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What is this, and is there a final production version yet?
Any curent work on this has stopped. It was a concept for a dual grille intake, with matching dual inline airbox assemblies on the backside. Prototyping began with a 1998 grille, but production would utilize a 2001 grille frame, with inset ford logo similar to pictured. Concept was scrapped due to heat issues with a 600+ horsepower engine. May see some use in production form on finished vehicle.
How do you produce a shine like this, and how do you maintain your car?
The car was washed twice, clayed, buffed with a fine compound, washed, and waxed with 7 applications of Liquid Glass, washed in between each application, over a period of one week, spending time inside covered during the process, with cure time in the sun between. Chewing gum slid off the paint after finishing this process. A friend of mine leaned against my car while talking to me, and slid sideways, quite unexpectedly. The Liquid glass continues to hold its shine after more than a year of inside storage, and normal driving. The car does not exit its car cover now, and is not driven. Oil is changed every 3 thousand miles with Mobil 1 Synthetic, and transmission every 15,000. The entire frame has been rust-proofed, as well as the firewall, and portions of the body prone to water. The car is washed 2 times a week when in operation. Immaculate care is taken of this car.
Where are you in this picture?
Im at Ford's 100th Anniversery Event in Dearborn Michigan, standing with a Triton 6.8L V10, Wearing the SR Motorsport Company shirt. However, the company is now SA Motorsport, not to be confused with the SA motorsports company in Southern California.
I notice suspension changes; what do they include?
Starting with the standard Ford Police interceptor's frame, the car is fortified with steel reinforcement bars under the front half of the vehicle. The engine is relocated a full one-and a half inches towards the rear of the car to provide better weight distribution, and promote better handling, and on-center feeling. The car is kept close to the earth via custom 1.5 front drop, and 1.0 rear drop springs. This is complemented by a much stiffer set of Addco swaybars and polyeurethane bushings. The braking system is mostly stock, save for improved pads. Future wheel stock concepts for the car include eighteen inch light aluminum alloy wheels, and at nine inches wide in the front, and ten in the back, should provide an excellent replacement for Fords own steel wheel set. Tires are to include a set of 255/295 width, aggressive compound rubber. Overall, this vehicle will handle the road with finess.
