97 Grand Marquis GS: Project "Beater"

[Deaf Bob]

Cool! 210K is just broken in...
Rides/drives good... Might as well fix n drive...
You KNOW you will survive a crash in one of these..(depending)
Dodge pickup had sun in eyes and rear ended a neighbor in a smallish car up at the stop sign.. 45 mph speed zone.. Bumper of the car was practically under the rear end.. If it is the neighbor I think it is.. It is a mid sized Lexus..so instead of a trunk.. It has nothing past the rear tires...

[Mater]

yeah can get a PI engine form a 99+ mustang for $150-$200 and my silver 2dr GP is starting to die faster then i was hoping

[SuperBuickGuy]

BiTFPiTM.... yep, that's the right way to do it (beat it to fit, paint it to match)..... and do you think you can prance back in here without telling us what wild adventures you were on for the last month? (make it a good story )

[Mater]

i know my neighbors will be happy to see it move locations lol

and it will be fun to drive it again might even swap out the rear gear wile i am at it 2.73 not the most sporty in the world

[Barry Donovan]

not to invade your thread..
but was digging into crown vic info and stopped cold at the composite intake.
I found a really informative site for the updates, a few hacks..but still composite.
I then thought if to go through with it, none of my stuff has egr if it means hacking little dummy lights.
the big source of killer blocked off.

I found an edlebrock aluminum, but does not just swap.

any performance stuff to get out of the composite entirely?

my locale can't even do a rubber cold boot for long. never mind an entire intake.
my dads 07 liberty is a heartcahe to drive. same composite fairy tale.

I guess I deciphered why the most common sedan in america is narrowed down to cop cars here.

I like the crown vics, I may not even go for the cop car p71. finding low miles and low price is no longer bewildering after learning of the heater hose and plastics.

[Mater]

the PI composite is the best flowing intake manifold all aftermarkets either loose torque or midrange the edlebrock intake is really only good for a boosted car


if you are not worried about power look at the 93 and older cars they had an aluminum intake only 190hp though

[Russell]

What about 99 bullitt intake is it al Al?

[Mater]

yes here is one for 500

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-2002-Mustang-Bullitt-Intake-Manifold-4-6-SOHC-/120978361068?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c2adf4aec&vxp=mtr

the TB would smack into the A/C lines and the battery though

as here is how a panther is set up

[Russell]

Dont forget the $80 shipping. I would stick with plastic

[Mater]

seeing as the PI intake performs just as well as the bullitt intake on dyno test same here

the plastic also has better thermal efficiency and after 200,000 miles my plastic intake was doing just fine untill the heater nipple failed

not sure what the guy is doing with it that i sold it too he had a mustang that got T-boned and wanted to swap in the engine and manual trans into the merc

[Barry Donovan]

thanks for refresh..
I have been subscribed to some mustang info for quite some time.

I think I could do composite, simply the updated dorman, or whatever. I tend to go for an iced top end anyway.

I was remembering alot can fit if to raise the hood on some of this stuff. linkage and hose complaints is trivial.

I did find the old intake, and that they are restrictive.. they seem to get a good penny for those as stand alone. I won't wonder why.

I see one of the older, last of aluminums, nearly every day. no fog in the glass lights either. I bet that is a happy owner there.
only 5 years newer than my pulverized tin can. ..and it is out there nearly every day.

[hauen]

The baseline F150 trucks at work ('06ish iirc) have 2V 4.6s and aluminum intakes, they have drive by wire though, and to be honest I'm not really sure if the earlier throttle bodies go on. I stopped messing with the 2V 4.6 after 2000 or so (just after PI heads of course. lol) and have never messed with a 3V. If you were stuck with composite I'm sure you could cook up a cool heater (how's that for an oxymoron?) like you did for your Subby if you really had to.