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Topic: Where are the Mark VII owners?
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Bluegras
Journeyman Posts: 64
From: Easton,Pa.
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-11-2003 08:03 PM
   
Any Mark VII owners on the board?
Were havin fun out here with them. There are a few running in the 11s now with blowers.
I run a 1500 at nearly 7 lbs boost and makes the car feel like a big block on the street.
Take a look at Jan issue of MM-FF when it come on the stand.
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 22719
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-12-2003 10:11 AM
They are all saving up for new air bags and ride height sensors.  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,&'03
First SS/MA in the TENS!
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 2102
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-12-2003 02:44 PM
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Originally posted by Moneymaker:
They are all saving up for new air bags and ride height sensors.
Ouch...been there and done that......never again, give me conventional suspension anyday. They do look cool when all four bags are deflated, car dang near scrapes the ground. ------------------
Stuart
MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed, 351W,
Edelbrock Performer RPM package my photo page
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Bluegras
Journeyman Posts: 64
From: Easton,Pa.
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-12-2003 09:03 PM
Moneymaker and team congrats on you title win.
Ya, the old girls tend to have problems with a lot of their features. Much of the time the bigger of the two problems is not knowing how the systems work so it can be serviced by the owner. Often the dealers are not any better as well as charging a lot for service.
I am a moderator on a Lincoln board and see this over and over. Unless the owner has the ability to handle the repairs both finacially and in fact, I always reccomend they don't own these cars. That dosn't set well in some instances but they learn over time.
Many do the coil spring conversion to get out of repairing the air spring suspension.
The ABS brakes are another sore point but the same applies.
I have been very suscessful with my 90 LSC and have a nice reliable car after taking a car of basic problems brought on by 13 years of life.
I wonder what will begin to happen in the future with all the automatic systems being engineered into the new cars and trucks? I would think the vehicles would be a burden to own and service long before actually wore out, with owners much less able to handle any repairs. Can you say continious payments for life!
Anyways we do our thing those of us that can.
How about that Mark VII that ran 11.3 ets with 1.66 60' time down at the Rockingham civil wars. Weighed 3880 lbs.
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John Holloway
Gearhead Posts: 787
From: Romeoville Illinois
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-19-2003 05:53 PM
Can you tell me how to make the coil spring conversion...I found a mark7 and was thinking it would make a cheap bracket car to buy.
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Bluegras
Journeyman Posts: 64
From: Easton,Pa.
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-22-2003 10:20 PM
There are a number of conversion kit on the market.
Why not consider piping each air spring seperate and have control over wheel loading and tranfer height?
The air suspension has no disadvantages for performance and should be a little lighter.
A Mark VII is nice base to have fun with.
There are some low 11 sec Marks around.
The bigest setup problem is to get them into low 60' times.
Depends on how far you want to go with performance using a 3900 lb car. The early models around 86 are a couple hundrd pounds lighter.
My 90 weighs in at 3985 with half tank gas.
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 22719
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-25-2003 10:51 AM
Actually, 99% of the ABS issues were gone after the short 87 model run.(87 was the the fewest Marks produced)
FoMoCo switched from the ATE system to Bosch and and the failure rate dropped dramaticly.
I think that Fox outfit which I can never remember the name of sells the spring conversion kits John.------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,&'03
First SS/MA in the TENS!
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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