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wildmanjoe
11-22-2006, 10:07 PM
Hello everyone.

My name is Joe and I have a medium charcoal 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis with 125,000 miles and the original F.I. 302/AOD combo. I recently got this car from an old woman to replace my 1988 Oldsmobile Delta 88 that bit the dust after 300,000 faithful miles and have been steadily working on/improving it ever since. So far I have shampooed the interior, replaced the passenger side window motor, put on new front tires, done a tune up, repaired some rust holes in the trunk and touched up the paint to the best of my limited ability. Future plans include:

Freer flowing exhuast
New air intake (have to find one that accommodates the MAF)
Take off wheels (Newer Marquis? Mustang? Who knows?)
Re-clearcoat the hood, roof and trunk. (Old clear is toasted right off.)
Four wheel alignment

That's all the plans I have so far as tuition seems to be sucking the life force out of my budget, but I may do some other stuff as I come across it. I'll post pics if anyone is interested. Neat site and keep up the good work.

:merk:
MrMarquis
11-22-2006, 10:20 PM
Howdy and welcome to GMN! :merk:

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Lincolnmania
11-22-2006, 11:33 PM
another member from the twine ball state.......welcome to gmn!
85crownHPP
11-23-2006, 12:09 AM
:welcome:

I think you will enjoy the vic better than the olds :D
And the 85's haver CFI and have nothing to do with MAF - you can put a fancy air cleaner on it but thats about it.
Or are you talking about upgrading the fuel/intake system to SEFI MAF? Ive thought about that myself :D
wildmanjoe
11-23-2006, 02:28 AM
:welcome:

I think you will enjoy the vic better than the olds :D
And the 85's haver CFI and have nothing to do with MAF - you can put a fancy air cleaner on it but thats about it.
Or are you talking about upgrading the fuel/intake system to SEFI MAF? Ive thought about that myself :D

Blah, my bad. I'm a former steering and suspension tech so I've never spent that much time under any hoods. Though the thought of converting to SFI is intriguing. http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/scratchchin.gif
91 LTD
11-23-2006, 09:17 AM
Aloha Joe. Just put Magnaflow cats and Flowmaster 40s on my car and it has made a huge difference!
88Vic
11-23-2006, 10:29 AM
Welcome to our place. Try to get some pics of your car. If you want to mod your car, a good place to start is the exhaust. Then maybe 3.27 or 3.55 gears. Have fun with your project.
85crownHPP
11-23-2006, 10:37 AM
steering and suspention eh??? Turns out there are good steering and brake mods/upgrades to do to these cars, and we've found polyurethane suspention bushings that work for our suspention too.
You'll find lots of info on that here :2up:
boXman
11-23-2006, 11:47 PM
:welcome:
grandpaslincoln
11-24-2006, 12:41 AM
Welcome!!!
interceptor1985
11-24-2006, 03:24 PM
Welcome to GMN !!!!! I used to have a 89 delta 88 it wasn't a very good car i got rid of that and got my self a ford and have been happy ever since:)
RideIt
11-27-2006, 09:21 PM
Howdy....
Lincolnmania
11-27-2006, 09:25 PM
welcome to gmn!
Nathan in MI
12-01-2006, 01:35 PM
Welcome, mang! Always good to see another Minnesotan on GMN! Keep us posted on what happens with your car.


That's all the plans I have so far as tuition seems to be sucking the life force out of my budget, but I may do some other stuff as I come across it.
packman
12-01-2006, 08:26 PM
Welcome to GMN, you found the right place. Can't wait to see what you got.
Packman