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Messages - siscrew

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Lounge / Forum members map
Holy cow it's been a while :-) Eleven years, three states, two countries, and a continent later, I'm Thunderbirdless, but regularly check local postings to see if I can score one :-)
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / Looking for '67 - '69 Ford Thunderbird or Mercury Cougar
Hi guys,

I'm looking for a '67 - '69 T-bird or Cougar in decent condition, located in the Northeast. I don't want it to be a show-ready car, since I will be driving it as often as I can, but it obviously needs to be driveable and should be able to pass NY state inspection with relatively few repairs needed.

No preference on colour/interior, but a manual would be awesome :D

Thanks !
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Lounge / who lives where?
I currently live in Jersey City, NJ. Moved here from Missouri, and missing it already.
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Lounge / What do you do?
Quote from: nirvanagod;105471
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Yeah, it sucks, but I have no parking spot here , and a couple of New York winters would probably turn it into a rustbucket.
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Lounge / What do you do?
I work for Google NY, moved here from Missouri, and I had to leave my cars behind, which is the only part that sucked. Everything they say about Google being a great company to work for - double that and you're still short. I have great colleagues, awesomely cool bosses, and more gadgets than you can shake a stick at. I pull long hours, but that's because I want to, and because my work always keeps me motivated and challenged. If there was a way for me to live there I would (we have showers & beds, but they don't let you sleep at work for more than one night at a time), just because there's always so much stuff that I want to get involved with, but don't have enough time.
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Lounge / Nice cop...
Dude, you got lucky with that, but why'd you lie to him ? I know a couple of cops, and I think that they'd get pissed, hell even I would get pissed if you told me you didn't know why I stopped you after you'd been doing 20 over the limit.

You can pretty much tell if someone is hauling ass even if they're coming the opposite way, and I think you'd have been even better off just telling him that you're late for work - most of the time the guy/gal will appreciate you telling the truth and not trying some bullshiznit story.
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Lounge / Going to the track this weekend
I'm going to go to the local track this Friday (MoKan Dragway), so I'm wondering if anyone has any pointers on how to get the best out of my 5.0 SO/T-5 combo.

My friend with a '92 Dodge Dakota is probably going to be there too, so we're going to have a little race, he's got about 100hp and 1000 pounds over me, so it should be pretty even.

I don't want to spin that tire until it blows, so do I rev it up to 3-4-5k and then dump the clutch, or gradually let off of it ? I was told that there is a sticky substance called VHT on the track, which should improve grab - I will be using street tires so I don't know how much that will help.

I'm looking forward to seeing what she'll do, any ideas on an approximate ET ? I was told a number of figures, from 14 to 18, hopefully it will be just quick enough to give that truck an ass-whopping.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / True duals ideas and questions
T-5 conversion is finished. I only need a shifter, as I now am shifting using a pair of vice grips :)) I did leave the column shifter in just for fun, so now if somebody tries to jack the car they'll have a hell of a time shifting the AOD :D :D :D

Only deal is, I think I need to put better octane gas in it, previously I didn't really hit the rev limiter but now I did a couple of times and it sounded like it was pinging a little.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / True duals ideas and questions
Thanks for the help guys, but I have decided to keep the Y-pipe on for the moment, and I have gutted the three cats, I'm looking forward to hearing the new sound. I will eventually go to a custom setup, but I want to do it right, and that means $$$$.

I am now officially in the process of doing the T-5 swap, and there is no going back.

I have a quick question, where exactly do I route the clutch cable through ? I have not found a hole/plug in the firewall and I was considering drilling one for it.
Also, since I have the power driver's seat with the consolette, I figure I want to keep it, so I was wondering if I should either keep the consolette attached and just not move the seat forward too much, or saw the consolette off and attach it to the hump. This of course so I can cut out a hole for the shifter.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / True duals ideas and questions
I am looking at getting my 1987 T-Bird LX true duals, since right now it has a fake dual setup. If you remember, its previous owner Aaron (nirvanagod) toyed with different ideas before settling on the current layout.

The way it is right now is stock manifolds into pre-cats then a y-pipe into the main cat and then splits up to go into two dynomax lers. Well, I would really like to get rid of the pre-cats, main cat, and have a set of headers (what do you recommend for cheap ?) going into an H-pipe and then to the lers.

Since I don't think I will be able to do this on my own, would a ler shop be able to do it ? How would they solve the problem of one main cat and me wanting true duals ? Would/Could they be able to say it's for "off-road usage only" or some other  ?

I'm in the process of gutting the cats, but all of the bolts/nuts are rusted together, so it's a pretty slow process getting them off - right now I've managed to disconnect the back end of the cat from the exhaust and it sounds hella mean, but I do want to maintain a semblance of legality, therefore my question about true duals.