Do you guys think that the tubular exhaust manifolds on the 1990 Town Car are worth adding to my 89 Mercury? The Junkyard that has them wants $15-$25 each, so $30-$50 for both, and I have to pull them. Should I go and get them or just forget it?
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They are a direct bolt in, but I don't know of what power increase you'd see. The yard should be givin those away really. I'd say $20 for the pair or no dice. You can find mustang shorties for that price range.Chris - A 20th Century Man \m/ ^.^ \m/ -
That's a little high. I say hold out for a set of Mustang Shorties. They eBay all the time for $50.
I got my off-road H-Pipe and shorties last year for $75.1990 Country Squire - under restoration
1988 Crown Vic LTD Wagon - daily beater
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Hell, I got my stang shorties for free.Chris - A 20th Century Man \m/ ^.^ \m/Comment
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the only advantage would be a slight weight savings. the big restriction with the stock manifolds, including the town car tublars, is the small (less than 2") collector opening.
you may see an improvement using a die grinder and opening the collector up, but you have to be careful not to make it too thin, which will cause it to crack.2003 Town Car Signature - 3.27 RAR, Dual exhaust and J-mod - SOLD 9/2011
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The tubular manifolds are probably only marginally better than cast iron. Barely worth the trouble to change, though they do look a bit better I guess.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
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I have a pair I need to get on....'89 Ford LTD Crown Vic - '92 Ford F-150 Custom -
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aha that's where they gots to! take some pics mang!
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2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
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Yea you gave em to me remember? lol'89 Ford LTD Crown Vic - '92 Ford F-150 Custom -
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yea, I'd skip those and go for 'Stang shorties...they should be easy to find on the forums for cheap....like GMN, CrownVic.Net, Corral.Net, etc.
if you join Corral.net and send a PM to mattponch, his actual name is Bill, he can get you some shorties. maybe even better ones than stock stang ones...just tell him Colin sent ya
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