RPM portion of the SHO into the thunderbird one?? I more am I mistaken? Also the blue would look weird but I believe @theterminator92 used some yellow paint to get the green, which is pretty slick haha
 
I could rewire the MN12 cluster and paint the backs of the SHO faces so they light up green based on my instructions but you'd need to relocate the half-a-dozen pins in the connectors yourself. I'd offer to test it in my car but I'm not taking the dash apart and risking further carnage to my cluster bezel unless absolutely necessary... 😅
 
theterminator93 said:
I could rewire the MN12 cluster and paint the backs of the SHO faces so they light up green based on my instructions but you'd need to relocate the half-a-dozen pins in the connectors yourself. I'd offer to test it in my car but I'm not taking the dash apart and risking further carnage to my cluster bezel unless absolutely necessary... 😅
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I feel like I have to plan all of my car projects around whether I have to remove the cluster bezel at any point to minimize handling of it.
 
theterminator93 said:
I could rewire the MN12 cluster and paint the backs of the SHO faces so they light up green based on my instructions but you'd need to relocate the half-a-dozen pins in the connectors yourself. I'd offer to test it in my car but I'm not taking the dash apart and risking further carnage to my cluster bezel unless absolutely necessary... 😅
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I’ll keep you in mind if I ever move forward with this, it does looks pretty pimp with the 8k RPM sweep. Thanks! And no worries about testing it out, my bezel is cracked up aswell so I wouldn’t wanna do that to you.
 
A cheat way to partially deal with the dummy lights is you can cut the two dedicated dummy light sections from your stock tach face and glue them in place of the ones on the SHO tach(make sure the cuts are out of sight under the bezel!) and you’ll have every dummy light but the low coolant and low washer light up accurate(you can live without those anyway).
 
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