Crown Vic chassis same as stange basically???

i think you should do it......it would be very simular to a new maurader.
go for it

Michael Yount said:

"Of all people, you did a 5.0 swap into an '82 Volvo and are ripping this guy for hopping up a crown vic? "

Dang right NKau - what's your point?

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I never really have a point to make.........I just figured that deep down you actually really liked the idea Anyone on here ever think of putting a fuelie 5.0 into a nasty looking fairmont? I'm pretty sure all the fox chassis parts should fit on one of those.

.....I'm with you on the Fairmont NKau - a good 800-1000 lbs. lighter than the Vic depending on the body style; there are more than a few sleeper LTD's based on the later version of that one.

No - deep down doing a Vic seems like a complete waste of resource and effort -- to me. But that's the point -- doesn't really matter what I think; if someone wants to do a Vic, that's their baby. The old road racer in me always goes for less weight - it's genetic...

If you want a sleeper, get an '84 - '86 "baby LTD" with the 5.0L HO. It is a Fox platform, and was nicknamed the "4-door Mustang". It was used by a lot of police departments, and it was the quickest 4-door sedan they had from the year they lost the big-block motors, to the introduction of the LT1 Caprice.

Hmmmm...
When I was a service manager for a Ford dealer back in 1980, I wound up with a dumpy red Fairmont station wagon with a sparsely equipped tan vinyl interior for a demonstrator at one point. I wasn't too thrilled with it until I drove it. It was a leftover fleet vehicle with a 302 and auto. trans. I had forgotten about that! It wasn't a HO, but there's no reason it wouldn't work. Anyway, he's already got his CV.

Well, havent we all wanted to drive a policecar at some point?

All I can say is "Blues Brothers" changed my life

I say start at the other end. Get the granny suspension and transmission out. This is easy since you said there was no tranny to start with. Gear it to hell with 4.30's, an AOD (you'll need the OD for the steep gears) with a transgo shift kit, "a" servo and kevlar band and 3000-3500 stall. Put in stiffer springs so that thing will actually hook. Those suspensions are soft as clay.

You do all this first and you wont need to power through it, you'll torque multiply through it and make a fun zippy vic with even a near stock motor. Then do the motor as time permits.

Rock on, guy! Long live the body-on-frame beasties!

If I were to use the stock block on my '90 Town Car and I had the funds (and spare time) to invest in it at will, I'd bolt up the following:

4.10 gears (4.30 might be a tad bit overkill, or maybe not) with LSD of choice
Medium-spicey shift kit of choice
CVPI (Crown Vic Police Interceptor) aluminum or metal matrix driveshaft
11.25" torque converter from 99+ CVPI or Mustang GT
Mustang tranny servo (to allow for higher shifts)
CVPI springs front/MOOG cargo springs rear
ADDCO sway bars front/rear
Gabriel Spring Assist cargo shocks front/rear or VST's (Bilstein HD's tighten the ride up a lot, but at the cost of riding stiffer than a stock Mustang GT)
225/60/R15's or 225/50/R16's - trust me, traction isn't THAT hard to come by on a Panther car
Stock E7 heads/HO intake/cam/ECM
65mm throttle body (BBK, Edelbrock, FRPP, whatever)
1/2" phenolic spacer (actually sort of necessary when flipping the intake
Crane Cams 1.7 RR's
19# four-hole injectors sourced from late F-150 5.0/early 4.6L
Fresh timing chain/gear set (since you'll have that off for the cam, anyway)
Jeg's or Summit O/R H-pipe (most X-pipes probably wouldn't fit up right without modification)
Two 2.5" Mustang flow tubes (MAC has them around $40) leading to Dynomax Ultra-Flows and exiting through custom-bent rear-exit tailpipes (stock locations, nicely concealed)
MarkVIII radiator fan with DCC controller
Underdrive pullies of choice (March, FRPP, BBK, whatever)
3g alternator (to support luxury accessories, and especially for rad. fan and pullies)

...and if you really feel froggy, hook up a 100-hp shot of happy gas. Low 15's/high 14's on motor, 14's for sure on the bottle. All of this list could be applied directly to your car, just the same. Nothing outrageously fast, but a heckuva lotta fun for a full-size cruiser, and great for priceless stares of shock from cocky 16-second riceboys at the track that get stomped by a full-size "geezermobile."

Did I miss anything?

Find a 460 to put in it. I've always wanted an old Grand Marquis with a big block and some SICK sounding exhaust.