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Glossary

 WEBSITES
CVN- CrownVicNet The leading website for Panther platform information.
MM Net- Mercury Maurader.net, one of the main sites, mainly for Mauraders.

CARS
CVPI- Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
GMQ or GM- Grand Marquis(MarQuis)
TC- Town Car
MM- Mercury Maurader
Hongqi CA7460-  Basically a Chinese version of a TC with redesigned front and rear faschias. Built 1998-2005.

VIN CODE OR TRIM
P71 P7B P71/B Police Interceptor Vin code
P70- Extended wheelbase or long wheelbase model often associated with being the taxi model, but it's not exclusive to taxis.
O72- Taxi cab
P73- Base LX model civilian
P74- Luxury or at least high option civilian model and LX Sport model
HPP- High Performance Package
SAP- Street Appearance Package A P71/B option that often gives it a slotted grille versus honeycomb grille, lacks spotlight or its provision to install to appear as a civilian base or luxury LX.
LWB- Long Wheel Base
LTD- Limited. Also the 1979-1990 Crown Victoria model
LX- Luxury Extra Luxury Cross or just Luxury(LuXury)... nobody really knows.
GCC- Gulf Cooperation Council Middle East export models. All 2012 models were GCC.
EHP- Export Handling Package Rebranded HPP for GCC cars

COMMON TERMS
PI- Performance Improved As in the performance improved intakes and heads found on 02+ Mustangs and 04½+ panthers.
NPI or Non PI- Non Performance Improved All pre 2002 modular motor heads and intakes.
BOF- Body On Frame
4R7xE/W- Four speed Rear drive 7x Newtonmeter of torque(possibly) Wide Ratio or Electronic. Transmission based off the AODE, all variants are controlled by a PCM.
AOD/E- Automatic OverDrive/Electronic. Four speed Transmission found in pre1995 Panther cars.
JMod- A modification of the 4R7x transmission that is the main way to unlock it's best potential increasing its operating life, allowing better flow of atf through the valvebody, allowing it to handle more torque. Named after transmission designer; Jerry, it's said the 4R70W was originally designed like this. Testers claimed it shifted too rough, so his opinion and design was stifled to make the transmission for friendly(read numb and unknown lifespan).
PCM- Powertrain Control Module
Cop Chip*- Mystical power engine program chip found in P71/B cars that unleashes the full horsepower potential ranging from 300 to 600 horsepower depending on the highway persuit, detective, chief, or interceptor variants.
DOHC/4V- Dual Over Head Cam/Four Valve The mod motors that utilize four valves per cylinder controlled by two camshafts in each head. Also called 32V or Valve, such as the 32V Intech v8 in the Lincoln Mark VIII.
Interceptor Motor*- Legendary v8 or v10 used specifically in P71/B cars, usually noted by the Police Interceptor badge on the back of vehicles allegedly equipped. It's said that police departments often replace these with civilian 4.6 engines during decomissioning processes. Sometimes they forget or are in too much a hurry to remove it. These engines already have cop chips to supplement their already high horsepower and torque.
Peelformance White-  The crappy white paint Ford used for a number of years for fleet and sales cars, a single stage paint. Unlike the other colors, this one is known for peeling, flaking, and generally falling off the car, the quickest to do so. Sometimes all it takes is to look at it too long.
Bumpertuck- The act of lifting the bottom edge of the rear bumper as high as it can go, "tucking" it underneath the car. Mainly done aesthetically, but can reduce some rear underbody drag. Was originally done to fix the saggy diaper appearance our heavy bumper covers often get as they age.
LCM- Lighting Control Module- Controls all the lights and chimes the car is equiped with. Known to have failing solder or a [often considered] too small a relay. It's located under the dash near the trans tunnel.
Hyperflashing- What happens when you install LED lights to the blinkers or tail lights, the LCM thinks a bulb is out and without the proper loads, causing the lights to flash versus blink.
Watts-Link- The watts-linkage is a lateral locating device, that connects to the axle pumkin and to the framerails or related near the wheels. It allows the axle to evenly move up and down with the jounce and rebound of the suspension. Typically far better than a panhard bar. The watts on our cars are "front mounted" meaning instead of mounted on the rear of the axle, it's mounted above the pinion output.

Whale-1998 to 2011 Panther bodystyle

Aerovic or Aero- 1992 to 1997 Panther bodystyle

Box- 1979 to 1991 Panther bodystyle

Panther- The chassis name for the BOF platform that existed from  1976 to 2011



* Doesn't fucking exist. Although cop chip could ve reference to the defunct company Blue Oval Chips. All Panthers come equiped with a 4.6 liter, that's 4600cc's 281 cubic inch v8 engine(1992-2011), or a 302 cubic inch 5.0(technically 4.9) liter v8 or 351 cubic inch 5.8liter v8(pre 1992).

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