Hey, i took my Town Car to the track for the first time since finishing my HO conversion and 3.73 gears. I lined up a 96-98 Mustang. I ran a 10.3 and him a 10.1 in the 1/8th. He said he was stock but I think he had gears. I want more from my car, I think I can get in the 9's. I have poly bushings for the rear control arms to go in still, I'm looking into getting an aluminum driveshaft, I found the underdrive pulley for our cars, and I want to put a shift kit in it. My car looks nearly stock, the guy in the Mustang looked it over with 5 friends before he would race me. Can anyone think of ways to lose some weight and maintain a stock appearance? I want to be able to beat 99-04 GT Mustangs with this car
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The 1/8th mile? Why does that just sound wrong to me?
Anyway, I'm not sure when, but the later year panthers got aluminum bumpers. The towncars also got aluminum hoods. -
You can get a basic nitrous system for less than $400. With a 75 shot, you should have no problem with 96-98 stangs. A stock HO can safely handle up to a 150 shot with minimal prep. With a 100 shot, the 99-04's will be in your grasp. With a stock 03 V6 stang w/auto, 3.27 open rear, and a 75 shot I was beating 96-98's gts. off the bottle i ran a 16.1@86 (1/4) and a 14.6@98 on the spray.
2011 Grand Marquis LS Ultimate Edition
Dual Exhaust w/ AP XLerator mufflers and 3 1/2" tips, Eibach 1" rear sway bar, Pioneer Head unit and speakers, 17X8 Drag DR-72 wheels
RIP 1984 2Dr Crown Vic "The Millennium Falcon"
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make sure you have aluminum bumpers, they are much lighter,signatures and cartiers have aluminum bumpers and 85-89 townys are supposed to have aluminum hoods
take the spare tire and the jack out
get rid of the smog pump
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2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
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1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)
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If running stock air intake, remove the filter at the track.
2011 Grand Marquis LS Ultimate Edition
Dual Exhaust w/ AP XLerator mufflers and 3 1/2" tips, Eibach 1" rear sway bar, Pioneer Head unit and speakers, 17X8 Drag DR-72 wheels
RIP 1984 2Dr Crown Vic "The Millennium Falcon"
Carbed 5.0 HO w/nitrous , Performer RPM intake, GT40P heads, E303 cam, FRP Shorties, FRP 9mm plug wires, Off-Road H-pipe, Magnaflow round mufflers, 2000 rpm stall
NA-15.78@91.21, 80hp shot-14.48@96.21Comment
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You can also loose the power seats in favor of the manual ones. That has to save you at least 70 pounds.1991 LTD P72 351 W Restored Century Police (Ongoing Project) Sergeant Vic.
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Ditch the a/c and smog pump if you want. Smog pump for sure.2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
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What's your exhaust like? I picked up 0.3 going from stock stang headers with 2 1/4 single exhaust, going to 1 5/8 shorty headers and 2 1/2 dual exhaust with free flowing muffs. Which took me from 10.30's to 9.99
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-ditch smog pump and a/c compressor (and condenser etc)
-tear out any power accessories you might have in favor of manual ones
-get rid of your catalytic converters and mufflers, put straight pipes on. shorty headers would save a few pounds over stock manifolds as wellsigpic
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- 2007 Ford Escape XLT - soccer mom lifted station wagon - 3.0 Duratec, auto, rear converter delete w/ Magnaflow dual exhaust
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its a Lincoln, there was very little that wasn't power to swap over to manual. The passenger seat is one of the few big exceptions. If you really want, you could switch both seats over to manual sliders for some weight savings. They're the same as a Vic.
As for deleting the AC, I'm sure everyone knows my opinions on that.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Remove the rear door power window motors and most of the tracks, permanently seal off the windows, and if no one is riding back there, hollow the doors out.
Likewise with Gadget's idea of lightening up the seats, the stock Lincoln power units are freaking heavy. The rest involves pretty much gutting the car.Comment
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loose the spare tire and jack lol
1981 Mercury Marquis Brougham 2-Door 302/ 5-speed -special blend (GMGT)
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alloy wheels?Pete ::::>>> resident LED addict and CFI defector LED bulb replacements
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hmmm sounds like fun i have a freindly grudge match with a 99 bolted stang ill be racing soon.....89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....Comment
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Thanks guys these are a lot of good ideas, but the big thing for me is keeping as many things original and original looking as possible. I have already removed the smog pump. I want to keep the AC, but I was wondering if the inside of the compressor can be taken apart and hollowed out just keeping the case and the pulley. I never use AC in any of my vehicles anyways. I'm using FRPP 1 5/8 headers, BBK offroad h pipe with SLP Loudmouth 1 mufflers and Mustang LX style tails. This track has horrible traction. At the local 1/4 mile track my Mark VII ran .4 quicker in the 1/8th than I have ever ran at this track.Comment
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