Jamler3
Dedicated LVC Member
JAMLER's 1998 MARK VIII Acheives BAD ASS Status...
Ok, I'm a little late in this post, but since we have another F'n snow day here in NJ, I'm not driving my car, which has become an exhilarating experience. I must write about the work done by LMS this past Wednesday!!!! They're AMAZING!
Pulled up at the new shop. Geno's most recent toy, A 477ci Plymouth RoadRunner was sitting in the lot...and up on the lift is a '72 Vette... That was just the beginning, as in the rear lot was a plethora of American Muscle...
In no time my MK8 was up on the center lift and the old exhaust was being hacked off. Geno and Phil pulled out about 20 Ft of brand new 2.5" stainless pipe and rolled over the pipe bender. Geno took out of the box the true XX pipe that he just got... A few eyeball measurements and the XX was cut to perfect performance legnth and welded.
Phil was "Da Man" when it came to the pipe bends... Unfortunately the Mark VIII doesn't have the easiest path to follow for the exhaust. Phil was amazing, eyeballing measurements and making slight adjustments. It is a tight fit that ain't easy making that fat pipe fit in the same space as the stock system. But again, Phil's bends were perfect, to the degree that both pipe bends are at exactly the same point extending all the way back to the mufflers. Fit was so perfect, when we put the factory cross bar back on, the space between the dip for the pipes was = !!!!!
The new Expansion II Mufflers are like a piece of gorgeous "BLING"! Although Geno's Manufacturer told him about the improvements, the anxious feeling we had to actually hear them had us buzzing all day! We took the opportunity to do an oil change since it was up on the lift, so we drained the oil and as the exhaust was coming together, we kept saying, "Can't wait to drop her down so we can hear this badass exhaust"... Geno said several times "DO NOT FORGET, THE CAR HAS NO OIL".
Took a little lunch break as Phil was performing some virtuosic welds.
Geno cranked up the Road Runner... 700 HP... Car sounded monsterous.
OK JC lets go for a ride... Grabbed the video camera and held on! Head snapping G's off of that car. Spinning slicks through local Hammonton area was just insane!! That car is SICK! AND it has NOS on it, which wasn't even on during this ride. Truly the most powerful car I've EVER been in!
To wrap it up... The exhaust was on... The Expansion II's looked HOTT!!!
SEE PICTURES in LMS THREAD BELOW:
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?p=45859#post45859
The rest of the Mods literally took Geno 30 minutes to do, which included:
- Install "shrouded" Autolite 764's - (With e-taping each coil boot as well)
- Install new Computer with LMS Performance Chip
- Install new LMS MAF. (That old box is such a pain in the ass)
- New Mobil-1 w/ Lucas treatment / Also added Lucas Trany syrup
Cranked her up and OMG!!!!! A-F'n-Mazing SOUND... Let her warm up and
Geno then took it for a test ride... The exhaust sounded so hot. He pulls out the garage and nailed it... Sounded so deep and exotic! We video taped him pulling out. FUNNY... Across the street was Hammonton Local Patrolman... He just stared at me as I was video taping Geno slammin the throttle!!!! LOL
Actually had a cool conversation with him...
My day ended with a cruise in the TERMINVIIIOR... I never thought a MarkVIII could go fast enough to scare me!!! We hit and sustained 150 on the AC expressway and to be honest, I was a pussy. I was sayin, YO MAN, Easy... Back Off... I looked over at Geno, and he was just smiling like the Sick SOB he is, saying Shut the F' up..... Then I got to dive my MK8 home which was sweet... Performance was amazing... I can honestly say the car has improved 10 fold... If your driving a MarkVIII and want to have it run the way it was meant to, Visit the LMS dudes and make it happen!!!! Its like driving a new car!
