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Message: <blockquote data-quote="laramik" data-source="post: 1448216" data-attributes="member: 22889">Had another thread here about replacing the intake manifold on my daughter's 98 GT vert. Car has 69k on the clock and sprung a nasty leak on the coolant crossover.  Tried to replace with a dorman non PI intake and it was garbage and leaked like crazy and I ended up breaking off one of the screws for the fuel rail. Soooo.....priced out a PI intake from ford along with the needed accessories and it came out to exactly $364.05 and there is no guarantee it won't leak or have issues after the install and that's also before paying a machine shop to tap the PI intake for the second sensor.That being said, I checked on car-part dot com and found SEVERAL running engines from various 2003 and up Mercury grand Marquis, crown vics and town cars for under $500.  I've settled on 2 different ones at this point, one being from a 04 GM that was sideswiped but still runs great with 67k on it for $450 and another from an 03 GM with 35k on it for $450. The 04 GM is actually pictured and looks pristine inside and out but suffered rear end damage. The 03 comes from a place whose reviews aren't great but has less miles. The 04 one also comes with a 90 day warranty and pretty darn good reviews. Both offer free delivery.  Lastly there is a Town car 04 with 42k on it and it's also in great shape but was side swiped on the driver's door.  Runs good as well. However it's 650.  Leaning toward the one for 450 with 67k but curious to hear your guy's thoughts.  Probably gonna make the buy today. Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk</blockquote>