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    Suspension Upgrades Complete

    I wanted to thank all of you for the information you have here. I have an 89 Mercury Grand Marquis that was bone stock with single exhaust, no rear sway bar, sagging rear springs, and worn out shocks. After doing some reading here I upgraded the suspension and my Grand Marquis is like a new car. What a difference, no more floating down the road.

    Upgrades:

    Stock dual 2” exhaust
    KYB GR-2 shocks front & rear
    Police sedan 1 1/8” solid front & 1” solid rear sway bars
    Moog rear cargo coils CC817

    As soon as wash & clean her up I’ll post some pictures. Thanks for your help.
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    Sounds like a good setup, can't wait for the pictures to show up.
    -Matt
    1968 Fairlane 500 - 1998 Camaro Z/28

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      #3
      cool! glad we could be of some help!

      1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
      2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
      1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
      1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
      2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
      1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

      please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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        #4
        hell yeah thats the basic suspention freshey fresh its amazing the difference it can make. Now maybe you want to take it one step further eh???
        Pete ::::>>> resident LED addict and CFI defector LED bulb replacements
        'LTD HPP' 85 Vic (my rusty baby) '06 Honda Reflex 250cc 'Baileys' 91 Vic (faded cream puff) ClifFord 'ODB' 88 P72 (SOLD) '77 LTDII (RIP)
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          Stage 1 Suspension Upgrades Complete

          I should have put Stage 1 Suspension Upgrades Complete as the title. I want to install some 3.55 gears and a locker or limited slip differential, but I don’t want to mess up Tripminder calculations.

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            #6
            Originally posted by 89mercury
            I should have put Stage 1 Suspension Upgrades Complete as the title. I want to install some 3.55 gears and a locker or limited slip differential, but I don’t want to mess up Tripminder calculations.

            changing gears will not mess up your tripminder if you install the proper speedo gear for the 3.55's

            1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
            2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
            1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
            1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
            2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
            1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

            please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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              #7
              Pics

              Pics

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                    #10
                    Just so you know, the "Ford Racing" Torsion differential is simply a Detroit TrueTrac unit. I paid much less than that for mine $390 as it was on sale.

                    It's $430 now but that's still substantially less than $510. And it's still the best price around.
                    Link to the correct 28 Spline 8.8 TrueTrac unit. This is where I got mine from.
                    Last edited by Blaze86Vic; 04-17-2007, 03:38 AM.

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                      #11
                      I think your rear bar is up side down. but I not sure it makes that much of a difference.
                      2003 Town Car Signature - 3.27 RAR, Dual exhaust and J-mod - SOLD 9/2011
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                        Originally posted by 88grandmarq View Post
                        I think your rear bar is up side down. but I not sure it makes that much of a difference.
                        From Manual: Align four holes in stabilzer bar with holes in loower arms. Install color coded end of bar on RH side of vehicle.

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                          #13
                          sweet pics mang i need new coils as well but money is an issue right now

                          1989 mercury grand marquis gs / 2014 ford focus s daily driver
                          302 lopo with ho upper/ aod with trans go shift kit
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by 88grandmarq View Post
                            I think your rear bar is up side down. but I not sure it makes that much of a difference.
                            Uh, it would not fit upside down...it'd hit the axle.


                            Good upgrades! Next step would be tie rods, idler arm, and bushings. I can guarantee the bushings are shot. I haven't seen a box yet with good bushings.
                            Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons

                            Busy maintaining a fleet of Fords

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                              #15
                              They fit upside down, ask Scott.
                              '89 Ford LTD Crown Vic - '92 Ford F-150 Custom -
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