I got bored the other day and decided to put my saleen wing on the bird, I actually like the look, just need to paint it in a few weeks. I already know alot of you guys dont like wings on here but what the hell...... What do you guys think?
its a little tall for my liking but maybe thats just the pics not bad other wise
Blech. Is that a coupe/vert wing or a hatchback wing? Looks like a hatchback wing meaning it doesn't fit right anyway.
Also, I just have to ask this...why in the hell are you still running those godawful spoke hubcaps on your car?
Heh Ive never had a thing for wings/spoilers...
And yeah, the spoke grannycaps do stand out most on that car hahaha.
I like it, it's not too tall and it kinda adds to the whole look of the car. How's the fitment on the trunk though?
I personaly think it would look better on a cougar, and it might be a bit tall but it doesn't look that bad
No,not working for me.If you like it,that's all that matters.
i thought about this exact thing... meh... im not too impressed, but with your scoop it seems to fit. im just ganna prolly bolt on a Nascar style spoiler on the back of mine. just like the cars on the track now (not the car of tomarrow) you all know the body line that goes to the brim i guess you could call it of the trunk, im thinking of about 4-5 inches tall and continues that angle. which wouldnt be very agreesive at all.
I thought aboput the same idea of spoiler when I find my sport.
i know some people, not very well, but i might be able to get a second hand Nascar spoiler. it'd cost tho, so i might just make one myself.
perks of going to Nascar Technical Instetute.
No it is off of my '88 LX coupe so it fits near perfect, and as for the hub caps.... Ever hear of winter rims? And yes I know, they have to go.
I have a set of gold turbines to go on it once I get some rubber for them, I am waiting though because I might do the 5 bolt swap soon. Need a set of CHE control arms first so I can install my 8.8 with 4.10's
I like wings most of the time, but I never cared much for those particular ones. Like vinnie said, all that matters is wether you like it. I am curious about that cougar in the background on your first picture. Is it yours?
yeah thats one of mine. I have 2, one '85 and one '86 (that one)
I'm split. I don't think it looks too bad but it is not fully in character with the smooth areodynamic lines of the bird. However the scoop isn't in line with them either. Which is what makes it work a bit better. Dunno. If you like it, go for it. Just don't expect it to actually do anything other then style. I see it causing more drag on the rear end limiting top end speed. Of course that is only an issue if you are running the track. For which the Nascar style spoiler is a much better choice.
Bryan
I don't think it looks bad. Since it's white it looks huge and a little out of place but that will surely change once you paint it.
I think it would look awesome if the car had ground effects on it.
About the Nascar spoiler, IIRC in the past (and I'm talking the 80's through early 90's) the manufacturers would supply certain parts to teams. For instance the hood, trunk, front bumper, rear bumper and I think sometimes the roof panel. In theory, the trunk supplied by Ford for the T-bird in the 80's should be fairly close to a standard production part. So if you could find a spoiler from an '87-'88 T-bird race car, it should fit decently.
actually 83-88 (before and after that too) nascar had to used the stock green house, hod and deck lid. and not all of the green house had to be used (the pillars didnt have to be the same legnth or stock essentially. thats why when your runnin down the interstate, start passing a semi and when you get to the nose of the truck you notice the truck either pushing or pulling you twards it. the bumpres were hand made, the headerpanel forward i should say. the skin on the doors and quarter panels i beleve were up to artistic licence, and the back bumper was built out of steel to simulate our rear bumpers. but yea, the decklid, hood and roof were OEM parts. also nascar used the 302 sport coupe as the basis of their cars.. v8>4cyl etc.
That's not true. I have pics of a NASCAR garage in 87 doing the rebody work on the T-Birds and they had White TC bumpers on the rear.
Okay, I wasn't exactly sure how they did it in the '80's. I do remember touring Roush Racing in '94 and the fabricator said how Ford supplied them with the nose and rear bumper as well as the hood, roof, and deck lid. The nose and bumper weren't OEM parts from a street car but were distributed by Ford to all teams running their car.
I kinda like it. It'll look better after you paint it. I was always wondering if a stang wing would fit on our cars, just never had one to try it. I'd get yelled at for doing what I wanted to my car anyway by everybody here, ya know, "That's too ricey looking".
I'd probably put your other hood back on though. I saw it leaning on the barn in the back ground.
Paint it and it won't look so huge-mongus.
Thats entirely possibly that the rear bumpers were stockish bumpers from ford, and for the front bumper, they have to use the same nose cone of fiberglass thats header to the ground, b/c it's spec racing. i've watched plenty of espn classics nascar races with the 87 and 88 (even guys running 88s in 89) and they all had the sport coupe grille. i actually used my dvr and looked at every 87-88 bird and NONE had the tc header panel design. i would figure since you really really had a lot of poetic licence with the cas back then, you'd see one turbo coupe. now.. they did have a TC pace car in 87-88 and my dad's old boss owned one, and at the plant they had a quarter mile strip of parking lot and my dad said the guy let him drive it and it scared the shiznit out of the owner. like now adays tho, ford, gm and toyta basically sells the body panels that make each car individual, but today they realllly dont use anything period OEM, plenty of parts a hot rod car owner would use, but not OEM.
back in the 80's they were pretty much unlimited.. i mean they were but no where near today. and im ganna go on the record and say that our aerobirds were the dodge daytonas of the 80's b/c all of the good drivers from the 80's drove them. bill elliot, the allisons, kuiki (sp?) etc all dominated with the aero bird.
A big reason for that is aerodynamic tuning. For high banked ovals, theyd tape the nose up for more air going over the car, and on short tracks, theyd take the tape off for airflow through the radiator, and more resistance on the nose.
i have a 2001 mazda 626 wing on mine not much on that style of wing but hey if you like t h-ll with everyone else