MARK VIII!! how fast r these

[dstang]

last night i took one out with my sotck MACH. was jus wondering how fast these really are!! jus by looks i cud figure out its heavier out than our MACHs and he had someone else in his car. So is it jus the weight factor I had advantage for or MACHs are seriously faster than them MARK VIIIs??

[G]

We have a local car that runs in the mid 11's. It has full exhaust on a 5L stroker and is sprayed. Tranny and gear is like the car in the link below.

I saw this mkvIII destroy this big mouth guy in a highly mod'd evo. I think they were wrong for doing it but the evo was racing a vette from a light. The mk passed them both well before they had gone a 1/4 mile. He has a ton of money in it and except for the saleen wheels and the sound, it's hard to tell it's not just another Lincoln.


http://www.dragtimes.com/Lincoln-Mar...slip-6865.html

[birdman941]

A stock Mark VIII is no slouch, but it is still a Lincoln.
Basically a 96-98 Cobra motor with an Auto in a heavy MN-12 Tbird.

[Bill Hamilton]

A '95 Mark VIII LSC was my daily driver until I got my '03 Mach 1. Mine weighed 4200 lbs with driver and full tank of gas but turned 14.6's at 97 mph + thru the quarter. Mods were minimum but with a Superchip it raised the top speed to 155 mph which I hit a couple of times.

I used to embarrass a lot of Mustangs and Camaro’s ten years ago when I’d take it to the strip. That 4.6 32-valve motor was one of the primary reasons I knew I had to have a new Mach 1 when they first came out. The link below has some pic’s of the mods and time slips:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/258112/1 :

[instantmassege]

their prety slow

[GRB60]

From the factory, if my old memory is working, they had 280 HP. With the weight disadvantage, a stock one is no match for a Mach 1.

[coolhandluke]

Originally Posted by GRB60

From the factory, if my old memory is working, they had 280 HP. With the weight disadvantage, a stock one is no match for a Mach 1.

Base model Mark's had 280, the LSC's had 290. In stock form the two models ran 15.4 and 15.3 respectively.

Here is a pic of my '93 that I used to own...

[MachNAlien]

I had a 98 Mark VIII LSC that I purchased new. This was the final year for that model. IMO, the best vehicle Lincoln has produced since that time. Not a slouch by any means, however no match for a Mach 1.

[coolhandluke]

Originally Posted by Bill Hamilton

A '95 Mark VIII LSC was my daily driver until I got my '03 Mach 1. Mine weighed 4200 lbs with driver and full tank of gas but turned 14.6's at 97 mph + thru the quarter. Mods were minimum but with a Superchip it raised the top speed to 155 mph which I hit a couple of times.

I used to embarrass a lot of Mustangs and Camaro’s ten years ago when I’d take it to the strip. That 4.6 32-valve motor was one of the primary reasons I knew I had to have a new Mach 1 when they first came out. The link below has some pic’s of the mods and time slips:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/258112/1 :

I always wondered if you were the same Bill Hamilton from the Mark VIII websites (L.O.D., Mark VIII.org)...it's good to see that you have such great taste in cars.

[Bill Hamilton]

Originally Posted by coolhandluke

I always wondered if you were the same Bill Hamilton from the Mark VIII websites (L.O.D., Mark VIII.org)...it's good to see that you have such great taste in cars.

Thanks, the 93-98 Lincoln Mark VIII series were truly great cars with outstanding performance. I've always been a Mustang guy but I did enjoy driving the Mark VIII for a few years. I also had a Fox body LX5.0 Mustang at the same time. The Mark was like a 4000 pound Cobra with automatic only it rode better (LOL).