PetesSweets86
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you are too funny..you made my night :-D
Snakebite Mod
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you are too funny..you made my night :-D
05 LS8
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I have driven them. Ive driven every model including a V-6 Stick (was only a mile to bring to my other lot) and I like them. I believe I had said that in my earlier post, that I like them and I was just messing around.
If I needed a 4-door then it would be pretty high up on the list of cars to choose from.
So please, don't take me ragging on it seriously, its all in fun. I thought it was funny when I first joined here and saw that there was a rivalry between the two cars here. :lol:
I actually had a SC Riviera, was a nice car. The Mark is much nicer IMHO and I hate FWD cars. The Mark is much more balanced and easy to read at the limits. The Riviera, not so much.
So opinions vary, I tend to buy what I like, not what the magazines tell me to. If I listened to MT then I would only own a BMW. :lol:
I am a true car enthusiast, I love most cars and I do like the LS (see above reply) and have owned more cars in the last 18 years then most people will own in a life time. I have had BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, 300z's, RX-7s, Supra, 14 different Stangs 4 of which were Cobras and one was a GT350, couple Benzes (older 560 and a S500), Corvettes, F-bodies, Trucks etc etc. I like cars and switch allot. I loved the Mark VIII when it came out but couldn't afford $45K so when they dropped in price and I needed a reliable DD I bought one. Its actually been the most reliable and dependable car I have ever owned. I wont own it forever, I really don't know how long I will own it for.
Now IDK what the mods available for the LS's exist but from lurking here it seems its quite few. My Mark was simple and cheap to modify and can carve a corner excellent and accelerate very nice and I haven't even installed the gears and Trac Lok I have sitting here yet. I have Hemi 300C's and Chargers messing with me all the time and I always walk them. My buddies 04 GT with a 100 shot and full exhaust with a tune can just hang on my rear bumper if I launch it well and if its from a roll I pull a length and a half and hold it till 100 when the car pulls farther away.
I know my car is significantly faster then a LS though.
Hey, lets look at the stock specs:
HP: LS8= 280 VIII= 290
TQ: LS8= 286 VIII= 290
Weight: LS8=3768 VIII=3760
0-60: LS8=7.5 VIII= 7.0
1/4: LS8= 15.7 VIII= 15.2
MPG HWY OBSERVED LS8=19 VIII= 26
So how exactly does the LS have ALLOT more balls?
I drove an 02 V8 LS for a few days when I traded my friend my 93 RX-7 R1 for the week. I drove the piss out of that car and really pushed it. Its a nice car but it is weird at the limits and not very confidence inspiring through the corners. I am sure better springs and shocks would make a big difference though. On my Mark changing them and adding better sway bars made a HUGE improvement in the twisties.
Also a 528i really embarrassed me at a stop light when i had the LS.
So how about this. You like your car and own it. I like my car and own it. They are both very nice Lincolns and very sporty. They each have their weak and strong points and appeal to different people. They are better then their Riviera and Diamante counter parts. We can all be friends and take pride in our American built luxury sports cars and flip the bird to ricers. Sound good?
Also i wont poke fun at the LS anymore as I do like the car and some day may own a LS8.... is the LSE the top one?
Hey LaserSVT, i wasn't tring to be a d%ck. I just don't like when people try to twist the truth about LS being this and that and underestimate it.I don't like BS in general.
I RESPECT your likes and dislikes, but it was starting to get a little out of hand. I loved the Mark viii as much as you do and was a Mark viii enthusiast. I still think those cars were designed way ahead of their times.
I had my Mark car for about four years, and had nothing but a lot of fun with it.
As i mentioned earlier, one day i decided it was time for the car to go and got the LS. I was actually planning on buying another Mark viii but I like the LS so much more that i forgot all about the Mark viii. Not planning on buying another one anymore.
If you compare a stock Mark viii to a stock LS, the LS is faster.
One day i got a chance to race the guy i sold my Mark viii to and pulled about 1 1/2 car lengths on him. Then i just let off, cause i was still pulling away from him. He pulled up next to me at the next light and he said "holly sh%t that thing is fast". BTW, my Mark viii (it was a 95)ran 14.7 at 97.6 mph in quarter mile. So i know it wasn't slow. It had gutted cats and magnaflow mufflers as far as the engine mods went.
Two days ago i raced one of my buddies from the Mark viii car club that i am part of. We were already rolling, maybe doing about 25 to 30mph and we both got on it and took it up to 65mph. As i got on it, just started pulling away from him. Left him 2 carlengths behind me. He called me up on the cellphone and said "i can't believe i just got smoked, those things are a lot faster than i thought".
BTW, I don't have any mods done to the LS. Its all stock....for now.
Also, the HP and TQ numbers don't always tell you everything. The LS comes with 3.58 as far as gearing goes, Mark comes with 3.08s(first gens). The LS has 5 speed tranny instead of the 4. The compression ration is 10 to 3/4 which is high compared to Mark's 9:8. It has some advantages over the Mark viii.
Laslty, the only difference between the LS and the LSE is, the LSE comes with a body kit and all the chrome that you would get on the LS6 or the LS8 is body color matched on the LSE. The LSE looks better, thats all.
I hope i answered all of your questions. If i left anything out let me know.
PetesSweets86
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you know for a 4.5L vs the 3.9L with the stock numbers for HP/TQ I'm suprised the Mark8 isn't more...that's .7 liters more and you only got an extra 10HP and 4TQ......suprising...but then again your performance mods put the LS into dusty trails...so bravo to that.....
05 LS8
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Who was the one saying "I dunno, x2 - most of the people I see driving Diamantes / Galants are pretty old..."
You are the one comparing Mitsubishi to a Lincoln. You go get a fu$king clue then we will talk. You compare a Jap crap to a luxury Lincoln.? You got a lot of learning to do.
You were the one asking if i even had a mark viii right?
Here are some pictures of it, should be enough to satisfy your thirst.
That was something called... A joke! (you can tell it was a joke by this icon:
)I have a lot of learning to do? Coming from the guy who thinks a Buick Riviera is better in many ways than a Mark VIII?
Yeah...
PetesSweets86
Dedicated LVC Member
Who drives a Buick besides the chinese anyways?
Actually it doesn't suck at all, because I was comparing the look of the cars not how how they are made or what they used for parts, just like people are comparing the LS to the Mitsubishi, but maybe you were to smart to realize that! Or did you think that people were comparing the LS and the Mitsubishi, because they use the same motor, drive train, and electronics?
And if you think I would ever feel like a tool for something said on a message board you take to much stock in hiding behind a keyboard to leave messages to try and make people feel like a "tool". I prefer to make myself look like a tool in person for people so they have a chance to tell it to my face.
Andrizzle
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Perhaps you've just gotten used to it....
You are correct.
Good luck with that, you're doing fine so far.
ford nut
Local nut case
That was something called... A joke! (you can tell it was a joke by this icon:
I have a lot of learning to do? Coming from the guy who thinks a Buick Riviera is better in many ways than a Mark VIII?
Yeah...
Stupid Brit! don't you know not to mess with the four door crowd.
This is the only four door I will ever own.
I wonder how it will look "snake bit"
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Thanks I appreciate that, I can tell by all the other replies to my comments made on this thread of how much of a tool I am actually being.
I cant wait for you to quote this too, because that is what cool people do, they quote people online because they couldn't interpret a joke. Ahhh it must be fun getting old this simplest things seem funny, and you get to drive cars that remind you of those spaceships from those old black and white movies you use to watch when you were a kid.
Tru-Blu
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Ford Nut-man, I guarantee you that if you add the snakebite mod to your frig, it will actually cool your entire house without any additional electricity, and your food will look faster <I don't know why that would be of value, but it sounds good, doesn't it>
TRU - is your refrigerator running?.........you'll definitely have to go catch it if you add the snakebite mod
TRU - is your refrigerator running?.........you'll definitely have to go catch it if you add the snakebite mod
ford nut
Local nut case
Ford Nut-man, I guarantee you that if you add the snakebite mod to your frig, it will actually cool your entire house without any additional electricity, and your food will look faster <I don't know why that would be of value, but it sounds good, doesn't it>
TRU - is your refrigerator running?.........you'll definitely have to go catch it if you add the snakebite mod
Hey!!!! I could get fast food with out leaving the house!
PetesSweets86
Dedicated LVC Member
:lol:
ford nut
Local nut case
I think I will keep my two door.
Dam looks good eh?
That bada$$ snakebite mod.
Hell if you can use that mod on a LS you can put it on anything
Dam looks good eh?
That bada$$ snakebite mod.
Hell if you can use that mod on a LS you can put it on anything
Tru-Blu
Dedicated LVC Member
Man oh man, I would pay at LEAST 500.00 MORE for that frig JUST for that mod!
AND it's a 2-door frig!!!!!!
"Frig"n awesome!
TRU
AND it's a 2-door frig!!!!!!
"Frig"n awesome!
TRU
JWerner2
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That fridge is awesome!
Skidsmint
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Does anyone have a link to where I can buy Cobrastar badges at? I think they look pretty good myself!
Look on the right hand side of your screen.
PetesSweets86
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what engine you runnin on that fridge...but I can smoke it and leave ya with a cold shoulder
Skidsmint
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There isn't anything on the right side of my screen, I'm on my iPhone. Do you have a link you could post? Thanks.
Tru-Blu
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send a PM to OneBadMk8 to order the emblems