Damn, DEI37 beat me to it. Plus the Lincoln Continental is on the same platform as the Taurus, and has a DOHC 4.6 V8 putting out 260HP. It's detuned somewhat (puts out 280-300hp in other applications), most likely for torque steer and/or transaxle durability issues.
Now there's an idea--take a late 90's Taurus wagon, drop in a Continental drivetrain, beef up the tranny, and get the engine back up to the power output it has in other cars (intake/exhaust/chip most likely)..that'd be a heck of a sleeper!
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