KORKAH build thread...KCV
 

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List of all current mods:

2001 Ford Crown Victoria LX

Cosmetic:
Ford logo interior accessories
Black honeycomb grille swap
police interceptor badge on back
black plasti-dipped back panels
black plasti-dipped side mirrors
35% tint
racing stripes (hash marks) on the left fender
in-dash DVD player
17 inch Mustang Bullitt wheels(running 2 inch spacers in back and 1.5 inch in front)
ADTR.net sticker on back windows
new headlight lenses
V8 badge on left fender

Performance:
K&N 57 series FIPK cold air intake
New intake manifold
dual exhaust
flow matched fuel injectors
Gabriel Ultra shocks
Powerstop brakes
235/50/17 General tires






Future mods/wish list:
Mach 1 chin spoiler
Red MGP Ford logo caliper covers
4.6L Performance decal
SVT emblem


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Bought a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria for $2500 in January of 2012 after :tembo: got wrecked

po lil tembo :nono:


First day I got it:

http://i.imgur.com/bo0BI86.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lXdJgDl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Trr66Ug.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/kgG3z4Q.jpg


Didn't do anything to it for a while


First "mod" was ford logo stuff

floor mats and steering wheel cover

http://i.imgur.com/jsru8lZ.jpg


Next mod was swapping the factory chrome grille to a black honeycomb grille

http://i.imgur.com/aMLZK7I.jpg


next was tintz (35%)

http://i.imgur.com/rIWC3CT.jpg





The tintz and grille made me realize the car was starting to get a silver/black theme going so I ran with that

Decided to plasti dip the back panels and add a police interceptor badge


http://imgur.com/a/PcJlz


Added an in-dash DVD/MP3 player

Its fat as hell but i liek cuz looks ghetto

http://i.imgur.com/vlVnPZa.jpg


Did a little bondo project on the back bumper


http://imgur.com/a/3gBre


Got dual exhaust installed


Video page
Full screen


added FORD mudflaps

http://i.imgur.com/B6VmEnI.jpg


used plasti dip to do these hash marks

the left fender and right fender have different designs


http://imgur.com/a/jgwax


Got a few more things planned for the next couple weeks. Stay tuned...

ah shit gonna keep an eyeball out for korks nows

:chuy: Jesus take the wheel

hopefully he drives it off a cliff





























:troll:

:cheeky2:

wun and cez


suckit :pissedfist:

Cleaned the engine bay today

Used this:
http://i.imgur.com/KbmNTsy.jpg
















Here's how it turned out:

Before:
http://i.imgur.com/73mV4LZ.jpg





After:
http://i.imgur.com/6bySjOQ.jpg






Polished everything with armor-all after

Looks good IMO

so clean :datass:

thanks fellars

thats how me engine looks :pow: all dirty as fuck. been lazy about it

mine looks like that too :roflpow:

eddah just keeps up cosmetic cleaniness on low oh5. leaves unseeable areas dirty :sneaky:

Started the car a few hours ago and it was rumbling like shit

It was vibrating like hell and i saw smoke coming from the engine :facepalm:

i thought for sure I had just FUCKED my car up. I figured the smoke was coming from some degreaser i had forgotten to spray off

i got the hose and resprayed the area where the smoke was coming from and that pretty much stopped the smoke.

Soon the check engine light came one :facepalm: #2

I drive the car to my mechanic around the corner and was scared shitless the car wouldn't make it. I was halfway there when the CEL started blinking as if to say there was something srsly wrong under the hood

I pull over and pop the hood to check. saw nothing

I get to the shop and tell the guys whats going on. They use the code reader and tell me I got a small amount of water somewhere and the engine was just misfiring

:ayfkm:

told me the car would work itself out :D

also, i had a bottle of fuel injector cleaner that i had been waiting to use. The tank was almost empty so i added that, filled the tank and drove around a bit. Then I left the car in the driveway on a slant with the hood all the way up. Started it again just now and everything is fine. Car runs smooth. No vibrations. No shakes.

I was seriously scared as shit.

My advice is don't degrease your fucking engine. Just Armor-all dat bitch and get some detailing brushes and shit. I always thought spraying water into your engine bay was stupid so yeah. It looks great but not worth the shitted pants.






Also, you gaiz might remember me talking about how my CV did a weird 1 second rough vibration every so often while driving. This recent incident got me to thinking and i'm certain i've figured out why those were happening. The car has old ass spark plugs. I have never changed them in the years i've owned the car so that's about 24,000 miles. There's no telling how many miles the previous owner was driving with the old plugs so i definitely need to change them out. I did some research and i'm going with the copper ones. They spark better than platinum and iridium.

That is all.

Kork probably removed intake tube and sprayed degreaser and water up in there

si

i need to change spark plugs too on mine :pow:

dont these engines have a shit spark plug design? iirc they can break off while ur trying to remove....is a pain

do dat shet

sounds about right

We put plugs in/out of mine several times trying to figure out why there was no compression, never had any issues with them :shrug:

dnfw to break of spark plug

i think its more of a problem where cars can rust

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wat yrs CVs yall got? looks like its more common in like 04+

safe

eddah no sell amsparkplugs? :cheeky:

negatory...just oil/lube and oil/lube accessories

me and kork have 2001s, I think Cez's is 98 or 99.