I GAMBLED And Bought A $500 Town Car That Won’t Start!!! Is It Junk? Pt.1
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2022
- This 1997 Lincoln Town Car sat for 2 years because the timing chain failed. I paid $500 for it. Lets see if its junk or not.
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My buddy had a Town Car for a woods bomber. Said it was great to be blasting thru the woods with the a/c cranking. The fact that you drove it onto the trailer makes it worth $500.00--enjoy!
Here’s hoping!
I truly admire your diagnostic skills, I have three Lincoln's I've never had these problems. However I do not know what kind of maintenance was before love them and their past. Please keep up the work and teach the Young
$500 and in reasonable shape. It’s got a lot of potential and…. Great times. I’ll be looking forward to more. 👍
Thanks Roy
Bring it back to it's original elegance . I just fell in love with that car .
Me to!
@@OldeCarrGuy the body doesn't have rust so if you don't want to fix the engine put a new 4.6 in and then sell it if you don't want it
@@harjinatorconstipator8732 This was only the first video in this series. there is plenty more! Thanks for watching.
The 4.6 is a fabulous motor and I have owned several and even had a 4.6L 3 valve in m 2005 Mustang GT. That didn't have the same issues of the 5.4L 3 valve but you can fix this engine.Being the guy said he had it rebuilt,I'm sure something was left out or not properly tensioned to cause the chain to come off the sprocket.The head and valved could be just fine and this is a nice car so fix it right. I would fix the 2002 if he body and interior are in good shape because Town Cars and Grand Marquis are bringing big money now,running and clean that is.
The 02 is a low mileage car but is too far gone rust-wise. That's why its a parts car.
@@OldeCarrGuy Gotcha. I have a 2003 my parents gave me but they bought it new in 2003 and it is very clean. I did have to change the lower intake where the thermostat housing leaks and I put the Ford one on because It had the inserts for the coil bolts and I got it on Ebay for 190.
An old friend passed and left a garage full of beautiful, perfect appearing, black Lincoln Town Cars. He was a stickler for maintaining swirl free black paint. Gleaming, each one had problems making them undriveable (seized brakes, bad fuel). I was able to get one started to drive to his funeral. All were auctioned off.
Sad state of affairs right there!
I'm crossing my fingers on this one . She deserves to live .
They all deserve to live.
I'm a believer in if it's a Ford Engine put Ford back in it, and I would like to see a coyote 🐺 engine swap, Fix it up and make it a luxury Hauler I mean you did mention diesel swap and that would probably be just as expensive as anything else. Till next time my Friend.
I'm right there with your Robert!
Any chance pulling the rad to get access and seeing if you can get timing chain on again? At least just long enough to try do a compression test? If you have compression then maybe look at new chain and tensioners. I’d prefer getting this running over any swop…
Good call Pieter. This is exactly what the next step is. Stay tuned.
Love this Town Car. I remember my buddy’s Dad’s ‘91. Great cars. The air suspension did go on it. Besides that, there weren’t any other issues. Great content Jason. Looking forward to future content.👍👍
Thanks for sharing
Honestly, the 4.6L 2-V's are extremely reliable unless you do something really stupid. If this started happening after all the previouse engine work, I'd look at the engine. I'm wondering if a timing chain tensioner or timing chain guides went, or they didn't install them correctly?
If i was a betting man, I'd say chain tensioner failure regardless of new or not. But we'll get there!
Several years ago I bought a 96' Lincoln Town Car that had an Interceptor motor (used in Police cars) and only 123,000 or so miles on it. VERY LOW MILES for the car's age. It was previously owned by an old man and his wife had passed a couple of years earlier. He kept a notebook of meticulous records that backed up the low mileage. Not a blemish inside or out. All the interior and carpet looked new. They literally only drove the car to church and the grocery store. An absolute cream puff! The only issue was that the vinyl roof was starting to dry out and crack. I gave him the $1,500 he was asking. It handled extremely well for such a big car and floated like you were riding a cloud. I regret having to sell it but couldn't turn down the $3,500 I was offered for it. I did have the vinyl roof replaced and put a very nice stereo in it. Ford's Quality Control was on point in the late 90's.
Hard to turn down a good offer! Sounds like a true gem!
The interceptor motor is a 4.6 2 valve.
The same motor that comes in this car 🤣
@@samholdsworth420 Not sure what I said was funny to you but hey, whatever. That same motor came in a LOT of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars over the years.
@@FredFukkinBear just saying all panther platform cars from 92/93 up had the same engine as the police interceptors.
@@FredFukkinBear i think that he was laughing because the interceptor motor isnt actually anything more than a tune that is programmed into the ecm and that really only entails removing the speed limiter and maybe slightly more fuel. the engine in and of itself though is exactly the same. outside of the engine you had better radiators and more cooling for the transmission better suspension, different gearing, and various other things like that. the engine though isnt any different internally. the days of the police engines being souped up are over as it is all about the computers and the tunes that reside in them.
Right On!!!! Thts exactly what I paid for mine $500. I bought a 91' in 2004' ...it needed tires..brakes ..front windshield..Yours is much nicer!! Cool!!😃
Thanks
Hay Jason 👋, good video. You should do a gen3 hemi in there . It would hef you going. Thanks for sharing and have a great evening 👋
That would be cool! Thanks
Lol haha Great minds think alike on the swap lol
Currently driving a 94 with 172,000 miles on it still runs good but the old people that had it drove by braille and replaced the power window motors using only a hammer and a prybar.
When you say drove by braille do you mean they hit everything but the lottery? lol
I'd replace the timing chain. The other mechanic probably did something wrong. You've got so little into it, it's worth a shot.
Definitely going to try something.
Great video! Keep up the great content!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Hellcat engine + Panther platform = The Hell Panther!🤣
Now you're talking!
Just found this channel, although I wouldnt troubleshoot in that order I have to tell ya recent story.
I picked up a 2001 gmc safari 76k miles with a 4.3 for $2500.
Was making a god awful noise like the front pump was on its way out (seller thought)
I got it home and took the entire rotating front off after my stethoscope told me nothing. Ended up being the plastic rad fan had stress fractured all the way around every bolt and would never know unless you removed the clutch from the fan, it was on the verge of an earth shattering kaboom.
All is well now.
Ain't that a kick in the pants. That's why I always look for the simple stuff first before I get too dirty.
@@OldeCarrGuy
There was just no way to know unless you pulled the clutch fan off and for some people they don't have the proper spanner wrench to do that plus you would then have to remove the actual clutch to see behind it. So the cool thing was it's a 21-year-old vehicle with very low mileage however the bad thing is that it's a 20 some year old vehicle with very low mileage LOL. I've also found out through some research that the HVAC case are very brittle and they basically will disintegrate in your hands so anybody that reads this and they ever find an astral van or a GMC safari? Check the case where the blower motor goes. I'm going to try and clean it as best I can and probably wrap it in fiberglass mesh but we'll see, but the vehicle is clean and it runs great
IMHO If you can purchase the 02 4.6 for a reasonable price, I'd do the motor swap. No matter what you decide, I'm truly enjoying your channel.
Thanks Andy.
Very good video Jason. Looking forward to seeing the outcome and more videos to come!
Stay tuned!
To hurt a 4.6 2valve you really have to abuse it, which I suspect this was. Just change the fluids and filters at a reasonable mileage. My 96 LTC has 215K on it. Mostly normal wear items are the only repair costs. I had one set of plugs and wires and one coil replaced. I run MotorCraft synthetic blend oil. Still gets 23-25 highway mpg. Averages about 21. BTW, why don't you invest in one of the relatively inexpensive scan tools for around
$300 that do quite a bit for what they are? Not the $5000 to $10,000 Snap On or Macs. They can save you a lot of time by narrowing down the areas you need to look at
Or, you put you fair in the wrong guy to fix it right the first time! There’s are tough engines, but, when you rebuild the short block, you don’t cheap out on the timing set!
Be sure to catch the part 2 to this video!
Check the coolant temp sensor. Changing that cured my problem.
I definitely think we’re beyond that!
@@OldeCarrGuy Shoot. I hate that for you. I'll keep watching. Good stuff!
I'd at least see if a new timing chain, guides and tentioners, and if you find more issues just swap out the 4.6 for anther 4.6 then sell it... Quickly!
We'll keep pushing forward.
Good Job Jason You're saving another old car that deserves to live
Thanks John. They ALL deserve to live!
Black on Black?! Hell no that ain't junk!!!
I thought it was rare for this combo! love it
First of all I would love to see you confront the garage who apparently rebuilt the engine. But I think that an L.S swap or coyote would be the best way to go,and why not throw a ebay turbo on it 🤔..
lol Keep watching!
The light bar at the rear did not have the lights in the bar. But they can be put in if you don't mind putting some wiring and lights in.
Previous owner actually did just that.
I have a 90 LTC it has a 302 pushrod Windsor motor. This would work too. PS these cars drive great
I can't wait to drive it. My first panther with air ride!
I remember when I bought my 1990 Lincoln town car back in February 1 2018 out of my uncle junkyard paid $400 and running good 5.0efl
Nice!
Maybe just fix it and make it run. Show how much money it takes
Best answer I've heard yet!
Before drilling holes in the cat, I would have cranked it up and checked exhaust flow first. ????
In the video I put my bare hands on the front cat after we ran it. If its cold, there's likely no flow.
I had a 78 Lincoln back in the 80's. I've been wanting another Lincoln. I would sell my Grand Marquis if I find one I like.
Absolutely huge cars! Love them!
I can’t believe you went through all of that and gutted the cat for no reason when you could tell just by hearing it crank something was wrong internally. Hearing the chain slap and backfiring through the intake is a dead giveaway too. Hell even just hooking up a vacuum gauge would have told you this. And why don’t you just put the chain back on and see what happens before you go and replace the motor?
Hey, I never claimed to be an expert! But the plan for the follow up video is to scope the cylinders to see if we have bent valves! Just putting the timing chain back on isn’t as easy as you make it out to be.
Also... Just Loved the videos on Grand Ma :) I got a 2010 NM State Vick Interceptor that I'm building as a Grand Victoria, putting a 04' Grand Marque nose and interior swap 🤣😂😎
Very cool!
I did the exact same thing! 😂 except mine is an 86 and it does run and drive but its in worse shape than I originally anticipated. With some work it will be a nice car!
I think you found your diesel swap candidate! Or just LS swap it?
Just gotta find the right one!
Plugged EGR passage? These were famous for that.
They were common, but not this time!
Of course, after watching it I know what the problem is, but no spoilers here!
Fun times ahead :) you make great content
Thanks bud
*I'm surprised that you didn't use a scanner before you did anything else.*
We did but unfortunately somebody didn’t hit the record button! 😂 there were a lot of different codes from misfires to catalyst efficiency and cam/crank correlation. I had a sneaking suspicion it was chain related, but figured we’d mess around first!
Def a good car for the $ have fun with it! Put a 2JZ in it!
That poor Lincoln. I think whoever supposedly rebuilt that engine screwed their customer over big time. A different engine and put functioning cats back on it so it will pass emissions.
Definitely don’t have to worry about emissions here!
Perfect contender for a genuine hot-rod Lincoln, best of wishes, love that car.
Thanks Pen
The MachV111 had a nice 4.6 Intech V8 that I think should just drop in. The computer part, I don't know.
Hard to turn down a free engine though!
@@OldeCarrGuy You can't. Not in your position!
I have a 1997 Lincoln town car had it for years I love it
This will be my 4th panther and I can't wait to drive it!
a Townie with glass packs?!?!?
Sounds wicked on 4 cylinders.
The panthers were great cars I've owned 3 of them over the years. They do have weak spots though the frames and front wheelwells rust rapidly the intake manifold cracks and the ignition coils go out and mess up the engine.
The Panther cars are wonderful. I'm a 63 year old just retired fleet mechanic. I've worked on a lot of them. I drive one, and plan to drive one for the rest of my life. There are plenty of them around, and there will be enough parts available to keep them going for decades. I know everything there is to know about them, and if/when I become physically unable to work on them, any independent shop can work on them. No special dealer only tools or software required. Here in the Phoenix, AZ area they do not rust. I prefer the 2003 and up Grand Marquis. Front end is much stronger on the 2003 and up, and the Grand Marquis has a 2.73 rear axle. When combined with the 4 speed AODE transmission I can get 30 mpg on the highway at 65 mph with the cruise control on. I'm 6' 240, and they are big comfortable cars. The 2.73 rear axle will also fit on the Crown Vic P71 police car.
@@geraldscott4302 well i have owned three of them with regular wash and waxes and good matience and they rusted like crazy and I've seen countless ones in parking lots and on the road w/ wheelwell rust. They were beautiful cars in many respects but ford did an awful job with the metal up front. It is a rear sight to see an 80s up to 02 marquis without heavy rust upfront.
@@robertriley1569 "It is a rear sight to see an 80s up to 02 marquis without heavy rust upfront" There are tens of thousands of them in AZ. The one issue related to pretty much all the Panther cars, as well as many other makes and models, is severely peeling paint on cars with white paint. My '06 Grand Marquis has absolutely zero rust anywhere, but it's Performance White paint is peeling off all over. It cannot be repainted without removing ALL of the original paint, which is defective. The cost would exceed the value of the car. I couldn't believe how bad the underside of that Lincoln looked. The underside of my '06 looks brand new. Not even a speck of surface rust.
@@geraldscott4302 whats your problem, I have seen with my own eyes fender and wheelwell rust for 20+ years on these cars in multiple states. your phrasing your replys like im full of shit
@@robertriley1569 I have never seen one rusted in the Phoenix, AZ area. Everything rusts in states like Michigan and anywhere they put salt on the roads. My 16 year old Grand Marquis has absolutely NO rust. Even the places where the white paint has peeled off have no surface rust. What we do have here is UV damage, which burns off paint, rots rubber and plastic interior parts.
You did the right thing.
I sure hope so!
If it is a rebuilt motor put the timing chain back together correctly and it should be fine
You wouldn't be worried about bent valves?
I've been looking at these electric superchargers. Some of them add some wicked power.
Like you buy! Looking forward to a follow up.
Thanks Mike
Today I bought a 2001 lincoln town car from a buddy that I work with..it's a Florida car and looks good everywhere except for the top...some Yankee designer thought it would be a good idea to glue and screw a fiberglass shell and vinyl to the roof...I knew that there was going to be some rust but dsmn it man, it's worse than I imagined..I tried to get it for 500 but he wouldn't take less than 900..it runs like new and has ice cold ac..but I got to cut the top off and build another one..mad max, cyberpunk, or chevy Nomad style....I must meditate on this
Sometimes you gotta work for them! Like mine!
@@OldeCarrGuy Yes...and like the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld, we must suffer for our soup
Maybe a Hemi swap LS is getting too expensive
Both are expensive!
Can you send a borescope down the cylinders to see if the valves hit the pistons?
If I had one I could!
Great car for 500 bucks. Diesel swap would be sick
Sure would!
I'd like to see a 32 valve Mark viii or cobra engine swap.
Oh yeah!
that's exactly what I want to do to mine
You’re right. There’s an issue with the timing belt.
Definitely!
panthers never die!
They just get old and break bones!
You may as well put a LS turbo if you can, all the best to you and your loved ones
Thanks bud
Very salvageable car . Still a beauty .
Agreed
I've still got half gallon of black jack coating if you want it lol
I bet
I have the 1997 exact same town car like new 167,000 mi drives like new love it will keep her as long as she lives arctic blue. Understand I am good for 400,000 miles. Her name is Nellie Blue.
I can’t wait to drive this gem!
I really am beginning to think that the engine didn't get the rebuild that was paid for. You asked for a comment before the vlog finished and i would try a compression test. But as I'm watching now it sounds very bad just after you cut out the cat. ✌️👍🇬🇧
Hey Ian. Thanks for coming over. You'll find i do a lot of stuff different...lol I'm UA-cam certified!
Had a,1993. Loved it! Ran and ran. 250k miles than I had to let it go.
It's tough letting go!
Owned two 1992s one total someone rearend me The other drove for years engine couple years ago 2017 Was planning on fixing got hurt on job people stole parts off it me living in Michigan car was in Georgia now 2005
Put the engine together with drivers side cam off ,,not firing on those cylinders ,runs cold,,,rats nest makes the pipe red hot,,,may have used same old cam phasers instead of new,...fixable with a bit of work..
There's 3 videos after this one with the teat down and re-assembly!. Check them out!
Put a 351 Cleveland in there
Old school eh?
Got well over 200K on mine, runs like new. They failed to change oil with yours, good oil is cheapest thing you can do, your car has been mistreated some, get 'er fixed up.
Grab a junk yard motor with a hundred K on it for $400.
Had over 500k miles on my 95 TC before it finally fell apart and wasn't worth putting any more money in to.
My son has a low mileage 4.6 out of an 02 he’ll give me. I just want to make sure it’ll work!
@@OldeCarrGuy the motor it’s self is the same, but the electronics, brackets, and I think the intake/throttle body and such are different. I’m not 100% sure when they switched from the two coil packs to the coil over plug set up, but I think it was with the 98 body change. Give the free motor a look, but if it’s got coil over setup it will probably be worth the extra money to save the time of switching everything over, gasket kit, and still running the risk that you have bad parts on the old engine that get swapped over.
@@johngaltline9933 As far as I can tell, it's the same. 2 coil packs, throttle body, ect. I will do some research to be 100%
@@oldecarrguy2 should be good to go then. Maybe it wasn’t until the 2003 model they switched. I’ve only had 95,03, 05,&06 models
Great looking car. Put an older 5.0
Maybe if I had your money Kip! lol
@@OldeCarrGuy 😆🤣😂
390 with a fitech or a sniper efi.
Car is still solid, so whatever is on tap to make it go. May have saved a little time with a compression test,end result? Its broken.
Old school!
Drop in a 302 boss. Old school carburetor natural aspirated engine. See what happens
Great suggestion!
I say it’s the timing chains tensioners and guides the whole kit. The noise is all too familiar.
That is what it ended up being. There is a whole series of videos on this car!
My Aunt has one in her drive way less than 60000 miles on it.
NIce!
Had 6 of those (1995-1997) 4 were stretched limos..BULLETPROOF! I'd have paid double...great buy! 😎
Oh wow!
CD changer is in the trunk
Thanks for the reminder at comment beginning as first time viewer here . K.I.S.S. simple replace same either way I would help you work on it. I am in Massachusetts . Love bashed cars . Thanks for content,Sir
My doors are always open to visitors. Thanks for watching.
Are you nearby ,?
@@williamanthony5021 not exactly near by. I live on the Maine/New Brunswick.
@@OldeCarrGuy New Brunswick Canada ?
@@williamanthony5021 yessir!
Damn I wish I could find a car like that got a 4.6l with real low miles in a wrecked explorer 05
There you go!
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas
station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel
pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in
the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems,
turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and
New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be
done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of
crime here, called "Abgasbespaßungsverbots- und Kontrollverordnung" in German.)
I have a hard time believing those dates will come to reality that soon. There's way too much oil profits at stake to cut them out cold turkey.
@@OldeCarrGuy Well there is China behind this banning, they bought most politicians and own most oil companies out of Russia. Shell is owned by almost 50% by Chinese investors...
@@Schlipperschlopper China may try to ban oil to the rest of the world, but at the biggest polluter on the planet, nobody will stop them.
@@OldeCarrGuy Sadly China rules the world and they want to sell billions of E cars, lithium and copper
Sounds like the classic 4.6 timing chain issue
Definitely! Part 2 is now up!
Drop a DOHC 4.6 from a Marauder or Mach 1 in that thing.
Would have to find one and they’re not cheap
@@OldeCarrGuy That’s no lie.
Many livery cars used in the metro NYC area went well in excess of 500k. And I've seen 7-8 hundred on some. Change the oil every 3000 miles and trans fluid every 12k miles. The intake manifolds usually need to be replaced a few times in their life ..
At this mileage and a “fresh rebuild” one should have spent the extra on timing components!
Suck, squueze, bang, blow. A great marriage and what a engine does to run. Gotta have fuel, air, spark. U got PLENTY of spark from what I can see. The guides are plastic. Old brittle plastic. Either it broke, tensioner petered out, or no fuel getting to it. Idk I've seen all the above and more in 30 years. These 4.6 2V are rock solid engines. Not high HP but will go 700k with service and care easily. A few guys I know run these for decades as taxis and livery service. They buy after 250k for cheap then use until they poop out. All have gone at least 500 or more if no bad drivers. Great cars. Great engines. Just don't flush trans. Sure way to kill it. I got 2. 07 designer with 115k and 99 Cartier with 252k. Both have needed very lil besides basic service. No walking but for a rotted starter power lead from salt brine. And I could've drove but if shut down I'd had to jack it up and crawl under to start. Love channel. LOVE LINCOLN EVEN MORE
I agree 100%. This lincoln makes the 5th Panther I've owned and I can honestly say, I will always one at least one!
I had cat converts get blocked with age and they cause all sorts of problems including not running
Hello matey from the UK in Liverpool
I think you have a stuck valve exs I bet it's your exhaust valve
Hello in the UK! You best go watch the follow up video! lol
REPLACE your PCM see if that works
Keep watching this series!
I had a newer version for a month as a rental back in the day, it was a total POS. American cars of this era drive like 1960’s European cars at best.
To each his own! Thanks for watching!
That should keep you busy for a while.
Definitely
YOU seem like you are familiar with engines. I'm not an engine guy, but if your car has a main computer, if you have no mechanical problems with your engine, after you replace plugs and any bad connectors to those plugs, if you still have your engine light come on after you drive the car a while, have a Ford dealer reprogram the main computer. A lot of Ford dealers don't even know your main computer can be reprogrammed. PInes Ford in Pembroke Pines FL is one of the few Ford dealers in South Florida that will reprogram your main computer. I see your car has a distributor, so it probably has a single coil. Newer Ford V8's have a coil for every spark plug. IF your AC compressor is not working, reprogramming the main computer will reactivate the AC compressor, assuming there's nothing wrong with the AC compressor. The main computer will shut down the AC compressor to protect it, until the computer is reprogrammed.
Good to know!
Just want to help, with some additional info, a google search shows your car does have a main computer.
I'm pasting the top results for you below. I have a 2004 Marquis which was misfiring, engine light would keep coming on after mechanics replaced a lot of parts that really didn't solve the problem . I got some excellent help from a Ford master technician on youtube, so will pass that on for you.....As far as scanners go, the average scanner can tell you if a particular cylinder is misfiring. They can't tell you if the problem is the plug, the coil, the connector to the plug etc. The most those scanners can do is shut off your engine light. However, if there is still a problem with a coil or a connector, the engine light will eventually come back on. If the car continues to be driven without resolving the problem, eventually the AC compressor will be shut down by the main computer.
There is a more expensive scanner, called a "bidirectional scanner". This type of scanner can reprogram the main computer; however, to do so, a Ford subscription would need to be purchased for that scanner.
The master tech says that subscription is about 20 dollars, (many be more now?) I do not know what the process is to reprogram, or how difficult it is. According to what I'm pasting for you, they claim that replacement computers come already programmed or reprogrammed.
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If you do not have PATS, your unit will be Plug and Play. ... Engine Computer Programmed/Updated 1997 Lincoln Continental 4.6L PCM ECM ECU. $174.99.
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This is a good ecm or engine computer for a 1997 Lincoln Town Car. The part # is F7VF-12A650-BE. Make sure your part number matches before ordering.
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Probably needs an intake manifold...
Still dry yet!
Plugged Cat?
I have a 2003 Towncar and I had to put $5000 in to mines
For what?
@@OldeCarrGuy The person that I purchased it from didn’t take care of it
Probably what it's worth.
Definitely worth it!
OMG are you in Candia?
Yessir
It worth fixing they are great cars
They are great cars.
You could always put a four cylinder in it ... then again you already have that. Other than that , looks like a good candidate for a transplant.
Which 4 cylinder would you recommend?
Those are not the right size tires. Need 225R60x16
I’m not fussy!
godzilla 7.3, cammed, with a supercharger on top
Go big or go home eh?
@@OldeCarrGuy yep. and then donate it to the 500k subscriber
@@SilverBullet93GT I like your optimism!
Tires and wheels are worth what you paid
Exactly! And the cats.
coyote is a bolt in
is it? What about computers and such?
Hey, nice score! $500 Canadian what's that like $325 USD? Even if that puppy needs an engine, still a great deal if it rides anything close to a Cadillac? Body and interior is in very nice driver shape for a car that old.
It's a Ford so what about a Ford 300 L6 with that LS head swap on it? You take a set of 4.8L or 5.3L LS heads and you cut one cylinder off of each head and weld them together as one 6 cylinder head.
A little bit of fabrication making an intake and exhaust and you're off to the races. A 4.6L is only 281 cid so the 6 will be more cubes and should make more HP & torque with the LS heads now feeding it. If you wanted something with even more grunt you could always add a turbo in that mix? this would be a WAY cool swap for that car! Sixfan would be jealous if you went this route.
A good old fashion sbc swap would also be cool. Perhaps a budget sbc 383 would be a good choice, with the right heads, intake and cam it would get better fuel economy than the 4.6L because of the superior torque output.
The only other thing for a car like that would be to put the body on a 4x4 truck frame which would probably be more work than an Old Car Guy would want to do? I'm about 10 years older than you and think that would be cool but would be to much for me so wouldn't blame you for not doing it. But then again, I don't have a hoist I can use to do something like that so.....? I would probably think about if I had a hoist, not sure if it would make it further though? It would probably depend on if I could find a deal on the donor truck that would work best?
Seen an old Cadillac on a Ford truck frame on the Roy Mako yt channel, that thing looked VERY cool! Glad to see you have a new project car, can't wait to see what you do with it?
Budget will definitely be a small one so we’ll see where we go ! Great suggestions!
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I get it so a Ford 300 L6 is probably on the more inexpensive side to source I would guess it would be less expensive than a boring 4.6L replacement? Used 4.8L or 5.3L LS heads are economical. I think you have a welder IIRC if so fabricating an intake shouldn't be to hard you might even be able to make an adapter to fit a 300 intake on the new head? 2 driver side LS exhaust manifolds slightly modified to work together on the same side perhaps? The hardest part of this swap would be getting the head welded together so knowing someone that can weld aluminum would be mandatory to get the head ready to bolt on.
See what kind of power plants are available and maybe have a vote on which one to use? If you were closer I would donate something that you could use as long as you wanted to swap in a sbc in it, I have about 7 of those to choose from I could let go.
A 5.7L/6.1L/6.4L Hemi swap would be cool if you can find a deal on one of those, even the less popular 4.7L(IIRC) MOPAR truck engine would probably be a better choice that the 4.6L.Ford. I drove my brother's full size Chrysler pickup with the 4.7L in it and that thing had some get up and go for a big full size pickup with such a small displacement engine in it.
The LS headed 300 wouldn't be so budget unfriendly but would be more work BUT would make for some very good yt content. Dealers choice, I'll even watch if you just pull the engine that is in it and fix that one. You didn't even do a compression test on it, did you? Cool car.