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My 1989 Grand Marquis GS sedan "Ebyt"
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Originally posted by 86VickyLX View PostI want interior pics! I wanna see that digital dash in action!
Glad you found someone closer to home (and more qualified) to take on that project. A trip to MI and back would have added quite a bit to the budget due to the cost of gas.Vic
~ 1989 MGM LS Colony Park - Large Marge
~ 1998 MGM LS - new DD
~ 1991 MGM LS "The Scab"
~ 1991 MGM GS "The Ice Car"
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Long boring showcase video is up, skip to 13:30 for cold start, and to 15:30 for digidash discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuniIYKsAc
@Salty: Combination of aesthetics and practicalty. Trunk trim, rocker trim, and wheel arch trim traps water which is awful. Never really liked the front and rear windshield trim on my car so I just took it off. Rest of the deleted trim was inspired by Lazerbean's '90 LTD Crown Victoria. I really like how he did it with all the smoothed out edges but I don't know how he kept the weatherstripping..... and apparently the local body shop couldn't figure it out either. Because I told them that if they couldn't figure it out, to just delete the parts of the outer door trim that they could do safely (i.e. don't remove anything with weatherstripping attached!) and body color the rest. Obviously that never happened... along with a bunch of other things they were instructed to do!
@HRG: Haha.... well that's one way to put it!
@86Vicky: Skip to 15:30 in the update video.
@Vwright: '98-'02 front discs and I believe '97 rear discs, like 86Vicky said. In order to run these brakes you need 16 inch wheels and a '92+ rear axle. My new axle came out of a '95 Grand Marquis.... said car also had 3.27 TracLok rear end so I'm rocking that now too. Nice improvement over the god-awful 2.73 open rear my '89 came with.
@VCV: Yeah, sorry we never could get that done. MN12 cluster also wouldn't fit properly as we later found out due to its extreme depth. You'd literally need to cut all the steel support bracing behind the dash for it to even stand a chance of fitting. And you wouldn't know that unless you got really, really, far into the swap. So it's all good. Also PM sent regarding other stuffs.
@DTG: Skip to 15:30 in the update video.'89 Grand Marquis "Ebyt", '85 Grand Marquis "Eva", '94 Caprice "Kira"
'84 Town Car "Stacy", '79 New Yorker “Anita", '93 Town Car "Kelly"
'80 Mark VI "Allie", '94 Grand Marquis coming June, '79 LTD-S "Oksana"
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The exterior temperature sensor lives under the hood, forward of the radiator on 90s Towncars. Could probably install that without too much nonsense, and it wouldn't be visible either.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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No kidding! I did not know they changed that on the later cars. Okay, that's definitely something I want done next year then.'89 Grand Marquis "Ebyt", '85 Grand Marquis "Eva", '94 Caprice "Kira"
'84 Town Car "Stacy", '79 New Yorker “Anita", '93 Town Car "Kelly"
'80 Mark VI "Allie", '94 Grand Marquis coming June, '79 LTD-S "Oksana"
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Originally posted by Hearsesrock427 View Post@Vwright: '98-'02 front discs and I believe '97 rear discs, like 86Vicky said. In order to run these brakes you need 16 inch wheels and a '92+ rear axle. My new axle came out of a '95 Grand Marquis.... said car also had 3.27 TracLok rear end so I'm rocking that now too. Nice improvement over the god-awful 2.73 open rear my '89 came with.
Originally posted by gadget73 View PostThe exterior temperature sensor lives under the hood, forward of the radiator on 90s Towncars. Could probably install that without too much nonsense, and it wouldn't be visible either.The ones who accomplish true greatness, are the foolish who keep pressing onward.
The ones who accomplish nothing, are the wise who know when to quit.
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The clutches in the rear of my 93 go full retard with the slightest bit of throttle past just touching the pedal around a corner. But it makes for good grip when you do hammer it. The beater doesn't do it as bad, but still does with a little more throttle... but again... the grip. It's nice to be able to drive in the rain and not have the back it totally fishtail when you change surfaces under acceleration.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.
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Originally posted by DerekTheGreat View PostDigidash looks cool! Any plans to incorporate the buttons into the silver dash trim?The ones who accomplish true greatness, are the foolish who keep pressing onward.
The ones who accomplish nothing, are the wise who know when to quit.
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Temp sensors I'm about 98% sure are identical to the ACT on the intake manifold. Can find one in any box lower intake, or in any 90s airbox assembly.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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I have the one from my 93's airbox somewhere if needed.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.
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And how would you know that???The ones who accomplish true greatness, are the foolish who keep pressing onward.
The ones who accomplish nothing, are the wise who know when to quit.
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