crappiest vehicle driven
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
Originally posted by sliknspeedy
I have a really good one for ya........ A Lincoln Mark VIII! What a piece of JUNK!!! These things lose their value so fast and if you do any sort of modification on them it is all down hill from there..... We have one sitting outside just rusting away with payments that still need to be made. The first mistake we made was buying it in the first place and the second mistake we made was modifying it. If we hadn't messed with it we might have still had it to drive around town in and we wouldn't be making payments on something that doesn't run.
It had 350hp when it ran, cost a lot of money to get it there. NEVER AGAIN! This vehicle damaged my loyalty to Ford and the problems I have had with my 02 F-250 have damaged it even more. I will buy another Ford product, but it has to be older then me.
Slik
I have a really good one for ya........ A Lincoln Mark VIII! What a piece of JUNK!!! These things lose their value so fast and if you do any sort of modification on them it is all down hill from there..... We have one sitting outside just rusting away with payments that still need to be made. The first mistake we made was buying it in the first place and the second mistake we made was modifying it. If we hadn't messed with it we might have still had it to drive around town in and we wouldn't be making payments on something that doesn't run.
It had 350hp when it ran, cost a lot of money to get it there. NEVER AGAIN! This vehicle damaged my loyalty to Ford and the problems I have had with my 02 F-250 have damaged it even more. I will buy another Ford product, but it has to be older then me. Slik
Where can I come to pick up the car? I have an F-350 & trailer.
I want a Mk VIII--RWD, DOHC 4.6 engine (just like the Cobra), can you say "Honda killer"?
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
Originally posted by 98rangerstep
My wifes POS Neon... oh wait neon, I forgot they are spelled all lower case. Anyway all I got to say is this thing is rusting away on three low and one flat tire and a blown engine, the worst part is that I am still paying for it while the wife gets to drive a new Grand Am (no lowercase).
My wifes POS Neon... oh wait neon, I forgot they are spelled all lower case. Anyway all I got to say is this thing is rusting away on three low and one flat tire and a blown engine, the worst part is that I am still paying for it while the wife gets to drive a new Grand Am (no lowercase).
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
My mother's 1986 Hyundai Excel. It did not excel in anything except frustration. After 2 scattered engines in <8K miles, it was traded for an Omni. She drove the Omni 290,000 miles before replacing it in 1994.
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From: TN,IN,SD,AZ
Originally posted by Jarlaxle
drool, drool, drool
Where can I come to pick up the car? I have an F-350 & trailer.
I want a Mk VIII--RWD, DOHC 4.6 engine (just like the Cobra), can you say "Honda killer"?
drool, drool, drool
Where can I come to pick up the car? I have an F-350 & trailer.
I want a Mk VIII--RWD, DOHC 4.6 engine (just like the Cobra), can you say "Honda killer"?
Jarlaxle,
The car is paid for in May, you can come and pick it up then. BUT........ It needs serious work on the engine. Putting a spec'ed cobra engine in would be an advantage because that should be able to handle the seriously modified program it runs. It doesn't have a chip, a Roush tech reprogrammed it.
Slik
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From: N. Florida - The "No 4x4
Originally posted by sliknspeedy
. . . . a Roush tech reprogrammed it.
Slik
. . . . a Roush tech reprogrammed it.
Slik
Slik, why doesn't it surprise me that you have friends like that??
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From: TN,IN,SD,AZ
Originally posted by ctfuzzy
oh MY what I would give for a copy of ~that~ firmware!!
Slik, why doesn't it surprise me that you have friends like that??
oh MY what I would give for a copy of ~that~ firmware!!
Slik, why doesn't it surprise me that you have friends like that??
You try living with Theo and not have friends like that... He knows everybody. I just sit on the sidelines and get to see some pretty interesting stuff.
Slik
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From: N. Florida - The "No 4x4
Originally posted by sliknspeedy
You try living with Theo and not have friends like that... He knows everybody. I just sit on the sidelines and get to see some pretty interesting stuff.
Slik
You try living with Theo and not have friends like that... He knows everybody. I just sit on the sidelines and get to see some pretty interesting stuff.
Slik
. . and I have only known him a month or so.
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
Originally posted by sliknspeedy
Jarlaxle,
The car is paid for in May, you can come and pick it up then. BUT........ It needs serious work on the engine. Putting a spec'ed cobra engine in would be an advantage because that should be able to handle the seriously modified program it runs. It doesn't have a chip, a Roush tech reprogrammed it.
Slik
Jarlaxle,
The car is paid for in May, you can come and pick it up then. BUT........ It needs serious work on the engine. Putting a spec'ed cobra engine in would be an advantage because that should be able to handle the seriously modified program it runs. It doesn't have a chip, a Roush tech reprogrammed it.
Slik
What's wrong with the engine it has?
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From: TN,IN,SD,AZ
Originally posted by Jarlaxle
Hmm...I wonder if a DOHC 5.4 Navigator shortblock would work in that car...
What's wrong with the engine it has?
Hmm...I wonder if a DOHC 5.4 Navigator shortblock would work in that car...
What's wrong with the engine it has?
Blown head gasket.
Slik
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
How many PSI were you running?
From what I've heard, the modular V8's need new head bolts to boost--they use a torque-to-yield design from the factory, which will, well, YIELD when supercharged.
From what I've heard, the modular V8's need new head bolts to boost--they use a torque-to-yield design from the factory, which will, well, YIELD when supercharged.
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From: Baileyton, TN
Drive a Lincoln, and realize why too much speed is not a good thing. If the car was any good, I would fix it, but it is a waste of money, with a junk engine. It flexes way too much for safety at speed. The program in it removed the limiters, so it would rev to what ever you wanted - that would give a theoretical top speed of over 150, which with a bendy car is suicide- at 130 plus it was unstable.
Theo
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