HAHAHAHAHA I'll worry about that when the time comes. I guess I will have to put off getting married for now. It sounds terrible, doesn't it? For now I'm rolling in a vette, getting road head from the honey I just met.

 

Nice , Real nice , that is until you get a case of the HERPS!!!

 

I'm really scatching my head. First, the Lincoln is just a beater car and best used as a limo taxi to the airport. More efficient than a Vette . . . please start doing some of your own research. If you didn't have money for Vette parts, you should have not bought one, period. And, why did you buy a Vette, when you have so much fun in your Lincoln?

Utica, NY? This may have answered some of my questions.

 

I guess that will take care of marriage indefinitely.

 

 

Actually Sauquoit Ny , Utica is just more well known. Secondaly , I thoguht it would be nice to pay for some parts without asking my dad for money , obviously if something went wrong with the vette i have money to fix it , but i do not have 5 grand to just mod my vette ? im sorry , but i highly dought everyone who buys a vette has another extra boatload of cash to mod thier vette to thier liking. i know i could buy headers and wheels with half that , but that wouldnt satisfy me . but my mind is made up , finsih of the lincoln the way i like it , and save up some money for next year to begin modding the vette , thanks for all who actually had something helpful

 

and beden , might want to be more careful reading , i did not write the lincoln to the airport post !!!

 

Who said a Mark 8 would run mid 14s witha blower, nobody. I said with your current setup you are probably running mid to high 14s. My lincoln had a cai,a Dennis R. chip and true dual exhaust with magnaflow mufflers and I ran a 14.80. The mark 8 sounds better than Vette My C5 gets close to 30 mpg

In closing I would take a stock C5 against your blown mark 8 anyday of the week.

 

I had a 1994 Lincoln Mark VIII - it was a damned nice car, and certainly no ghetto glider. It was a fast, powerful, and elegant mode of transport. It was not a sports car, but it was no slouch either. It was not more fuel efficient than the C5, but it wasn't terrible either.

I would suggest leaving the Corvette alone, and tweaking the Mark a little bit more. It sounds like that's what you really want to do.

 

lol I have had a 1998 Mark VIII.... I had 3.73 gears... chip exhaust etc. The Mark VIII is WAY slower than the vette... even supercharged... you will be right around stock corevette levels.... mid/low 13s... They weigh about 3800lbs...

What website are you on? >>> For the Mark VIIIs... Markviii.org or mark8.org?

 

Thanks , and i understand what you meant by the mark 8 running 14.8 , my fault , but as far as a stock c5 vs the supercharged 8 with headers , i dont know i think the mark would actually win. The only thing Dennis Reinharts supercharged mark 8 has that i dont is the cobra manifold , and i forgot i do have the 3:73 gears installed in mine. http://www.markviii.org/LOD2/1996m.htm

In no way shape or form would the mark be faster then the vette without a supercharger , but with one it would be close , very close . and maybe even faster , but i think people are missing the point , like your vettes make you happy , my lincoln makes me happy because its such a sleeper. imagine pulling up to a mustang with a punk driving it , and blowing its doors awat with a two ton granpas car !!! that gives me just as much pleasure as drving around in the vette

 

Quite a quandary you find yourself in. Maybe this will help:

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- and then some : with much more in addition <would require all his strength and then some>
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Standing Rule: Only put money into your beater to keep it running. That Lincoln sounds like a VERY nice beater, and the performance it has now is NOT shabby. If you are going to spend money on a vehicle, always put it into your pride and joy.

Your DD is much better than my 1988 Mazda 626 with 150k miles. Every panel gouged and faded, but I can park it anywhere . Then again, my work is only a mile from my house

(Not implying the Lincoln is a "beater", its just the term I use for DD.)

 

HUH

I say leave the Vette be for now, and work on the Lincoln. That sounds like what you want to do, and modding anything is an ongoing and neverending process

 

Drive the vette. If it was a low mileage C2, C3 then maybe you would need the second car. As it is, the vette makes a great daily driver and the parts aren't unreasonable.

 

Nice , thanks guys , and bizaro ???

 

Keep your extra money on stand-by for a new tranny for the Mark. The trannies in those cars are TERRIBLE. I know, I have a 94 Mark. While I love the car, it is NOT and never could be a 'vette. Both cars have their own lineage and merits. Over in the lincolnmarkvIII forum, there is a guy called BLACKICE. This man knows more about the Mark than anyone I know. Any questions you have on your Mark, he's the man to ask. And, just like here, you can save a TON of cash, and help others out. Forums, like this, are designed for that purpose.
The lincoln is a great car, the last long trip I took in it, I got 30mpg, at 75-85 mph with the air on the whole way. Can I do that in my C5? I haven't had it long enough to know, but I'm betting it will.
The point is, your money, your cars, do what you feel. But the answer to your question is simple, the Mark can't touch the vette in top end, 0 to 60, and let's not even discuss trying to stay up with a vette on a nice windy back road......

 

It sounds like to me that your mind is made up already for the Lincoln
But, I think that spending a like amount on either. You will get
more return for your money with the Vette........
Bottom line.....Do whatever floats your boat.........

 

Sneak , i have a parts car lincoln , just for the tranny , thanks tho , and yes i probably would get more out of the vette, but its just not my daily dirver

 

It should be. My vette was when I was younger and I don't regret it one bit. Vette = tail.