i did think some about this almost 3 years back heres a few pictures tell me what you guys think? Saw one on a red lincoln mark 8 lsc ran low 12s on street tires and high 11s with slicks.
Thanks to 1 WLD BIRD for a nice picture for the vote say YES or NO or Maybe>?
EDIT.......sorry now i know its in no way a boss 429 scoop on the blue T-Bird
So you're gonna put a Boss scoop on and try to get in the 12's?
You're not gonna hack up a TC hood for this are ya? :flame:
IMO, leave the Boss scoops where they belong....on BellybuttonStangs...our cars are more....refined. ;)
Ok i agree for the most part with that just asking everyone here.
Next what does everyone think about the side scoop to get more air into the fliter?
Real goal is 11s but 12s would make me happy for a Daily Driver.
the one in the blue car is not a boss 429 scoop.
(http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2000/blaine/must6901.JPG)
^ BOSS '9'
(http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2001/all_ford/ford6900.JPG)
^ 69 torino cobra scoop as seen on the blue thunderbird
Nope thats a 1 wld bird exclusive, you copy him, thats gay.
Its ok when its all done i am sure it will copy no one. Right now tell me if i copid anyone this far? because i would like 2 know.
Im saying if you copy him it would be gay.
no
OK heres what i was thinking its just a brainstrom but its copyrighted.
Side scoop into the air fliter and then Buick GNX fender grills and some Supercharged badges under the it after i get the vortech put in.
Has anyone used a extra TC hood scoop to mold into the fender to hook into their cold air kit?
thats what 1 wld bird did. He made a sheet metal t/c scoop, and molded it in. If you did it GN style farther back, with the fins thats different
how often do i joke? i want a car that will not be a copy of anyones elses and will never be a copy made after its all done.
331 or boss 302 block some AFR heads new cam bulit up trans mission for 600-700rwhp more boost later say 12-14psi springs shocks struts and everything else i can buy for handling some GT500 wheels TC front bumper clear corner lights some new windows and then tint them and new weather stripping fuel rails even bigger injectors full igntion system upgrade my TC 8.8 rearend white and blue 2 tone interior and a 2nd exhaust system sequntial tail lights white underglow should be done maybe 2009 or so. This is the short list just a over view
Thanks DaBoss351 you get the basic idea it should not look that bad really.
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Thats kind of evident by looking at your car. You have probably the most mix-matched assembly plans I have ever heard. Why are you so deteremined to supercharge it so quickly, when you could save money and have it all done right and at one time. You are taking small steps, and adding things as fast as you can buy used parts. Take time, save money, and buy it all at once and put it all together. Organize your plans.
And no the fender scoop would be dumb. 1WLD BRD did it right. If you want to be original, lets see a functional Ram Air on this Vortech.
Dude, your car is way too busy as it is.
Do what you want, but don't expect compliments.
Agreed! man that tbird is just about as nasty as the cougar I posted about. you add all this like a ricer shopping for new decals in Wal mart. knock this shiznit off and make a respectable looking car.
ME!, and it's copyrighted, copy it and I'll sue you. :p
X infinity, trust me man, as your car is, nobody will copy it. Nobody on here like rice. pick a colour..... or two, if you must....
Agreed. It is your car, do what you want. But, it's up to you, the owner, to do everything in good taste.
Now, IMO, I'd find a stock 3.8 hood to try it out on, and not the TC hood. That's what I'm doing with my dented hood....making a 383 shaker hood out of it, then the other hood spare I have I'm goin to try making a Barracuda hood out of it, and if neither of them work out to my approval, then it's a TC hood. Now, IMO, if you want to copy someone that's one thing, but if you ask the originator on how to do it, that's respect and appropriate duplication...for a lack of a better word, lol. Good luck either way.
Dude, take a better look at 1 Wld Brd's car in the pic you posted. That scoop in the fender ain't stock :hick:
I'm not gonna rip on your car like others have - it's your car and you're free to build it the way you want. In the same vein, though, if you want it to be unique don't try bouncing ideas off other people (especially other people's ideas). If you want to do something, do it. You don't need our approval.
Thunderchicken i agree with you and i need to buy the sequntial tail light form you later on. Before i painted my car that way almost no one in my city knew what a 80s T-Bird was or even looked like and most of them think it came painted that way or that its a mustang or something. The car is busy but its better than just being unseen good or bad its on of a kind and the vortech was only $925 for the whole kit except the fuel lines to the FMU could i pass a deal like that up hell no.
At this angle it looks 2 toned and you can't see 2 much red.
Got a nice sound system.
Also the H.O. Engine swap but its cool if you just wanna focus on the stuff you don't like overall its not a bad car.
dude you need a fan shroud. it should help keep it cool, id ditch that flex fan
though they suck. put a stock setup on it with the shroud and all should be well
You should ditch the red.
The only thing with the GN scoop, its its so far back you'd have to pipe it in making it useless. You want a straight shot.
Re think things before you do it.
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A scoop on a TC hood will look way to busy IMHO.
The TC hood looks good enough as it is. The thing about any sort of pop-up hood scoop is that there are so many stick-on hood scoops out there now, even real ones look fake. The "flush" scoops of the TC hood look that much better because they look real.
before i put on the supercharger gonna order me a E-Fan to free up a little room and i am going to sell the flex fan for like $5 to someguy with a mustang and trash whats left of my fan shroud.
AT this point nothing more will be added to the hood it allready is more customized than most hoods and will stay as is so relax.
my stock fan broke and my car overheated and dieded 4-5 times before i got home and i had the grind a bracket down for the TC scoops to fit so it was throwing anti-freeze all over my front window the flex fan nots bad but a E-Fan would be a lot nicer. That was with less than 4,000 miles after rebuild so i had to get some kind of fan so i could drive it.
You ask for our opinions on a matter, we give them to you and then you tell us to relax?
I don't think anyone really got worked up over this to be honest. One of the things that happens when you post in a forum is you may not get the response you want.
I don't think it's that hard to reach your stated performance goals, esp with a V8. I'd think a couple of IHIs or T3s from ugraded TCs and tweaking the fuel delivery would solve the problem. Might not even need an I/C since you wouldn't need to run lots of boost to make the power needed.
Figure out how you're going to achieve your performance goals and everything else falls into place ... sort of.
just saying relax on cutting up the TC hood and the paint job stays other than read this and keep posting if you want.
I think this guy has a screw loose.
spitting image of fila aint he? must be brothers.....
*runs to pantry*
*stomps back up stairs*
DAMMIT no popcorn!!!! Well gotta go to the store....sweet yet another excuse to take out the cat!!:cougarsmily:
Acceptable substitutes for popcorn are:
Chips - regular or corn/tortilla
Pretzels
Pork Rinds
On a side note I think I realized what was meant by the statement in post #29. I'll refer you to post #27.
what about a 68 cougar scoop? kinda homeplate shaped, and has a little piece coming down in the center so it has 2 slots instead of the one big hole. i'm thinkin of puttin one on my 95.
If it fits under the hood what the point of the scoop. I have a 1" spacer on my intake and see the hood move when I stomp on it. I need a scoop or bump of some kind on the hood.
But if you don't have a clearance problem just stick with the TC hood.
well i don't know about 1wldbrd, but i plan on moving my air filter up there when i do find a scoop.
I got a 1" spacer on my intake so thats not a good idea here either.
Please don't say i am like FILA thats like the only person i know thats got banned form here.
I am not here to ruin T-Birds i just wanna try something new is that wrong?
Absolutely nothing wrong with trying something new. Many of us just put our opinion out there like you asked us to do. Ultimately it is your car to do with as you wish. Do I think your like FILA? No, you haven't had unresolved "customer service" issues like he did. You don't seem to be an uber-post-w either. Ah yes, you actually have the title to your car as well.
Fila didn't have his title, yet he was doing all his mods to it anyway?
umm.... look at my passenger side fender.... no need to move the filter here..... :shakeass:
so your scoop would be just for show?
The filter is already in the passenger fender...as is the scoop.
we got a little off track here. probably my fault due to my A.D.D. i meant carpimp.