been slowly working on the car and thought maybe i should do a build thread kind of thing.
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis GS, purchased November 2008 w/ about 64k miles, stock and clean 1 owner, white with a kick ass blue interior.
A good starting point, i can count the dings/scrapes on one hand only and other than that its ridiculously clean inside, outside, under the hood and even underneath. IMO it needed a little work in the looks department. Not exactly a bad ass looking car with all the chrome...
black grille, cvpi caps, bumper tuck....ah much better for now
So the build goes like this. I dont want to spend a lot of money. Only looking for mild power gains, generally bolt ons, not terribly interested in the idea of dropping a few hundred bones for a "tune" either. More interested in improved handling in the long run.
Maybe 2 months after having the car, I found someone selling a ported ADTR plenum and plenum + throttle body spacers on CVN, and ended up getting all that for half of what I would have paid new.....missing a few bolts for the throttle body spacer, but no big deal, I set it aside for now until I decide pony up the cash for an aviator throttle body.
Just got the rear 21mm swaybar from ADTR + the front and rear ENS polyurethane swaybar bushing kits. Holy shit, this might be the best $120 i have spent ever in my life. Sure Addcos probably kick more ass, but Im a cheapskate.
Anyways, heres some planned mods. The car will be autocrossed regularly for fun.
-99 cobra wheels & tires...then also associated spacer/adapters and lug nuts...
-upgrade shocks....undecided on which. cant go wrong with bilstiens. although Motorcraft CVPI shocks are cheap. and a few choices in between.
-upgrade springs....undecided on what rates.
-likely do shocks and springs all at once and see about adding more poly bushings to teh mix.
-maybe some new front endlinks?
-J-Mod
-aviator throttle body
-98 or 99 CVPI PCM
-intake upgrade of sorts (here come the MZT suggestions...FU, dont want to deal with a tune)
-exhaust upgrade from the sexy 2" single....still undecided on what to do
-perhaps some 3.27 gears w/ trak lok
-window tint
-stereo? still stock for now, with an awesome cassette tape adapter. not sure if I even want to deal with a system in the trunk...taking that crap out every time I want to go autocrossing.....
ok thats all for now. more pics soon.
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis GS, purchased November 2008 w/ about 64k miles, stock and clean 1 owner, white with a kick ass blue interior.
A good starting point, i can count the dings/scrapes on one hand only and other than that its ridiculously clean inside, outside, under the hood and even underneath. IMO it needed a little work in the looks department. Not exactly a bad ass looking car with all the chrome...
black grille, cvpi caps, bumper tuck....ah much better for now
So the build goes like this. I dont want to spend a lot of money. Only looking for mild power gains, generally bolt ons, not terribly interested in the idea of dropping a few hundred bones for a "tune" either. More interested in improved handling in the long run.
Maybe 2 months after having the car, I found someone selling a ported ADTR plenum and plenum + throttle body spacers on CVN, and ended up getting all that for half of what I would have paid new.....missing a few bolts for the throttle body spacer, but no big deal, I set it aside for now until I decide pony up the cash for an aviator throttle body.
Just got the rear 21mm swaybar from ADTR + the front and rear ENS polyurethane swaybar bushing kits. Holy shit, this might be the best $120 i have spent ever in my life. Sure Addcos probably kick more ass, but Im a cheapskate.
Anyways, heres some planned mods. The car will be autocrossed regularly for fun.
-99 cobra wheels & tires...then also associated spacer/adapters and lug nuts...
-upgrade shocks....undecided on which. cant go wrong with bilstiens. although Motorcraft CVPI shocks are cheap. and a few choices in between.
-upgrade springs....undecided on what rates.
-likely do shocks and springs all at once and see about adding more poly bushings to teh mix.
-maybe some new front endlinks?
-J-Mod
-aviator throttle body
-98 or 99 CVPI PCM
-intake upgrade of sorts (here come the MZT suggestions...FU, dont want to deal with a tune)
-exhaust upgrade from the sexy 2" single....still undecided on what to do
-perhaps some 3.27 gears w/ trak lok
-window tint
-stereo? still stock for now, with an awesome cassette tape adapter. not sure if I even want to deal with a system in the trunk...taking that crap out every time I want to go autocrossing.....
ok thats all for now. more pics soon.
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