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Originally Posted by BrianAbington
I have seen air bag suspensions on these cars.
You can get some good improvements from aero work but it is hard to make those ford V-8's efficent.
Have you considered an engine swap?
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I have thought about an engine swap, but this car will be multi-purpose and i would still like tow capabilities for a small trailer or even a car dolly.
Air bag suspension, i thought about it. For towing purposes but as for lowering i hadn't. After market systems do not appear to be to cheap. How hard would it be to retrofit a factory system?
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Originally Posted by UFO
What fuel mileage does it currently return? What transmission does it have? Sounds like if the mods go well, you could have a very economical yet comfortable road trip vehicle.
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He said it was getting 800(497.096 miles) or so kms per tank @20 gal=24.5 mpg roughly, mind you this was never less than the speed limit...atleast 10km above. As far as i know it is the AOD because it is a 1994 model with the 4.6L and the 3.08 rear. Mileage is high at 200k miles, but other than needing routine maint. its good to go.
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Originally Posted by Nevyn
Flares would increase frontal area, which is bad. Full skirts would be better. What year is the car, what engine is in it?
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The only problem is how much it curves in at the bottom... I was trying to make any changes as factory looking as possible. Would a side skirt(on the rocker) that extends out far enough to have a surface face on par with the face of the wheel do the trick? Instead of just hitting the tire and going wherever...?