I'm using the throttle body from the explorer motor, but the panther TPS never quite worked perfectly on it. I had to drill out the holes larger to get it to fit and read ~1volt. But i've noticed that the blade that turns the TPS isnt as wide as it needs to be and has somewhat worn down the tabs inside the tps and never reads right. So i'm wondering what TPS everyone running the explorer setup uses? The explorer TPS fits well, but has a different plug. Same color wires though so i'm assuming if it were cut of and replaced it would work correctly. Anyone done this yet? The wires on my explorer tps were cut to short to be used, so i'd like to get a little more info before i pick up a new one...
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1984 Grand Marquis GS - CFI-SEFI conversion, Explorer 302, GT40 intakes, GT40P heads, 1.7 roller rockers, HO Cam, ASP Underdrive Pulley, 2.5" Dual exhaust, Flowmaster Delta 50 mufflers, 3.55 Trac-Lock, Rear disk's, Moog cargo coils, ES rear poly bushings, PI front and rear sway bars, 3G alt., Mark VIII fan, custom Auto-meter dash
1990 Crown Victoria Country Squire - Explorer 302, HO cam, dual exhaust, 3.55 Trac-Lock, PI rear sway bar (SOLD)
1982 LTD Wagon (R.I.P.) -|-1984 Grand Marquis LS(R.I.P.) -
i have always used a stock replacement tps for a box panther
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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stock on mine. I did have a replacement snap a blade. I thought it was just an odd coincidence and never looked into it further. Whats on there for the last 2 years is an 11 pm "oh shit" part from the box of used spare parts. I think I did check the resistance on an Explorer TPS and found it to be the same as the Panther one. If you can get your hands on the Explorer TPS plug and splice it to a box plug as an adapter harness I have no doubt it would work just fine.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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stock panther on mine too.Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons
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I think mine came from the Box-O-Misc 'Stang parts
87 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Station Wagon. 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, Boxed LCA's, Explorer Intake, 65mm T-body, 'Stang Cam, 'Stang Air tube, K&N, GT-40X Heads, 1" Spacer, 1 5/8 BBK's, 2.5" Pypes X-pipe w/high flow cats, Single Chamber Thunderbolts, B&M 'vertor, Po-lice Swaybars.
91 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Station Wagon. K-Code, 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, MK VII LSC Engine, 'Stang Upper Intake, Stang Air Tube, K&N, 65 mm T-Body, 'Stang Headers, 'Stang Cat Pipe,'Stang Torque Convertor, 2 Chamber Thunderbolts.
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I'll head to the junkyard tomorrow and get another explorer one and splice that in. Based on the part number that one is in a ton of different cars. I'll pick up a spare panther one in case that doesn't work. I think this had been causing a lot of little running issues lately, so hopefully thats all fixed. thanks for the input
1984 Grand Marquis GS - CFI-SEFI conversion, Explorer 302, GT40 intakes, GT40P heads, 1.7 roller rockers, HO Cam, ASP Underdrive Pulley, 2.5" Dual exhaust, Flowmaster Delta 50 mufflers, 3.55 Trac-Lock, Rear disk's, Moog cargo coils, ES rear poly bushings, PI front and rear sway bars, 3G alt., Mark VIII fan, custom Auto-meter dash
1990 Crown Victoria Country Squire - Explorer 302, HO cam, dual exhaust, 3.55 Trac-Lock, PI rear sway bar (SOLD)
1982 LTD Wagon (R.I.P.) -|-1984 Grand Marquis LS(R.I.P.)Comment
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Ok I got this whole mess sorted out. The explorer TPS WILL work. It has the same range as the panther TPS despite what I have read on a ton of mustang forums. .55v-4.75v uninstalled. I had to drill out the wholes a tiny bit, but since the tabs inside the explorer TPS are longer, there was no issue with the blade spinning freely inside it. I found a lot of bad info on interchanges for this part. The correct explorer one is F4SZ-9B989-AA, there are a bunch that look the same that spin the opposite way.
When splicing the wires, here is the explorer and panther setups:
Explorer:
BRN/WHT VOLT REF
GRY/WHT TPS INPUT
GRY/RED SIG RETURN
Panther:
ORG/WHT VOLT REF
DRK GRN/LT GRN TPS INPUT
BLK/WHT SIG RETURN
Its all installed, and now i have 1v closed throttle, and it smoothly goes up to 4.75v. I could tell it was running better, and responded better at WOT.
Second pic is the explorer TPS, 3rd pic is the one you DONT want, you can see the tabs are in a different position.Attached Files
1984 Grand Marquis GS - CFI-SEFI conversion, Explorer 302, GT40 intakes, GT40P heads, 1.7 roller rockers, HO Cam, ASP Underdrive Pulley, 2.5" Dual exhaust, Flowmaster Delta 50 mufflers, 3.55 Trac-Lock, Rear disk's, Moog cargo coils, ES rear poly bushings, PI front and rear sway bars, 3G alt., Mark VIII fan, custom Auto-meter dash
1990 Crown Victoria Country Squire - Explorer 302, HO cam, dual exhaust, 3.55 Trac-Lock, PI rear sway bar (SOLD)
1982 LTD Wagon (R.I.P.) -|-1984 Grand Marquis LS(R.I.P.)Comment
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