Excellent platform. Good front chassis horns, need too find a good ol mid 80's front bumper that is made of steel. Same with the back bumper / chassis 🙂

There's a tonne of weight you can remove just in glass, interior, etc. The tranny's are a little bit suspect, but with a good after market trans cooler in addition to the one already installed from the factory, it can last. The PI cars had beefed up transmission components and shift points, if in good shape, it will be fine.

Good tire options. Police Interceptors have quicker steering ratio and often a PS cooler. Not sure if they came stock with an engine oil cooler in P71 chassis in 2000, but I'm pretty sure they did for that year. They are prone to leaking at the seals, post 100,000 Km's, which is solved by replacing them.

One thing to be careful of is the fuel tank, which the NTSB did have concern with (1998 - 2003) which if in an accident, may catch fire. An 'easy' fix is installing a race fuel cell - so long as it has a fuel return line option for fuel injected engines such as the 4.6L that's in the Crown Vic.

The 4.6L has a plastic intake manifold, which if overtightened *will* crack. Lots of them in the junkyards so not a big deal. Do NOT use thicker viscosity oil's in these engines, the bearings will fail if you do. 5W20 is more than adequate as per specs. While the manual's say synthetic is preferred, it's not mandatory by any means.

Keep the ECM, it rev's 100 RPM more than a stock Crown Vic ECM and has different shift points than a standard version. The P71 PI engine was rated @ 245 HP in 2000 (Canada). The drive shafts are NOT interchangeable between regular Crown Vic's and P71's.

Good luck!

All I can add is that I think you'll get more fun for your mileage using it as an enduro car.

Use it in the demo and its all done. Use it in an enduro and you can get a whole season out of it unless something catastrophic happens.

Shadowracer, I know where your coming from, but unless u`ve been behind the wheel of a demo car you can`t compare that type of rush and boost of adrenaline, and everything else a demo has to offer, and if the car is built right its not toast after one or 2 demos.JMO I mean no form of disrespect to any racecar driver of any class from enduro to open wheels, even the junior cars, but there is nothing like the smash and crash of the demo lifestyle.

Holy Smokes Wesley Motorsports, excellent knowledge you provided. You got me thinking of picking up a Vic and going racing next year!  Would you say a 2005 or newer Vics would be more adequate when it comes to racing? I know they used a different axle system which was the cause for the extended wheel rims.

Two car team for Snotrod Racing in 2011?  Maybe so  🙂