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1986 Crown Victoria 302 Cold Air,Mac Shorty headers, Full Dual Exhaust with Super Forty Flows, Wagon Suspension with a Full Sound System Replacement 1/4 time 17.486 @ 77.43mph
It should add quite a bit of power, but the plumbing won't be the right shape or length since that's designed for a Mustang, not a panther. You'd probably need to get your ECM retuned as well if you were going to use it with fuel injection, though I don't know whether you were planning to use EFI or carb.
2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine"
1985 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Now I'm no expert, but its ALOT more complicated than just buying a turbo kit and slapping it all together. You have fuel delivery to deal with, plumbing all the oil lines to cool the turbos, a huge amount of fab work, the computer system to run it all, the ability and money to tune the computer, compression ratios, a motor with internals built strong enough and to super tight clearances so it dosent explode, then a transmission setup thats gonna handle all the power with a rear end and suspension setup thats gonna plant it. I'd probly guess, someone correct me if i'm wrong, that you would have to spend between 10-15 grand to build a drivetrain to actually get the full benefit of running a setup like this.
You'd need aftermarket rods, a main girdle, aftermarket pistons, aftermarket heads, and an aftermarket EFI system to run it all. After spending all that money you'd at least want a roller cam, so you can count on another block or at least a retrofit kit. You're looking at $5K+ easy.
1990 Country Squire - under restoration
1988 Crown Vic LTD Wagon - daily beater
That's not really feasibly in any budget build. Dual turbo setup will require very expensive lower end to handle the massive amount of power gain. Everything will have to be replaced and upgraded between those turbos and the rear tires.
I plan on doing a "Junkyard" turbo build on one of my vehicles in the future. It'll probably happen to my truck, unless I could find a nice wagon. Turbo's are fun you just need to have the cash and ability to do the work, then be able to get the car tuned.
2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine"
1985 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
If you keep the boost below about 6PSI and get a safe tune you should be fine, however the AOD wont hold it for long.
You could always call up C&S and buy one of their blow through carbs (if you have the $700 to cover it, although they are considered the best blow through carbs out there.)
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