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General => Lounge => Topic started by: stuntmannick on March 19, 2007, 03:42:59 AM

Title: The beast is back
Post by: stuntmannick on March 19, 2007, 03:42:59 AM
So I'm getting my '86 TC ready to take back to school.  Give it a bath, $48 worth of 92 octane.  I go to the convenience store and when I come back out I see my car puking oil from the bottom. 

So I decided to take the '88 out of its year long hibernation and take some pictures.




It didn't lose oil pressure right until It made it back to my garage.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/DSCN0517.jpg)

First time this thing has left the garage for about a year.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/DSCN0518.jpg)

Thought it was a good idea to swap out the racing "slicks"
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/DSCN0519.jpg)

A short clip after I bolted the ATR exhaust back on and got it to idle, kinda
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/th_DSCN0521.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/?action=view¤t=DSCN0521.flv)

Where this one will rest until summer.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/stuntmannick/DSCN0533.jpg)
Title: The beast is back
Post by: Ether947 on March 19, 2007, 08:43:15 AM
Nice cars. And yeah, slicks+snow=6 feet of dirt.
Title: The beast is back
Post by: kingcars on March 19, 2007, 01:29:24 PM
Do TCs need to run on 92 octane?  I run my 5.0 HO with regular.
Title: The beast is back
Post by: vinnietbird on March 19, 2007, 02:44:42 PM
I always use super unleaded.The H.O seems to run a little better.
Title: The beast is back
Post by: kingcars on March 19, 2007, 03:58:55 PM
If I run that, I might as well just bump the timing up.  But I'm enjoying my 23mpg on regular gas :) .
Title: The beast is back
Post by: stuntmannick on March 19, 2007, 07:34:57 PM
I am (or was) running 18 psi with no IC. 92 was a requirement. Stock, running 87 is fine.
Title: The beast is back
Post by: kingcars on March 19, 2007, 08:57:04 PM
Ah ok, I gotcha
Title: The beast is back
Post by: daboss351 on March 19, 2007, 09:06:25 PM
nice t/c's i want one bad!!