Who said top end? I said " standard for luxury sedans"
TLS type-S 350
Q50 300 and 400hp options
BMW 3/4 series 382
Genesis 300-375
MB you have to get to an upper E-Class to get over 300.
All of those are more than a SHO, but dont even have the power of a 2017 3.0T MKZ(MKz has 50tq more than the...
I still believe the Fusion Sport should have been called Fusion SHO and that an updated Taurus SHO should have gotten a tuned version of the 400HP/400TQ 3.0T with closer to 450hp. Using the 3.0T in ONLY the MKZ made it a total sleeper NO ONE expects and super few knew about. Its not even got any...
To be fair no one knew the performance package on the Taurus SHO had upgraded internals that the police interceptor got until people started to tear the engines down and were like "wait why are these two motors different?"
Thats not going to make a 20HP difference. There is no way they are making the power just an ECU change. That would make the DH utterly pointless for anyone that's not doing road racing, as anyone wanting to make over 1200wheel will be building the internals anyway making the rod upgrade...
Rods and cams are a bigger difference than a manifold that could be called "comparable" and an intake tube.
Also, the Boss had pistons, rods, compression ratio, camshafts, valve springs, crankshaft-sensor trigger-wheel and manifold over a normal GT. There was a reason the BOSS engine was given...