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ALL 99's came with the PI motor, correct?

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02nightmaregt

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VicRattlehead said:
pass side fill only on a windsor headed engine. romeo's got the dr side fill. except on some 01's they are kinda random.
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If the 02's were Romeo than your wrong because my 02's oil fill is on the Passenger side.
 

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02nightmaregt said:
If the 02's were Romeo than your wrong because my 02's oil fill is on the Passenger side.
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yea thats the thing, there so many weird things with they way they did them. from what ive found majority of them are dr fill and 13 bolt vs 11 bolt.
 

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blacksheep-1 said:
Whatever the cause there was a disruption in the engine supply, so they used the "truck motor" (windsor), which IMO was a better engine based on the fact that the one in my truck has 210K on it right now.
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So what does that say for the thousands upon thousands of Crown Vics in Civil service duty and/or being used at Taxi Cabs right now that are running up into the 300-500K range with their Romeo blocks?

Like I said....ones really no better than the other. If one chooses to believe that the Windsor based engine is the better platform of the two because they're holding onto the old OHV namesake, or because Ford used them in their trucks before hand, then that's fine. Just know that it's all in your heads at the end of the day and one will last as long, make just as much power, or break a rod or a piston just as easily as the next.
 
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i can not seem to find my distritutor.... my mechanic told me i needed a new cap and rotor
 

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Did they do 500K pulling a racecar trailer? then I'm in.
 

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fiveoho said:
what visual feature from the motor differs from a PI and non PI?
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PI, yes?
 

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Yes. Yay for the P.I.
 

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What does PI stand for and mean? Please educate me on what the PI does?
 

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What does PI stand for and mean? Please educate me on what the PI does?
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Originally Power Improved - often called Performance Improved. Both are right tho
 

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PI stands for "Performance Improved"

It was accomplished over the previous non-PI engines (pre-99 for the Mustang) by swapping the intake manifold, heads and cams out for better breathing pieces. The end result brought the early GT's from a Ford rated 215-225hp/280tq up to 260hp/302tq
 

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Thanks for clarifying this for me.
 
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