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    checking in from eastern WA

    This forum seems to be exactly where I need to be. I've owned lots of ford trucks in the past but this is my 1st 80's ford(Lincoln) car.

    1984 lincoln town car
    101K miles, throttle body EFI 302, dual h-pipe exhaust (looks factory, dual cats close to the manifolds), 3.08 rear
    been in storage for a long time so its got some electrical gremlins but runs good after fresh gas and some fluid changes.

    I'd like to keep it all stock but might be looking for ideas for better in town mileage if possible(even if its at the expense of highway mileage)

    stupid questions will be incoming
    You know the car runs well when the only things left to work on are the rear door cigarette lighters.
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    better mileage in town... just swap in better rear gears. 3.27 or 3.55 and change the driven gear on the speedo cable in the trans to sort the speedometer change.

    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
    rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

    Originally posted by gadget73
    ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

    Originally posted by dmccaig
    Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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      #3
      Welcome!
      ~David~

      My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
      My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

      Originally posted by ootdega
      My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

      Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
      But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

      Originally posted by gadget73
      my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.



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        #4
        welcome! sounds like a nice car. Post pics, we always love pics!


        +1 on the numerically higher gears generally giving you better city mileage. I'm not sure if the difference would be worth it though, going from 3.08s.

        85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
        160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
        waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

        06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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          #5
          Howdy!

          Pete
          Originally posted by gadget73
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          2003 Grand Marquis Ultimate, the "Stealth Bomber": http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...-Grand-Marquis
          1991 S-10, 'Bulldog', 2.5l 5 speed: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...375#post698375
          1985 Town Car, 'Faded Glory', gone but not forgotten. 84/87/91/97 MGMs too.

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            #6
            Welcome! If you have any friends with Panthers, be sure to tell them about GMN.
            '79 Continental Town Car
            '90 Crown Victoria LTD
            '94 Crown Victoria

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