Hot Rod Lincoln - Mark VIII Track/Daily Driver

[ZacUnknown69]

Hello everyone!

I'm doing some upgrades on my '95 Mark VIII and would like your opinions. So here they are;

- Replacing driver and passengers seats with the buckets from an '03 Tiburon.
- Replacing the steering wheel with a smaller, race wheel
- Adding Cherry Bomb Extreme mufflers
- Hopefully replacing rear end diff with 3.55's or 3.80's
- Dish, bullitt or steelies (hot rod red w/ chrome accents) 16"-18"
- Then little things like interior refurbishing, paint touch ups, and pin striping

Do you think a Mark VIII is worth putting around $500 into? And would those seats fit? How do I swap diff gears? Rim opinions?

Here's my engine currently.

 

[chris2523]

who knows if the seats will fit.

drag racing track? you'll want a lot more than 3.55s.

 

[ZacUnknown69]

True, 3.55's are a bit low but I will be using it as a daily driving. Maybe I should have said "quick street car"

 

[ZacUnknown69]

True, 3.55's are a bit low but I will be using it as a daily driving. Maybe I should have said "quick street car"

 

[chris2523]

4.10s or 4.30s.
4.56s if you dont highway much.
3.55 is not enough to get the car moving like you want it to.

 

[91 LSC SE]

Hello everyone!

Do you think a Mark VIII is worth putting around $500 into? And would those seats fit? How do I swap diff gears? Rim opinions?

Of course. You have an amazing ride with a Mustang Cobra Motor kicking out 290HP and that is what you have to start with, bone stock.
I watched a performance show where they took a 98 (I think) civic with 106 stock HP, to start and spent $1000 on exhaust parts and dyno'd it after and it increased HP by 10, to a new total of 116HP.

Not much bang for your buck when taking something designed for economy (a civic) and trying to turn it into a performance machine.

And check you last post, I gave you 5 different rim options.