My 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis

[DerekTheGreat]

Yah, that looks much better. Which ones did you go with?

Switch back LED's in marker housings? What are those? Pics?

[Giraffe]

Do you have a list of the LEDs you used in the interior? I'm somewhat in awe of how bright it is in there.

[Georges86]

Yah, that looks much better. Which ones did you go with?

Switch back LED's in marker housings? What are those? Pics?

"Partsam Wedge 168/94" Had them from another project left over. Not as many LED's and all forward facing, no 360.

So in the marker light housing, the stock light, with the parking/lights on is Amber, then flashes with the turn signal.

These replace that bulb with a white LED, that "switches" to amber when the turn signal is applied, then "switches back" to white when the signal is canceled. Kinda like new cars with the LED running lights. Its neat lol.

Do you have a list of the LEDs you used in the interior? I'm somewhat in awe of how bright it is in there.

Okay so, Here's what I used, and a link for reference. You can buy em anywhere

Dome light - (1x) (main big bulb) I used this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It will fit, just have to play with it a little bit, not really much.

Map light - (2x) 1156 Bulb https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Courtesy lights (Above footwells) - SAME AS ABOVE (2x) 1156 Bulb https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Glove Box - (1x) 194 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trunk - (1X) 1156 Bulb https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

George

[DerekTheGreat]

Oh, I get it now, that is kinda neat.

[Georges86]

Full size vs Full size


George

[sly]

Full size vs FULLER size

[87gtVIC]

You gotta park next to it one day just to be amused by the size difference.

[Georges86]

I need to!

The guy that owns it works at the Aurora transportation center, where I go on duty (I'm a Conductor) it's a '79, light blue interior. Nice car, been in Aurora since new.

Nice 300 miles on it today for a trip to the cousins farm for a BBQ. Ice cold AC and 24.7 MPG.

God I love this car

[Tiggie]

I swear Ford changed something that affected MPG after 87 on SEFI cars. The EPA ratings are different. And in real life the earlier SEFI cars seem to do better. My 88 can't get anything above 20.ish MPG, and that's babying the throttle, 18 is average. Even my carbureted 82 could pull 22, 20 on average.

[87gtVIC]

There may be something to that. My 87, when stock, did fantastic on the highway for MPG's. Cruising 65ish and getting 24 no problem.

[TecNickal]

My 89 CP. doing 65 without ac can do 23.5 going up and down hills of middle Georgia and sc.

[knucklehead0202]

Just got back from a roughly 200-mile round trip. Used half a tank-ish so i'll see what she takes on tomorrow. Really need to put in my good gauge cluster soon so I can see what my exact mileage is. Ran 75-80 with the A/C on the whole time so not bad considering the 3.55's.

[Georges86]

This car does do very well for whatever reason.

I kept speed at about 68-73 with cruise on, AC on for the trip up, no stopping and no wind. 2.73 gears.

I'm not complaining!

[Kodachrome Wolf]

I swear Ford changed something that affected MPG after 87 on SEFI cars. The EPA ratings are different. And in real life the earlier SEFI cars seem to do better. My 88 can't get anything above 20.ish MPG, and that's babying the throttle, 18 is average. Even my carbureted 82 could pull 22, 20 on average.

I'm going to see what I can average on a full highway tank on the '87 on Thursday. I'm going the no A/C route at either 68 to 72 MPH depending on the speed limit.

The '87's average MPG is 16.45 MPG in mixed driving, but city really seems to vary that mileage between 14-17 MPG. Best I've gotten was 21.06 MPG so far with mixed A/C use. For something with 3.27s, it's not terrible. Probably won't ever touch the '97's personal best of 28.30 MPG. That usually nets an average of 19.57 MPG, and usually gives consistent numbers between 19-21 MPG.

[DerekTheGreat]

On our trip back from Florida I set the cruise at 65mph in my '88 Townie and got 24.5mpg or slightly better. Highest I've ever seen. Got close to 400 if not slightly more miles out of that tank of gas. Has 3.27 cogs out back.