1998 Ford Crown Victoria
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Embassy Vic (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
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Where East meets West, KY, U.S.A. (Other registries in KY) |
Year, Make, & Model: |
1998 Ford Crown Victoria (Other Ford Crown Victorias) |
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Clubs: |
SuperFord.org (Other vehicles in this club) Crownvic.net Readers Rides (Other vehicles in this club) |
Nickname: |
EmbassyVic |
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Engine: |
Stock 4.6L V8 with 70mm FRPP Throttlebody , 1/2 inch intake spacer, Mercury Marauder airbox and 80mm MAF, Steeda underdrive pulleys, and Goodyear Gatorback drivebelt. |
Drivetrain: |
"J-modded" transmission, including forced tailshaft lube modification.
Replaced stock open 3.27 diff with a 3.55 track-lock. |
Notes: |
Police Interceptor that was owned by the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Security Services.
Upgrades:
Dennis Reinhardt custom chip
Marauder MAF and airbox
2003 Zip tube
70mm FRPP Throttlebody
Ported upper plenum
1/2 inch intake spacer
Performance Improved (PI) intake
180 degree thermostat
Colder spark plugs
PI Cams
Installed tinted headlamps and cornerlamps
Replaced chrome bumper strips with 1999 black bumper strips.
Replaced chrome grille with 1999 black slotted grille and 2001 honeycomb grille.
Replaced rear fascia with 2001 gloss black fascia.
Replaced red/amber taillamps with 2001 solid red taillamps with black trim.
Tinted the taillamps and reverse lamps.
Rewired front corner marker lamps to act as turn signals and flashers.
Silver/amber turnsignal bulbs.
LED third brakelamp.
Illuminated all 4 door switches.
Steeda underdrive pulleys.
Ford premium AM/FM/CD player
Replaced factory police dome light with dual LED red/white dome light
Replaced stock open 3.27 diff with a 3.55 track-lock.
235/60/16 Dunlop Sport A2 tires
Replaced old, OEM hubcaps with an aftermarket set.
Centercaps and trimrings.
A-pillar mounted tachometer and voltometer.
Installed, wired, & illuminated floor and door courtesy lamps.
Fabricated and installed custom rear door courtesy lamps.
Installed driver and passenger side insulation panels.
Replaced push button traction control switch with a SPST flip switch.
Installed door mounted trunk release button, illuminated by a LED light.
Future upgrades: (If I had kept her.)
Transmission cooler
Custom torque converter
ENS bushings and endlinks
Addco sway bars
Replace rear springs with 1.5" lowering springs and front springs with 2" lowering springs.
Black P71 door handles
Continue to wash, wax with Zaino, etc....to be the state's cleaniest Crown Victoria.
Sold 3-29-09. |
Last Updated: |
4/1/2009 |
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Photo Galleries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 9/19/03 | Interior | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20,637 | 0 | 11/6/03 | 4/14/05 | Engine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10,200 | 0 | 11/6/03 | 11/7/03 | The Park '01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4,795 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | The old Quad. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Trunk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4,686 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Ford Truck Plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,346 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Industrial Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5,018 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Downtown | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12,740 | 0 | 11/6/03 | 11/7/03 | Downtown Garage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3,864 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Makeover | 18 | 0 | 0 | 24,509 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Sunset Pics | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7,292 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 11/7/03 | Helicopters and Vics. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5,284 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 10/29/03 | Rollin' | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,346 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 11/7/03 | Race day. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4,751 | 0 | 10/28/03 | 10/28/03 | K.C. Motors Trip | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20,533 | 0 | 10/25/03 | 10/25/03 | 2003 fall detail with Zaino | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15,183 | 0 | 10/27/03 | 10/28/03 | Misc. Pics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5,485 | 0 | 10/28/03 | 11/14/03 | Jan 2003 accident | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9,707 | 0 | 1/22/04 | 1/22/04 | November evening. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 32,282 | 0 | 11/3/03 | 11/3/03 | Centercaps | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10,027 | 1 | 12/8/03 | 5/28/05 | December '03 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5,678 | 0 | 12/22/03 | 12/22/03 | March 2004 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21,614 | 0 | 3/2/04 | 3/4/04 | Spring Detailing '04 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11,621 | 0 | 4/15/04 | 5/18/04 | May 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5/11/04 | 5/18/04 | Davids and the Goliath | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10,127 | 0 | 9/5/04 | 9/5/04 | Dyno Pics and Results. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11,917 | 0 | 9/21/04 | 9/21/04 | Jan '05 Downtown | 17 | 0 | 0 | 18,463 | 0 | 1/9/05 | 1/9/05 | Detailed Engine 4-05 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10,847 | 0 | 4/14/05 | 4/14/05 | Spring Detailing '05 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 48,473 | 0 | 5/16/05 | 5/30/05 | May 2005 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12,665 | 0 | 5/31/05 | 5/31/05 | June Sunset | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,876 | 0 | 6/17/05 | 6/17/05 | August 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3,524 | 0 | 8/26/05 | 8/26/05 | Engine Detail - Sept 2005 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9,271 | 1 | 9/18/05 | 9/18/05 | Undercover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,150 | 0 | 10/2/05 | 10/2/05 | Nov '05 track day | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16,372 | 0 | 11/6/05 | 11/6/05 | December 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,526 | 0 | 12/5/05 | 12/5/05 | Fort Knox & Patton Museum | 32 | 0 | 0 | 28,867 | 0 | 1/23/06 | 1/23/06 | Motivational Panther Pictures | 21 | 0 | 0 | 30,642 | 0 | 1/29/06 | 1/29/06 | March 2006 Interior & Engine Pics | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11,200 | 1 | 3/19/06 | 3/19/06 | Winter 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5,173 | 0 | 3/19/06 | 3/19/06 | Modifications/Repairs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 9/16/03 | 3.55 Track-lock install | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13,948 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 10/28/03 | Tinting taillamps and fascia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 22,077 | 0 | 1/29/04 | 1/29/04 | Grilles, Taillamps, & Fascias | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16,759 | 0 | 1/29/04 | 3/4/04 | Door and floor courtesy lamps. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17,080 | 0 | 1/29/04 | 4/18/04 | Rear Door Courtesy Lamps | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22,775 | 0 | 11/8/04 | 11/8/04 | Trunk-mounted lights | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9,330 | 0 | 10/13/04 | 10/13/04 | 70mm FRPP Throttlebody & intake spacer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13,517 | 0 | 10/31/04 | 10/31/04 | Corner/Marker lamps modification | 18 | 0 | 18 | 34,690 | 0 | 11/17/04 | 7/31/06 | Marauder Converter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3,620 | 0 | 12/15/04 | 12/15/04 | Traction control switch replaced | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13,447 | 0 | 2/7/05 | 2/7/05 | J-mod and transmission and underside pics. | 42 | 0 | 0 | 81,527 | 0 | 3/4/05 | 3/6/05 | ADTR ported upper plenum | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15,566 | 0 | 6/11/05 | 6/20/05 | Custom gauge cluster trim panel. | 31 | 0 | 0 | 76,807 | 0 | 6/11/05 | 6/15/05 | Misc Tech. | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19,493 | 0 | 11/7/03 | 10/7/07 | PI Cams | 37 | 0 | 0 | 46,999 | 0 | 10/23/05 | 12/5/05 | PI Intake | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21,676 | 0 | 12/3/05 | 1/16/06 | Injectors | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5,081 | 0 | 2/4/06 | 2/4/06 | A-pillar gauges | 38 | 0 | 0 | 73,910 | 0 | 2/14/06 | 3/5/06 | Smoked/Tinted headlamps & corner lamps | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19,421 | 0 | 6/24/07 | 6/24/07 | Exhaust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,224 | 0 | 9/27/07 | 9/27/07 | Vic Meets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 10/31/04 | KSP Auction/Meet | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24,561 | 0 | 9/16/03 | 10/29/03 | Last Ford Meet for 2003 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17,674 | 0 | 11/9/03 | 11/9/03 | December '03 Mini Meet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2/04 | 3/2/04 | Jan 2004 Meet | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12,896 | 0 | 1/18/04 | 1/18/04 | Edgewater Raceway 2004 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 41,321 | 0 | 3/2/04 | 9/9/04 | Riverside pics | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18,654 | 0 | 3/23/04 | 3/23/04 | LS.com August Meet. | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14,864 | 0 | 8/2/04 | 8/2/04 | Marauder vs. Police Interceptor | 80 | 0 | 0 | 88,546 | 0 | 2/27/05 | 2/28/05 | Spring car club meet 2005 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13,146 | 0 | 4/6/05 | 4/6/05 | Spring Mustang Meet 2005 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 43,970 | 0 | 4/10/05 | 4/10/05 | TCCoA (Thunderbird) meet | 18 | 0 | 0 | 28,299 | 0 | 4/17/05 | 4/18/05 | Trilogy Marauder meet. | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21,886 | 0 | 4/17/05 | 4/18/05 | One Lap of America Race and meet. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,511 | 0 | 5/5/05 | 5/5/05 | Lexington Meet and Car Cruise | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13,866 | 0 | 5/29/05 | 5/29/05 | Mustang Fall Meet 2005 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19,119 | 0 | 10/23/05 | 10/23/05 | March '06 KY/IN/OH Meet | 76 | 0 | 0 | 65,254 | 0 | 3/5/06 | 3/5/06 | August '06 Meet | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20,512 | 0 | 8/12/06 | 8/12/06 | Mustang Cruise 4-28-07 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10,221 | 0 | 4/29/07 | 4/29/07 | Mustang Spring Meet & Car Show 2007 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20,997 | 0 | 5/13/07 | 5/13/07 | Mustang Cruise 6-30-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12,946 | 0 | 7/1/07 | 7/1/07 | Mustang Cruise 7-28-07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,923 | 0 | 7/29/07 | 7/29/07 | Marauders in Seymour. | 81 | 0 | 1 | 78,780 | 0 | 10/16/07 | 10/17/07 | Model Vics | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18,141 | 0 | 11/3/03 | 10/13/04 | Vids | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9,057 | 0 | 12/15/03 | 7/7/05 | For Sale | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16,107 | 0 | 12/26/03 | 7/19/06 | Really Misc Pics. | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18,596 | 0 | 12/26/03 | 3/28/05 | Wanted. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/29/04 | 4/20/04 | Misc Pics | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8,707 | 0 | 2/5/04 | 3/28/05 | Chinese Police Vehicles. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4,548 | 0 | 3/9/04 | 3/2/05 | IROC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4,623 | 0 | 4/20/04 | 3/8/06 | Firearms | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14,392 | 0 | 12/4/04 | 12/11/07 | Bersa 380 Thunder | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21,083 | 0 | 12/12/07 | 12/12/07 | Other Vics. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15,158 | 0 | 3/2/05 | 3/28/05 | Police-sponsored car show | 27 | 0 | 0 | 34,194 | 0 | 8/13/06 | 8/13/06 | State Fair 2006 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 89,593 | 0 | 8/28/06 | 8/28/06 | Parts Cars | 20 | 0 | 0 | 24,645 | 0 | 7/19/06 | 7/19/06 |
Mags S.JPG 2580 hits | 23.84 KB | Posted: 12/12/07 The factory 7-round magazine and aftermarket 10-round magazine.
Key S.JPG 2692 hits | 46.68 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
Locks S.JPG 2721 hits | 44.59 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
Info1.JPG 2669 hits | 38.27 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
Logo.JPG 2661 hits | 50.57 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
Out of Box1.JPG 2584 hits | 52.52 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
Out of BoxS.JPG 2561 hits | 51.94 KB | Posted: 12/12/07
In Box.JPG 2615 hits | 30.81 KB | Posted: 12/12/07 My new nickel-finished Bersa 380.
TireKiller.wmv 2644 hits | 1.06 MB | Posted: 10/17/07 Vid courtesy of MM.net member 1stMerc.
NovParkFrtGrilel 50.JPG 16744 hits | 40.32 KB | Posted: 11/3/03
Console Front.jpg 11379 hits | 65.25 KB | Posted: 11/6/03 The clean interior. No holes and power everything.
MM Engine Bay.JPG 6886 hits | 59.96 KB | Posted: 2/28/05 Two pictures of the the Marauder's engine bay. Note the JLT Ram Air Induction unit.
Underside F.JPG 6854 hits | 73.21 KB | Posted: 3/6/05 A pic of the undercarriage, taken from the front.
Bagged Bird Rear.JPG 6666 hits | 68.26 KB | Posted: 4/18/05
Power diode spliced.JPG 5483 hits | 64.83 KB | Posted: 3/1/06 The R/LG wire was cut can connected to the tach adapter. I accidentally spliced into the wrong R/LG wire. Hence the extra white posi connector.
IN Sheriff Interior.JPG 5450 hits | 64.97 KB | Posted: 8/13/06
Wrecked Ram.jpg 5161 hits | 62.35 KB | Posted: 10/29/03 Wonder if the driver survived.
Complete.JPG 5135 hits | 47.82 KB | Posted: 3/3/06 Done at last!
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