my new stang

[93PGT]

i bought my 96 GT this morning. and after talking to the previous owner for a couple minutes. he said that the car has all of the P.I. parts. according to him, there was a recall and a dealership replaced the parts with P.I. how car I confirm if I have them or not.

 

[Tornbetween2]

Look at the intake but i would doubt they would do that.

Look at the cam to get the part #.

Or if all else fails. does it pull up to 5800 or does it stop pulling at about 4800?

 

[AaRoN]

If it has ALL the PI parts, then the oil fill will be on the pass. side. That's the quickest way to tell.

 

[93PGT]

ok, i'll check the oil fill. and as far as, rpms go i'll try that another day. its raining and i dont wanna die. I love it!!!

 

[93PGT]

iol fill on the drivers side :dunno:

 

[AaRoN]

iol fill on the drivers side

Well, you've narrowed it down. The heads are NPI. The intake and cams may be PI.

 

[93PGT]

is there a way to check without taking anything apart?

 

[simplyme0484]

is there a way to check without taking anything apart?

With the cams, there's almost no way you can be sure without taking out the valve cover at least. With the intake, take out the alternator and see the depth of the intake. If its almost all the way down (long), its PI. If its short and you see lots of space, its NPI.
Hope you have the in PI :thumb:

 

[Knuckles281]

if the only parts were those that got changed for the recall, it's probably only the manifold, cause there was no recall on the heads or cams

that's what I would assume

 

[rick focks]

welcome to the 46 party btw!

 

[justinschmidt1]

welcome but it sounds like that guy was blowing smoke or just plain didnt know what he was talking about

 

[rick focks]

yeah, it really does... they had recalls on the entire top end???? hhmmmm

 

[Willis_98GT]

check the runners on the intake. on a pi (if i'm mistaken, please correct i'm tired right now)

but the first runner should go to the first port on the right side..

 

[Tornbetween2]

Ummm i have pi heads and my oil fill is on my drivers side

 

[Black97GT]

If it has ALL the PI parts, then the oil fill will be on the pass. side. That's the quickest way to tell.

I think only windsor heads have this?

Ummm i have pi heads and my oil fill is on my drivers side

He probably has romeo heads.

pi heads can have the fill on either side I am pretty sure?

 

[AaRoN]

If it has ALL the PI parts, then the oil fill will be on the pass. side. That's the quickest way to tell.

I think only windsor heads have this?

Ummm i have pi heads and my oil fill is on my drivers side

He probably has romeo heads.

pi heads can have the fill on either side I am pretty sure?

You have it backwards Mike. Windsor's (PI's) were built from 99-mid-'01. Romeo's were built from mid-'01 to 04. My car has the Romeo engine (it was built on June 23, 2001); my oil fill is on the pass. side. :thumb:

 

[96gt226410]

All PI cars had the oil neck on the passenger side. But just because the oilneck is on whatever side doesn't mean shit. Someone could have put '02 GT valve covers on their '96 GT and BAM! Instant PI swap to someone who doesn't know any better. '96 - '98 NPI's were all Romeo engines, '99 - early '01 PI's were Windsor engines, and late '01 - '04 PI's were Romeo again. Therefore, valve covers don't mean shit. The PI intake manifold's first runner goes to the driver's side head, NPI intake manifold's first runner goes to the passenger side head. Here's a picture of my old NPI (right) and PI (left):

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r194/96gt226410/PISwap5.jpg

The guy was probably talking about the recall for the intake manifolds. Ford does not put on the PI intake manifolds on NPI cars. All you have is a NPI intake manifold with an aluminum crossover.