The CVPI also had a calibrated 140 mph (225 km/h) speedometer.
The Crown Victoria was one of the last rear-wheel-drive, body-on-frame cars, making it essentially a modern four-door muscle car.
The Police Interceptor also has a calibrated 140 mph (225 km/h) speedometer.
The Crown Victoria is a good starting point for a sleeper muscle car.
These cars are the epitome of reliability as long as you take care of them. The car is heavy, it eats gasoline, sure. But if you need a truck and don't want a truck, get a crown vic. I chase storms with this and drove it well over the speed limit on ice and rain and have not once lost traction or hydroplaned.
Making a transition to a fleet-only vehicle, the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria comes with a solid full-sized sedan body and a 4.6 liter V-8 engine funneled through rear wheels.
The Crown Victoria was produced on the rear-wheel drive, body-on-frame Ford Panther platform, sharing its chassis with the Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car.
Taking its name from the Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria of 1955–1956, the 1980 LTD Crown Victoria borrowed a distinctive styling feature from its Fairlane counterpart: a targa-style band across the roof atop the B-pillars.
Ford introduced their new body style Crown Victoria. It had everything that a cop could ever need in the perfect police car. It was quick. It was comfortable for police officers to sit in for long shifts and it was built to be durable.
The P71 package is what made the Crown Victoria an American car legend. This package gave external oil coolers to the transmission and transmission and a higher capacity alternator. This made the car the most durable vehicle on the road, and every police force in America was trying to get their hands on one.
Typically, the 4.6L 2V either seizes up before it gets off the transport truck or it runs well over 300,000 miles. Almost no in between. Maintenance is critical - so is 5w/20. We retire our Police Cruisers at 150,000 miles - not because of the Engine, but because of the Frame!
While the modern police force also has cars like the Dodge Charger pursuit, it is the Ford Police Interceptor Utility with a whopping 148 mph top speed, which is the fastest cop car today.
Engine: 4.6-liter V-8 natural gas engine; 178-hp at 4500 rpm; 237 lb-ft torque at 3500 rpm. Transmission: Four-speed automatic.
It will slide better than any pre 15 Mustang ever could, owing to the wheelbase advantage, but if you're going to put the time, effort and money into it to make it the best drift car possible, you'll want to mod the suspension, front & rear to provide the most control and feedback you can.
Toyota Crown JDM Car 2005-2008. Toyota Crown JDM car produced by Japan's Toyota since 1955. Currently it is mainly sold in the Japanese market, and is sold in Sedan and other Asian markets.
Horsepower: 210. Compression: 9.0. Axle Ratio: 3.27. Transmission: 4-Speed AOD.
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The Stanier is based primarily on the 1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria, with subtle hints of styling from the 1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, and the 1998-2011 Ford Crown Victoria in its front clip.
The 2008 Crown Victoria is known to be bulletproof in terms of reliability. Ford invested a lot while developing the car, and it shows. The 2008 Crown Victoria has also made it to many lists of most reliable vehicles, including one by Consumer Reports.
Ford Crown Victoria 4.6 V8 220hp Brakes, Tires, Steering and Suspension.
It doesn't handle poor road conditions well, it doesn't offer officers much protection in serious traffic collisions, and because of the fact that Crown Vics are no longer in production, maintenance has become exceedingly costly.
The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (colloquially referred to as the CVPI, P71, or P7B) is a four-door, body-on-frame sedan that was manufactured by Ford from 1992 to 2011. It is the police car version of the Ford Crown Victoria, and was the first vehicle to use the Ford Police Interceptor name.
“This compares to the standard non-P71 2.73 rear axle ratio with a speed limitation of 110 mph (177 km/h) for all "civilian" Crown Victorias. “ About 30 MPH, but the police interceptor Crown Victoria is too heavy with that engine to reach that top speed allowed by the Electronics.
Fuel & MPG
304/437 mi. 19 gal.
TIL that Ford made 18 Crown Victoria's as a manual ( and that it's cheap as hell to convert them to MT )