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Future Plans for the Ford Taurus Engine

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Ricky Rudd Bought His Old NASCAR Road Course Car Back! (Bonus IROC Dodge Daytona)

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Ricky Rudd talks about a project where he wants to replace the current engine in the Ford Taurus with a more user-friendly crate motor. This would allow him to easily start and use the car for parades or track days without the complex pre-lubrication and warm-up procedures required for the high-performance race engine currently installed. He also touches on the cost of the existing race engine, stating it could be around $40,000.

Goal: Outline plans to make the Ford Taurus more accessible for casual use.

Tools and materials

  • Crate Motor Ford — A potential replacement engine for ease of use
  • No. 28 Ford Taurus NASCAR Race Car Ford — The car awaiting an engine swap

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with the 28 car you going to I don't get on the track I don't know I thought about taking it to you know you know go to Kershaw or vir and go play with it but I you know that motor scares me in there I don't you know this somebody told me that motor is like $40,000 probably uh every bit of 40,000 if you if you go out there and destroy it I like to go play but I don't want to spend that kind of money it doesn't mean that much to me uh I think it'd be fun like land is floating around here somewhere I thought it could be neat for him to get out there and go play with that thing or put a second seat in it you know and take people for ride whatever but I haven't really figured out what I'm going to do with it but I'm probably I want to put some type of CRP motor in it say save this motor pull everything out just keep it exactly intact um but put some type of uh Ford Ford CRP motor I know they had different ones now you know for road racing 500 horsepower motor 500 550 that's probably all you really need with these tires um I mean I drove them when he had 850 almost 900 horsepower and I mean you could spend the tires in any gear at any time you know and it's just you had to really be soft with a throttle uh with when I first started racing Cup 500 horsepower would win races so I think of some type of CRP motor that you can actually hit the starter switch Crank It Up you want to put it in a parade or put it on theplay you you start it like a regular car but yet it has a dve you can put a drive simp hole system in it where you can take it on a road course and it'd be it'd be all you'd want to handle with 500 550 horsepower so that would be that's uh me talking without spending money to buy the motors you know and then the tight W enemy says well I'm probably doing fine sitting on the couch and watching TV instead of out driving them but every now and then I get the

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