1997 Lincoln Mark VIII 8 Vortech Supercharged 6-Speed (T56)

1997Lincoln Mark VIII 8Vortech Supercharged 6-Speed (T56)
Blown engine, everything else is functional.
This has been my project car for the last 12 years. I bought it with 144k. I installed a T56 6-speed at 180k miles. Installed a low mileage engine at 200k miles and a Vortech supercharger at 225k miles. Unfortunately, I blew the engine recently due to a fouled spark plug that caused a violent detonation and it damaged a piston. It was not a violent failure as the car would still start and almost idle on 7 cylinders after the event (once I put new plugs in it). This issignificantbecause I tested the clutch and itengaged fine and the car would move on its own power, so all other components are perfectly functional. However after a couple starts, it no longer turns over. I do not have the time nor the space to rebuild or put another engine in this beast. My loss, your gain.
The tuning is near perfect besides a slight lean tip-in and idle surging. If I replaced the spark plugs at 12 months, the engine would likely still be running hard.
This is barely a Mark VIII anymore as it was pushing ~500 hp at 6000 RPM @ 9.5 lbs of boost. I never ran it at the track but, it would have pulled a mid-low 12 second quarter mile pass as it slightly pulled on my '07 C6 Corvette. You can either put a working 32v (DOHC) 4.6L (or larger) engine into this beast, or use its parts to build up a 96-2004 Mustang,Thunderbird, Cougar, or other HotRod. You could also purchase this car and part it out and make a lot of money. I have listed the parts below, and have conservatively estimated that they could be sold individually for over $12,000. This does not include all the standard parts that could be parted out as well for more profit (glass, fenders, interior, and other misc. items).
If you were thinking about doing any of these upgrades to your Mark VIII, Thunderbird and Cougar, you can't go wrong with buying this car. I have spent over $20,000 in these parts alone, and had to custom make and/or custom fit a lot of them. This is your chance to go build this same beast at a fraction of the cost, while having all of the custom engineering already figured out.
The body has a lot of miles on it, but spent the 1st 225,000 miles in FL and was not a daily driver up North, however wear and tear parts have low miles on them:

• Transmission (<40,000)
• Driveshaft universals joints (<40,000)
• Differential (<15,000)
• Clutch/flywheel/slave cylinder/throw-out bearing (<1,000)
• Supercharger system and all components (<15,000)
• Suspension bushings, ball joints, tie-rods, strut mounts & wheel bearings (<15,000)
• Brakes (<10,000)
• ABS Unit (<60,000 miles)
• Tires are at 80% (8/32" tread)

This action is for the full car. Buyer is responsible for picking it up or arranging shipping.
The car is also listed locally, so I reserve the right to end the auction at anytime.
All the details are listed below:
Engine & Super Charger:

• Head Unit: V1 S-Trim Vortech, 3.33 Pulley; Running 9 lbs @ 6,000 RPM. ~10k miles on it. No shaft play-Vortech Coolant Crossover Pipe: required to clear supercharger for install on 4.6 4v engines
• Intercooler: Custom Air-to-Water intercooler custom built for Mark VIII. 3" Inlet/Outlet
• Additional Front Fan mounted to intercooler
• Vortech Installation Kit: Bracket, oil feed & drain line, bolts, larger idler pulley, 114" serpentine belt (6 rib), intercooler water pump
• Fuel Pump: 255 lb/hr, return style, Warblow, pump built into stock sending unit
• Injectors: 42 lb/hr Ford Racing Injectors (Green Top)
• MAF: 90mm Lightning Mass Airflow Sensor
• K&N Conical Air Filter, 4" Outlet
• Tuned using Sniper Commando tuning software and hardware
• AEM Boost Gauge & Sensor
• AEM A/F Wideband Gauge & Sensor
• 1998 Cobra Intake Manifold; Ported to Mark VIII composite IMRC Runners
• Stock Throttle Body

Exhaust:

• Headers: Pacesetter full length, Ceramic Coated (from 99 Cobra)
• Catalytic Converters: Magnaflow 3" High Flow, Metal Substrate
• Resontators: Dynomax Performance 24222 - Dynomax Race Bullet Mufflers 3"Inlet/Outlet
• Mufflers: Flowmaster Super 40 Delta flow 2 chamgers, 3" Inlet/outlet
• 3" Exhaust: Full 3" Mandrel Bent exhaust including X-Pipe. 5 O2 bungs (4 for OBDII, 1 for Wideband)
• Exhasut Tips: Flowmaster Quad Oval Tips

6-speed Manual Conversion:

• Transmission: T-56 Mechanical Speedo, 2.97, 2.07, 1.43, 1.00, 0.75, 0.50 (super wide ratios); only ~40k miles since complete rebuild by professional shop (only case was reused)
• Flywheel: 6 bolt Spec Steel Flywheel 11", with replaceable friction surface
• Clutch: 11" Spec Stage 3+ 1999-2004 Mustang SPEC-SF873F (~800 ft-lb capacity), All Clutch hardware only has ~1,000 miles on them
• Shifter: STEEDA TRI-AX SHIFTER - T56 (03-04 COBRA)
• Hydraulic, Concentric Slave Cylinder: McLeod Throwout Bearings 1364
• Clutch Master Cylinder: Tilton Master Cylinder (3/4")
• Driveshaft: Shortened Aluminum Mark VIII Drive Shaft, 31 Spline Yoke
• Installation: Required ignition bypass & some modifications
• Pedal assembly made from welding Mark VIII & mustang assemblies together

Differential:

• 8.8" IRS Differential. 3.55, TracLoc 28 Spline. Rebuilt ~15k miles ago

Suspension

• Adjustable Koni Sport shock absorbers (Yellow)
• Eibach Springs, 1.5" lowering
• Derlin Rear Inner control arm bushings from Supercoupe performance
• Polyurethane Knuckle Bushings
• New Front Control Ams, Tie Rods, Strut Mounts
• Polyurethane Strud Rod Bushings
• Rear Lower Control Arm Spring Perches from Supercoupe performance
• Rear helper air springs (not stock air ride), to level out rear for loads

Wheels & Brakes:

• Wheels: Authentic Chrome 2010 Saleen Extreme Front: 20x9, rear 20x10. these wheel sare rare and would cost you over $2,000 to buy. some small scratches on them
• Tires: Toyo Proxes 4 Plus,front 255/35r20, rear 295/30r20; all have 80% tread left
• Brakes: 1998 Mustang Cobra Brakes. All rotors & pads have less than 10k miles on them.
• Front: 2 Piston 13" Rotors
• Rear:: 1 piston calipers 12.67" rotors, Custom Steeladapterfor caliper bracket
• 4.5" Bolt Pattern Conversion (Mustang pattern)
• New front 4.5" x 5 hubs
• Rear 4.5" x 5 hubs from 99 cobra

Exterior:

• Worn black paint
• Working HIDS
• Working Rear LED Lamp
• Never been in an major accident, straight body, some small dents
• Hairline crack in windshield

Interior:

• Black Leather
• All interior is in good to great shape, besides broken cupholder & ash tray door & worn stearing wheel
• slight chips in stereo bezel due to learning with 6 speed install

Radio:

• Pioneer App Radio 1
• Dual 12" subwoofer box built into spare tire location. (Cerwin Vega V-max subs, 1 still working)
• 1000 watt Boss Sub amp
• 35 watt x 4 alpine amp
• Eclipse component/coaxial 3.5 front speakers

Misc:

• A/C works great; Entire A/C System replaced ~15k miles ago.
• Working heat (replaced & reinforced blender door). If you know Mark VIIIs, you know this is a rarity. Had to pull the dash off to fix this.
• Oil filter relocation kit, (double filters, always used Bosch, Mobil 1 or K&N filters with full synthetic oil)
• Battery Relocated trunk
• Extra door handles
• Extra bower motor
• Class 2 Tow Hitch and reciever