Fox T-Bird/Cougar Forums

I got lucky. darkthunder over at corral.net gave me the link to this site and am I happy he did!!  I have been looking for a 83-88 T-Bird site for years. Love what I see so far!!:grinno: :grinno:

Welcome! more pics please looks like you have a pretty good pack of cars there, nice

Thanks for the kind words. I have 2 big block Birds and 2 small block Birds. The 2 big blocks are bracket raced and tagged for street use as well. The 84 is my drive anywhere, bracket race anywhere machine. My 83 Heritage is the first T-Bird I ever bought. (in 1992) I have bought over 20 since. (12 of which were intercooled Turbo Coupes)  Love them all! The 87 Turbo Coupe has the 460 and most of the factory air induction plstic under the hood. I had to lower the engine 1.0 inch lower than normal to get it to clear. Hood shuts fine with a performer intake and a 1/2 inch nitous plate topped off with a 3 in Moroso air cleaner. This car will get 16 x 8.5 (widened) Turbo Coupe wheels soon and Mickey Thompson will be making 295-50-16 Drag radials in the spring. (or so they told me at the NMRA World Finals) They also said they will be making a 315-45-16 DR as well. If they do, this is going to be a great year! I have always wanted a 87-88 T.C. with a 460 and factory looking wheels.

NIce! what are your times?

Welcome.

Diggin the Heritage.

welcome,, i'm glad you found us.  We got it going on here:grinno:

Ah, I see you finally made it. And already making friends. :D

Nice collection of Birds.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!!  I have been on alot of Mustang websites and fordvschevy.com but had little luck meeting fox Bird fans like myself. I love looking at all the photos. It looks like now I can learn more about the 83-88 Cougars as well!:birdsmily:

Very nice collection you have there! I see you have some TRX's on that 83 as well :D I would like to run the set I have for my TC but dont wanna buyt he tires for them :D

I pull my BBF and now they pop up everywere :(

welcome to the site

Come on in a stay a while.
 
Don't suppose you brought any snacks?

Snacks are always a plus..

along with more pics :D

No way, pics are much better than snacks

You can't eat pictures.
 
And you could stand to put on a couple pounds.

he can have the snacks.. i want pictures.. lol

and to lose a couple pounds lol

:bowdown:

Welcome.
Now I'm hungry!

Welcome!  There's an 84 Bird for sale near me and I saw the Heritage tags on it and I had never seen those before.  But now I see youve got one.  Thats cool :) .

PS - Beware of the picture hounds

BARK BARK BARK

welcome and nice birds you have there :D  oh before I forget...  leave the snacks on the desk :flip:

I am working on an idea to have the look of the TRX's but use more common 16 inch tires. I'll post pictures and info when I am done but I mocked up a set on my TC yesterday  and they look great.:grinno:

Thanks everbody!  I was getting real lonely thinking that there were few fans of these cars left out there. I see I am not the only one that loves them.:grinno: My wife races the gray 460 Bird and I race the TC 460. My daughter will be racing the 84 5.0 this year as well. We race at U.S. 60 Raceway in Hardinsburg, KY and we are still the only ones on a regular basis running the fox T-Birds. :birdsmily:

look good. I realy like the tc. what size are the rears on that thing?

Naw not another one. Damm NOOBS. Its like we just keep gettin more and more all the time. LOL  Nice lookin birds. Nice to ave another new guy. Welcome to our little corner of the WEB. Sit back have a beer and let the shiznit fly. Or what ever comes natural.

the 87 TC has 275-60-15 on 10 holes in the pics. I am getting some 16" TC wheels widened to 8.5 in. and when Mickey Thompson makes the new 295-50-16 Drag Radials in the spring, I want a set. The gray Bird has 325-50-15 s on weld draglites 15x9.

Ooooo 460 under a stock hood. I like it :cool: . I always thought cowl hoods ruined the lines of these cars. I'm building up a 5.0 HO for my Bird this spring (it already has a 5.0 so it's a easy/cheap swap) but if I had money it would have a 460. You don't have overheating problems with the 460 in either the 83 or 87 cars when you drive them on the street do you?

Nice cars, welcome aboard!

Wow, you have the whole family involved and they enjoy it. That's a dream for me when I start a family.

Hey, belive it or not I'm almost 180lbs! And I'd rather have the pics, I have snacks here:shakeass:

Cooling is not a problem. The radiator is half full and with a 180 thermostat it runs at 175. I have a 17 in flex fan and it really sucks the air. The radiator is a Summit universal with big tanks and 2 big cores. The shroud is an E6 Mustang piece. Hood shuts without touching anything!

love the purpose not pretty look under the hood.


cars can look good all day but can they run?

This car is still in the construction phase. The pretty and powerful motor will come later. That is a mid 70's LTD low compression engine with D5 manifolds.

btw,, nice nice rides and i like the way you did things in there.

Im from kentucy also,, Boyd County east of you.

What do ya say we all post a few pics of our beautis for the new kid on the block..LOL..i'm sorry for bringing that group up LOL

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Vantage08/blue_tbird_final.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Vantage08/farmcar001-1.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Vantage08/S5300024Medium.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Vantage08/inside-1.jpg)

still looks great but its nice to see a motor that doesnt need to be shiny cause its fast. or shiny cause it isnt

Hey Vantage08!  Sharp Bird!!  Where did you get that hood?

What's say we don't since there are PLENTY of threads on the board with the pics of the cars, etc. 

What? Are we going to do this every time someone new joins the board?

ditto...but he can say we did......:grinno: