John;
In the Pantera shop manual and a TSB (#9) publication, both refer to a 13 psi cap. The TSB also references Ford part number D2VY-8100-A or Motorcraft RS40 cap as the proper cap(both the same). Possibly an additional test was performed by someone and stated a 16 psi was better.
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