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    suspension upgrades for a town car?

    OK I don't know much about the panther suspension setup, all I know is mine is totally origional from 1989 and its all in good shape (says AAA car care) what are some minor upgrades to make this lincoln turn better??
    1989 Lincoln Town Car - "Anabelle" - Original block, .030 over with SpeedPro pistons, rods fitted with ARP hardware, FRPP +volume oil pump, GT-40 3bar heads, Crane 1.72 rockers, 89' Fox cam, 93' Cobra lower intake, Explorer upper and 65mm TB, 93' Lightning EGR spacer, K&N intake kit from a 4.0L Ranger, 19lb/hr injectors w/ 87 Mark VII ECM, cat/smog deletes, Big Brake conversion, 3.55 K-Code Trac-Lok/Disc brake rear axle, CVPI LCA's w/1" sway bar in rear, wagon front sway bar, BBK 2.5" off-road H-Pipe, Flowmaster super 40s, HPP wheels, 3G alternator w/LMR.com wiring kit, gear reduction starter conversion, Best 1/4 time: 16.0 @ 85mph.

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    Police sway bars ($75 or less) - flatter cornering
    New stock or heavy duty coil springs ($150 or less) - stiffer spring rates, restores ride height
    Bushings/Ball Joints ($100ish) - Removes slop from all moving joints
    -Matt
    1968 Fairlane 500 - 1998 Camaro Z/28

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      #3
      Again, Nitro is right...though need to add one thing and specify another.

      Get heavy duty poly endlinks for the front and get the police rear bar ONLY. Unless you have some insanely small front bar. The front upgrade isn't really that necessary.
      Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons

      Busy maintaining a fleet of Fords

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        #4
        big brakes........then you can use the 98-02 pi swaybar up front, and the es front bushings.......also the 99-02 pi steering box........skippy called gadgets car "nascar steering" lol
        still working on getting poly bushings for the rear

        1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
        2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
        1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
        1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
        2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
        1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

        please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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          #5
          Yeah, definitely poly endlinks and frame bushings for the bar. Cheap and easy. I'm actually considering replacing my front bar with a smaller one to see what it feels like. The big front bar helps a lot when you have crappy worn out suspension but if its in decent shape it shouldn't matter that much. It helped my car when it had old suspension but now I think its actually too much.
          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 rousers

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            #6
            I want a NASCAR box
            1983 Grand Marquis 2Dr Sedan "Mercules"
            Tremec TKO conversion, hydraulic clutch, HURST equipped!

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