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Check out post #194 and some posts around that area on this group.
You may want to contact the head of the GP4 registry and ask if he
knows about any modifications done. It sounds like you could
possibly have one of the "true" pace cars.
http://www.mercurycapri.com/grandprix/
Was there ever an 8.8 axle prior to 85? I was trying to see if they
were on the Lincolns or Trucks but didn't quickly see a reference to
anything before 1986.
Again, was the E303 wasn't out at that time? Maybe there is a B303
in the engine.
-Mike
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "David Beeke" <CARANDD@A...>
wrote:
> Hello group, I have some variations on my silver GP IV that have
me
> wondering, I bought the car in December, put it in storage at that
> time. I have broke it out for the summer! My silver GP IV car has
> the Carrera shocks, a 140 mph speedo, a Orange Mclaren decal on
the
> passenger side, it has what appears to be a experimental 8.8 axle,
as
> by the number ground into it XE-4010-A etched with a grinder,
> instead of the E6SW number that is found on the 86 8.8's.The drive
> shaft is larger than the one in my 85 5.0 Capri. It is almost 3
1/4
> inches across. The engine and trans are the original ones, the
engine
> sounds like it has a mild cam, possibly a M-6250-E302 or M-6250-
E303.
> Does anyone with a GP IV, have any of these mods on their cars? I
> know the records where destroyed on these cars. This has me
> wondering. I believe the mods where done when it was at Mclaren.
> Looking for input, Thanks David
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