1989 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS *DUW*

[over2tonsofFun]

great looking car.

Tim

[Nathan in MI]

Congratulations on getting POTM!

[Brandon]

VERY NICE CAR! Well deserved! Congratulations!!!

[Tiggie]

How'd I miss your car for so long? It looks great! Those wheels look great on there and work really well with the color.

Any more thoughts of a turbo or two?

[87DeuceVic]

Cars a beaut mang. Lookin forward to seeing her progress. Cheers.

[gabegt90]

congrats mang thanks again for your help with my tripminder without your thread I would of been screwed lol

[ÆJackacks]

damn that's so mint, and you don't have to hide the 'issuses' with fancy camera angles and black and white pics like me LOL

[89mercury]

Thanks guys!

I have been remodeling my garage and now that I'm done I'll be doing the following upgrades:

135A 3G Alt
3 Row HD Rad
Dual electric cooling fans
K code axle w/11" drums



Twin turbos are coming someday, I've got to do more research on the rest of the parts I'm going to use. So far I only have the gt40 intake w/ a lightning cover.

I still need:
347 CID shortblock (I would love to use the ford racing boss 302 block)
GT40 heads w/ roller rockers
custom "Powered by SVT" valve covers
throttle body
mass airflow sensor
cam
oil pump
water pump
Injectors w/larger fuel rail
larger fuel lines
high volume fuel pump
custom turbo headers & exhaust
turbos
intercooler
ECM/ECU that I can tune with a laptop
auto transmission to handle all the power

To keep with all the lightning parts I have been thinking about adding dual gas tanks with controls from a lightning/F150.

I wanted to add, I've been thinking about having the wood trim panels redone by someone like http://www.patterntek.com/ in a silver & dark blue wood burl pattern. ??????????

[ÆJackacks]

sorry to thread jack kinda but what did you use on the floor of your garage? That car looks so mint i don't think i would even want to modify it at all lol. But looks like you do good quality work, carpentry too haha. So I can't wait to see how this is going to come out.

[89mercury]

Garage Floor is Quikrete Epoxy Garage Gloor Coating with the Premium Clear Epoxy Coating on top.

New PIC:camera:

[Lincolnmania]

i'd be afraid to get that garage greasy mang
love the car! may i suggest big brakes and rear discs?

[ÆJackacks]

yea they would look good through the rims, as for color choice of caliper, i would only suggest the color of the car or something dark.

are you still planning to put those SVT stickers on it?

[89mercury]

I put a 285/40R18 up front just for kicks. It's to big.

[89mercury]

I was looking at some old pics and I ran across this one. I figured you guys would get a kick out of it. This PI had a lot of good parts.:crocktears:

[89mercury]

I made a trip to the local junkyard and I didn't find any police cars or any tripminders. I did find a 3/4" rear sway bar from a 1988 crown vic, but it's going to be a PAIN to try and pull it. Anyway, I remember some time ago about the front and rear braces on a lincoln, I saw this car in the pic below and I thought the front would be easy to cut off.

Has anyone cut these braces off and welded them on a crown vic or grand marquis?