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Post Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:42 pm

1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

Got my Meguires 205 cutting compound and set to cleaning up a few of the offending areas of the mighty Crown Victoria.


This stuff is great!


Driver window, lots of fine scratches from going up and down all these years.
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Now almost completely gone, (camera unable to pick up now)

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Headlights, getting cloudy. (I cleaned one before I realized I had forgotten to take a before picture, so only the passenger side one is 'bad' though the driver side was worse.
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After
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Obligatory engine picture, pardon the mess, I normally keep the engine bay cleaner, but we just had 2 days of pouring rain, I need to clean the engine bay again.
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Not bad for nearly 400,000 miles.
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Post Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:41 pm

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

Apparently you've never met the Chevrolet 305, which actually is the most anemic V8 ever produced. hahaha


Looks great for being almost 20 years old!
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Post Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:39 pm

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Thanks, I wish Ford used a better paint however, there is no saving it. I may get it re-painted, but not yet.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:10 am

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

The fan shroud should say "caution no power here". Looks great though, how many miles.

Dont disrespect XD the 305, you have to find the non base model 305s, some had 230 hp in the 3rd gen but the base model ones are terrible.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:23 am

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

The Olds 307 was way more choked than the 305, but the 2v 4.6 isn't a bad motor by any means, you see so many ex cop cars still driving, most panther platform NYC taxis have well over 500k miles, and the level of aftermarket support for them is amazing. It's more the weight of the cars that the 4.6 was asked to move with a low ratio rear end that made it feel underpowered.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:48 am

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

USDMFTW wrote:The fan shroud should say "caution no power here". Looks great though


I've thought of taking off the valve covers, painting them old ford blue, with 'cast iron' on the ribs, finding the old engine cover, painting it 'cast iron' and having a special decal made for it.

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USDMFTW wrote:how many miles.


Nearly 400k
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Post Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:01 pm

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Went out with a few pals, did some silly stuff off the pavement, and decided to get a proper picture of the mighty Victoria.

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Post Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:44 am

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Things were done.

Spark plugs came out.

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Emissions tests were passed.

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And the hood recived some serious sanding and preping.

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Post Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:23 am

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Those plugs look good for something that came out of a 400k mile engine. And other than the paint issues, looks like you've got a good one on your hands there. Just a regular crown vic, or is it the police interceptor version?
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Post Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:48 am

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

Tis a P73 (Regular sales version)

P72's are Fleet sales

P71's are Law Inforcement / Federal

The only difference between the P73 and the others. 3.55:1 rear axle, +1000rpm redline, 140mph Speedo, and steel pistons in the calipers.
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Post Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:50 pm

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Lordred wrote:
The only difference between the P73 and the others. 3.55:1 rear axle, +1000rpm redline, 140mph Speedo, and steel pistons in the calipers.


And an insane amount of popularity. I worked a brief stint at a Ford dealer, and we'd buy P71's at auction. And couldn't keep them on the lot. They actually sold faster than Honda Civics, F150s, and low-mileage Rangers. And Mazda 5's... which were also ridiculously popular at the time. Never more than a week on the lot. Not once.
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Post Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:38 pm

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Yep, it is the same out here, everyone wants the P71 "BECAUSE THE POLICE USE IT"

They do not realize that the P73 rides better, it is a whole inch lower, and the 2.77 gears in the back give you great mileage on the highway.
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Post Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:24 pm

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

Can't avoid to think about this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uH_X-9fjfI
I'm honestly intrested in drive a Crown Vic at least once in my life.
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Post Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:17 pm

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

NormanVauxhall wrote:Can't avoid to think about this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uH_X-9fjfI
I'm honestly intrested in drive a Crown Vic at least once in my life.



top lel.

Thats why I got a P73!
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Post Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:50 am

Re: 1997 Crown Victoria (Winner of most Anemic V8 award)

NormanVauxhall wrote:Can't avoid to think about this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uH_X-9fjfI
I'm honestly intrested in drive a Crown Vic at least once in my life.

I worked on setting one up for civilian use. I liked the way it drove. A few issues but being a retired police car with 102,000 will do that.
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