98 Mark SC Build

Mike, I suggest some MT or BFG drag radials for the track. With street tires I predict low 13's... with drag radials should be well into the 12's.
 
I am going to pick up the Mark tomorrow afternoon :) I stopped by the shop today, and Aric had the Mark completely detailed inside and out including a Zaino treatment for me :) I truely appreciate that.

He is installing all new battery cables from a Mustang GT, since Ford no longer has a battery cable harness available for the Mark VIII.

He had Joey Bell weld the Vortech mini race blow off valve directly before the intake of the intercooler(drivers side of the IC) - venting to atmosphere. He also kept the bypass valve installed in it's original location. Ryan is going to send me a picture of the blow off valve installed.

He has the transmission shifting done, and we were going to take it for a ride until it started raining. A couple things he noted were...

The TC would unlock when the A/C would cycle on (or the other way around - I can't remember all he said). This is a Lincoln thing to not disturb the passengers with the engine load change. He fixed that.

The other is a little more complicated. He said this car will just flat out totally roast the stock tires now, all through first and second gear by just stabbing the gas.

The problem is while in second gear, the computer is reading 85mph and is commanding third gear, when in reality, it might be going half that speed. When the wheel spin finally stops and it hooks in third gear, the transmission is then commanded to drop back down to second.

The brakes, rims, and tires are on order, and the rears are 10 1/2" wide rims and the tire size is now going to be 305/35/18. Bad news is, it is looking like August time frame before everything comes in.

Serge, I will need to get another set of MT DR's when the brakes are done on some 18" rims I think. The set I have now ar 16", and will not fit with the big brakes.
 
Max, These rims are worth the wait. They are custom made three piece Forgeline rims. There is nothing off the shelf about them.

One of a kind's actually, since Aric talked to Forgeline about using their measurements for a Mark VIII as a base, and they said they never made a set of rims for a Mark. Here is a link to their web site, and the rims:

http://www.forgeline.com/wheels/vr3p.html

Aric had to measure, and use some kind of template mounted to the hub to get exact measurements. :)
 
Did he mod the sway bar yet ? No 10-1/2 will fit there with proper clearances using stock sway bar.

He's got 3.58 front space clearance (hub to quarter panel lip) and approx 7.02" back space clearance (to rear sway bar).

3.58" + 7.02" = 10.6"

So a 10.5" wheel with actual width of 11.5" will need at least another 1.00" of clearance to the sway bar.

All that is assuming the chosen tire will sit flat with the out lip. Of course that is usually not the case, so best bet is to roll the quarter lip, and shorten the sway bar 2" on each side (4" in the middle).
 
Mike,

Those charcoal wheels are really really good looking :D

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I thought you were going with silver though...
 
Yep, I like the shiney silver color better, Max.

Jeremi, He told me there is some rub on the bar, and also the reason he is going with a 305 tire. He used a 305 drag radial outline on the template.

The sway bar has not been modified yet. Waiting for the rims and tires to get here first. He and Joey - Bell chassis works, have the sway bar thing under control. He also has a body man to lend a hand if needed. It is going to be tight, that's for sure. :)
 
Well everyone, The Mark is home now, and we are getting reacquainted again :) Here are some final result SC build pictures, and the final dyno tune sheet. I will post a time slip from the drag strip, and bring closure to this thread.

I would like to thank everyone for their participation in this thread, as it did help me alot. Hopefully, everyone has learned something along the way, and the next person doing this type of SC build can use this info to help them with their build. :)

Finally, A huge THANK YOU to Injected Engineering, for making my dream come true :) Enjoy!




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Congrats Mike! I can't wait to see those rims on your car....they should look good with your color combo! Right now you wouldn't even guess the car has a blower, haha.
 
I like how high the peak torque and horsepower are... that is going to be one fast Mark VIII at the strip if you can hook up.
 
Checking in from the sticks of NC, and wanted to post the highway mpg figures :) Took the Mark on it's maiden supercharged voyage to North Carolina today. It ran flawlessly for all 419 miles.

I hand calculated the mpg for the two tanks of fuel, and the first tank averaged 19.29 mpg, and the second tank averaged 19.20 mpg. I did not reset/check the on board computer to see what it said.

The Mark was packed with 4 adults, trunk full of luggage, and the air conditioning was on all the time. I drove the posted speed limit +5mph most of the way.
 
Returned home from NC today. The Mark ran great! I am very comfortable driving it now, but must confess, I have not tried to launch it hard yet. I did bounce it off the rev limiter once though :D

The Mark was in it's very first car show yesterday in North Carolina. My Brother-in-law's Mustang car club was there in force. The Mark drew quite a bit of attention, and a bunch of questions. Here are some pics from one of the Mustang guys that parked his Bullitt by me.




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I stopped by Aric's shop yesterday to say hi, and to see if he had any extra business cards. I also wanted to talk to him about my 1000 mile trip to NC, and how the car did.

I had a couple questions and observations that I ran by him regarding the set-up.

First, the SVT Focus fuel pump will empty the basket going on clockwise circle ramps when the fuel tank is half full. Same applies at a quarter tank from a medium throttle dig. Solution is to not run the car below a quarter tank - especially at the track, and to not take the ramps too quickly.

Secondly, torque converter lock up is set at 40 mph. I asked if he could move it up to 50 mph where it was. Aric set it at the lower 40 mph on purpose, as the trans temps started to rise when he was data logging with it set at 50 mph. He said to turn overdrive off and drive it in third to see if it is any better, as he has it set up to lock up in third gear.

Shift points still need to be set. Since there is no traction at WOT from a dig, it will shift when it bounces off the rev limiter around 6800 rpms. I need to put the drag radials on it and see if it helps, and Aric can set the shift points.

The transmission that Steve built is incredible. It takes no prisoners - up shift and down shift, and feels like you are driving a race car, not a luxury car. Aric adjusted the pressures to calm it down, but Wendy still thinks it is either going to break, or snap the car in half :) I love it though :)
 
...feels like you are driving a race car, not a luxury car. Aric adjusted the pressures to calm it down, but Wendy still thinks it is either going to break, or snap the car in half :) I love it though :)

You know it's good when they think it's bad! ;)

Hey Mike, looks like some belt dust on the front cover under there... better get out that long handle toothbrush! :D
 
lol JP :) I need to get a bunch of little brushes, and nano metal polish for this thing now. Especially for the IC tubes. Everyone has to put their hands on them to see how hot they get when I already tell them they run only eight degrees above the actual outside air temp. :)
 
Thanks, JP. I might have to give it a try. :)

I went to the track last night, and wanted to post the results.


I did a total of 5 runs, and Aric did 3 runs. Traction was a big issue, and the shift points still need work. Aric loaded up a cool program on the xcal2. A totally electronic manual valve body :) He used it on the last run of the night. This file will turn the Mark into a manual shift car. Leave it in third - and it will stay in third, even leaving from a stop light. I have it on video, it is the last video below.

The best run of the day was a 12.745 @ 108.43. It is the first video below. Here is the slip:

60'.....1.865
330'....5.337
1/8.....8.179
mph.....86.26
1000'..10.660
1/4....12.745
mph....108.43


I am the driver for the first video during the day. The three night videos are with Aric driving the Mark.


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WooHoo!!! :D

Change that sig and post in the fastest Lincolns of Distinction thread!
 
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