I'm getting a Mark VII, whwat should I do to it? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MSD · 08-06-2005, 06:41 PM

Due to the semi-unexpected arrival of a large sum of money, I will be purchasing the car that my manager has been trying to sell me since my mom's died and she took mine (by which I mean hers that I used.) It's a 92 Lincoln Mark VII, has 70000 miles, and has been meticulously maintained. So far I intend to make a few minor cosmetic mods (fucking around with markers and tail light assemblies, pics to come later,) and the much-needed mass airflow conversion. I'll probably put a new exhaust system on this winter to free up airflow and get it ready for the hope I have of installing a 5.0 Mustang turbo or supercharger kit (and a bit of a subdued growl will sound a better than the whiny stock exhaust.)

Toss out some ideas for what I can do to make it a bit more unique and stand out while not drawign too much attention. I'm interested to hear what everyone has to say.

merkerguitars · 08-06-2005, 09:21 PM

Oh jeez, so many things you can do. First of all, you probably have the Ford 8.8 rearend, gear it with 3.55 or 3.73 gears, you can pick up a set for cheap. Then find out what heads you have, most likely e7te heads, with those heads you can port and flow them and they will easily flow better than most bolt on heads. Also find an intake setup from a 96-97 ford explorer, thats some easy bolt on hp. Plus if you state is pretty easy to get by with emissions, get a short serpentine setup and block off the air injection setup on the heads. And if you looking at a supercharger setup, kenny belle makes some nice twin screw ones that throw out some impressive numbers.

irseg · 08-07-2005, 04:02 PM

Cool! Those are nice cars, a friend of mine has owned a few. A '92 will already have a mass-airflow sensor, so you won't need to convert anything.

Don't expect it to be all that fast in stock form--although it is essentially a stretched Mustang GT, it weighs an additional 1000 pounds and has tall gearing. But as merkerguitars mentioned, there is a LOT you can do to the cars. Just about anything that applies to an 87-93 Mustang GT will work on the Lincoln.

If I had a Mark VII and the time/money to play with it, I'd like to drop in a manual tranny from a Mustang GT. That would make it a lot more unique and fun to drive.

MSD · 08-07-2005, 04:53 PM

OK, here's a bit more info. I was mistaken and it's actually a 91, not a 92, and it's definitely speed density instead of mass airflow. I want to make it fun to drive yet preserve fuel economy since I have to drive 24 miles each way to school and back. This is why I'm looking at turbo rather than supercharging, since a manual wastegate control or boost controller would let me keep the economy good when I'm just cruising on the highway. A manual transmisison would be nice, but the conversion is far beyond my ability, and my house doesn't even have a garage. I can get help from someone who can do just about everything with just about any car, but I don't want to be a whiny jerk who begs for help everytime I want to do something.

I definitely want to get 3.73 gears (preferably positrac because I'll be driving it in the winter) and I'll look into the Explorer intake. I may do GT40 heads to kick it up a bit, and new headers are probably in the near future.

merkerguitars · 08-08-2005, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct

I may do GT40 heads to kick it up a bit, and new headers are probably in the near future.

The problem I found with GT40 heads is they are extremely hard to come by if your looking for a set used. Plus since most ford explorers had the bare minimum for a cooling system alot of the ones I have found have been cracked or warped. Another factor is since you would have to pull them off of on engine thats less than 10 years old most salvage yards won't let you pull just the heads out, you would have to take the whole engine.

08-06-2005, 06:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	I'm getting a Mark VII, whwat should I do to it? Due to the semi-unexpected arrival of a large sum of money, I will be purchasing the car that my manager has been trying to sell me since my mom's died and she took mine (by which I mean hers that I used.) It's a 92 Lincoln Mark VII, has 70000 miles, and has been meticulously maintained. So far I intend to make a few minor cosmetic mods (fucking around with markers and tail light assemblies, pics to come later,) and the much-needed mass airflow conversion. I'll probably put a new exhaust system on this winter to free up airflow and get it ready for the hope I have of installing a 5.0 Mustang turbo or supercharger kit (and a bit of a subdued growl will sound a better than the whiny stock exhaust.) Toss out some ideas for what I can do to make it a bit more unique and stand out while not drawign too much attention. I'm interested to hear what everyone has to say.

08-06-2005, 09:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Oh jeez, so many things you can do. First of all, you probably have the Ford 8.8 rearend, gear it with 3.55 or 3.73 gears, you can pick up a set for cheap. Then find out what heads you have, most likely e7te heads, with those heads you can port and flow them and they will easily flow better than most bolt on heads. Also find an intake setup from a 96-97 ford explorer, thats some easy bolt on hp. Plus if you state is pretty easy to get by with emissions, get a short serpentine setup and block off the air injection setup on the heads. And if you looking at a supercharger setup, kenny belle makes some nice twin screw ones that throw out some impressive numbers. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

08-07-2005, 04:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
irseg Junkie Location: Florida	Cool! Those are nice cars, a friend of mine has owned a few. A '92 will already have a mass-airflow sensor, so you won't need to convert anything. Don't expect it to be all that fast in stock form--although it is essentially a stretched Mustang GT, it weighs an additional 1000 pounds and has tall gearing. But as merkerguitars mentioned, there is a LOT you can do to the cars. Just about anything that applies to an 87-93 Mustang GT will work on the Lincoln. If I had a Mark VII and the time/money to play with it, I'd like to drop in a manual tranny from a Mustang GT. That would make it a lot more unique and fun to drive.

08-07-2005, 04:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	OK, here's a bit more info. I was mistaken and it's actually a 91, not a 92, and it's definitely speed density instead of mass airflow. I want to make it fun to drive yet preserve fuel economy since I have to drive 24 miles each way to school and back. This is why I'm looking at turbo rather than supercharging, since a manual wastegate control or boost controller would let me keep the economy good when I'm just cruising on the highway. A manual transmisison would be nice, but the conversion is far beyond my ability, and my house doesn't even have a garage. I can get help from someone who can do just about everything with just about any car, but I don't want to be a whiny jerk who begs for help everytime I want to do something. I definitely want to get 3.73 gears (preferably positrac because I'll be driving it in the winter) and I'll look into the Explorer intake. I may do GT40 heads to kick it up a bit, and new headers are probably in the near future.