So i JUST found these forums, thank god. I'm in need of some part locating for my 83 cat and I LOVE these cars! anyway, here is a little history and a couple pics of my cougar.
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I bought it for $700 and it still had EVERYTHING original, with 199k on the odo. 1983 cougar LS with the 5.0 I even have the Original window sticker for it, she cost $13,000 back in 83!!! Anyway, I brought it home, put on an MSD 6a box, billet distributor, blaster coil, 8mm wires, NGK plugs, shorty headers, H-pipe and glasspacks.
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i ran that for about 3 months then the motor started ticking pretty bad. SOOOO i ripped out the heart and threw in a motor from a crown vic with 50k on it.
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This is the new motor with the EFI on it...THAT was a failure on my part for butchering wiring:( SOOO i took it off and made her carb'd
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Carbd motor
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Anyway, thats a little about me, plans for the future include a built 347 stroker and a new paint job!!!!! Later!
(Welcome)- "punisher" and nice cougar can't say this enough but here's another 4 eyed cat !!! :burnout:
Hell yeah, I LOVE 4 eyes. Before i bought this i had an 86 mustang, another 4 eyed fox!
Nice LS, dude. It's got some cool options for '83: 5.0, cornering lamps, illuminated entry.
I dig it.
bet you like that motor over the stock cfi 5.0 huh?
Ive got one too and welcome.
I loved my '83 - it was my first Cougar and a very reliable car for years! Looks like yours has some interesting options - very cool. Glad you found us - lots of good info here.
Welcome aboard
Glad to see another cat walk through here. I saw a spot of rust under the hood. careful or it will look like mine one day.
welcome, what area are you from?
I've located your wiring problem... The upper plentum is on backwards!
lmao Welcome! You'll find more information here than you ever needed to know! (NICE 4-eye!)
Welcome and nice cougar and nice to see the upgrades done so far keep working on it.
He did say the engine was from a Crown Vic and I'm fairly certain they had the intake pointing the other direction.
THAT is correct god sir.
The HO's faced the other direction.
I'm from Virginia beach VA, and the rust spot under my hood has already been sanded and primed. no worries there mate!;)
Nice Kitty. Where in Va Beach are you? I was stationed at Norfolk. Va Beach is one of my favorite cities. I wouldn't mind living there one day.
How does that intake work out for you on the street?
Thats a nice lookin Cat! Good luck. Keep that beast alive. Im diggin the Ricekiller.com sticker, made me literally laugh out loud.
Ive got the top half of a header emblem if you want it. You might have to fix the ring that the spring attaches to, but its here regardless.
Im not really quite sure how it works yet, i really havent run her hard. I have to get her tuned in right and take it to the track. But I still live in VA, around the indian river road area I'm in the navy too so ill be there a while! Are you still in the area?
I hvae the same problem with my emblem as well, i am going to fix it down the road, i need a new header panel first, mines cracked. And ricekiller.com is my home site, Alot of horsepower junkies over there, some with twin turbo vipers.
Cool. I'm not in the Navy anymore. I was an ET stationed on the Truman. Been almost 8 years though. Man I'm old. lol. What ship are you on?
I WAS on the Elrod. Now I'm in san-diego till December going to STG A and C school. I was an EN but got a forced conversion due to medical reasons. I'm going back to the Winston Churchill though, DDG81
Oh here is a pic of my wife's cougar as well. her's is a 2000. She isnt missing the center cap off the rear wheel any more and her brake drums are no longer red. they were like that when i bought the car, so i painted them black.
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Nice ride, Punisher!