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Drove the car Sunday and Monday, then parked it after it started slow cranking. Took the battery with me to work, and its okay. The alternator, not...

I know I had several problems with my lights on the 96. when I first bought it. The ECM was bad. I was able to find a good one in a wrecking yard in...

Welcome! This forum covers all of Ford's Panther platform which was in production from 1979-2011 model years (and apparently 2012 model year Crown...

The car isn't perfect but that is all I have. You have to treat your car with respect. Better still, remember : My (significant other) isn't perfect...

I paid a shop to weld mine on. Need to get the tails opened up for better flow and headers. Everything else in the middle is free flowing already. I...

I think 96 or 97... but they never really had issues until the whales and the cost cutting on the relays in them. The earlier ones were built better....

mmm magnaflow 11224s, is this how you guys did it or use universal hardware?

Don’t worry Gadget, I’ll definitely check it! Tiggie- it’s always easy to make a mistake like that, plus you never know if the timing gear factory...

It’s so new. Probably the newest one out there. I think National Parts Depot has a big collection of absurdly low mileage cars. But this one might...

Very good. Glad you used the degree wheel to check. Don’t make my mistake!

Looks more like an "old lady garage find" to me! If someone bid $17,200, they were tripping balls too!!!

It was already bid to 17.2k and it did not sell in one of its previous auctions.

guessing the autolamp at least sends signal to the LCM to turn the lights on. Not sure when the LCM became a thing though. I thought that was later.

wad of clay and an engine rotation is cheap peace of mind tho. Mostly its long duration cams that will cause you problems, not so much total lift. ...

the lugs are 1/2"-20 on a 5x4.5" bolt circle

Okay thanks bud, and sorry what I meant is when you look up parts in salvage yards they have either 1" diameter lugholes or 1 5/16" lug holes that's...

Progress! I got the cam, timing chain, lifters+retainer, 1 head, rocker studs, and rockers installed. I also checked/degreed the cam. Everything...

What diameter is 1" If the turbine wheels are coming off of a 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis you will have no issues installing them on your 87.