I owned one of the first SHOs built, a 1989 model manufactured in late 1988. These early SHOs were the fastest, as the car grew a little bit of weight over time. Acceleration times in various magazine tests ranged from 6.4 to 6.7 seconds for the 0-60 sprint. Quarter mile times were 15.0@93MPH, give or take a little bit. The car actually feels faster than these numbers indicate because the engine is a high RPM screamer. The pull is amazing from 4000RPM to redline, but it doesn't get out of the hole all that well.

The car would hit the 7300RPM rev limiter in 4th gear, which amounts to 144MPH. In fifth gear it could only pull up to the high 130s.

It wasn't perfect, but I liked mine well enough to keep it for almost 10 years. There's a ton more information at the SHOtimes website - http://www.shotimes.com