How you guy doing? Im new to the forum here but not new to the fox body t-bird! I got my first t-bird when I was 16 it was a 88 turbocoupe. I Bought it for 700 bucks it was blue on blue with an auto. With really bad paint. After two months I killed the tranny. Me and my mother went around and around about doing the t5 swap. She won and in went a rebuilt tranny. Two month later I killed it again. SO I got to do things my way. t5 swap! I drove the car form a good time. But it started havin all kinds of wiring problems. So after fighting with all the jimmy rigging in the car I give up. It was as if the guy I bought it from rewired the whole car. So I parked it. A few month later I bought another 88TC blk on blk 5speed loaded. For 700 buck again. This car seemed awesome. the day I bought it broke down lol. It had a bad distubiter gear. I put a new one in it and was on my way. Well two weeks later head cracked and bent a valve. The car sat for 6 month and I finely bought a new head put it on. The head shop sucked. The car ran for 30 sec to a min and the timing belt broke. Yes new timing belt. One of the cam bearing wasn't straight. the head shop wouldn't fix it. They said that I didn't lube the cam. But I did so whatever. I got the car running. I put a t3 on her 3" single exhust all the way back. gill's boost valve in and a few other mods. Then oneday on the highway it spun a bearing. That was it for me I sold the car for 700 bucks. I have been with out a t-bird for 3 years now. I'm now 21 I still love the car to death and with I never sold it. O yeah its now in a junk yard the guy I sold it went to jail and it went to a junk yard. I about cryed when I saw it there. But now I bought a new 88 tc. It needs soom work that is ok with me. I have plan on keeping this one. Its has a bad auto tranny but it run great. I hope to have it on the road buy the holldays. So there is my storie. Here is a few pic of my 2nd tc. I don't have pic of my new one will soon thow.
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Welcome...I got my first turbocoupe at 16 too and today was its first day in the snow and ice...but anyway welcome
Welcome!! Glad to see you were bit by the bug and stayed with it!!
Welcome aboard!
Looks shiny and not too bad at all.
What kind/size wheels are those?
So that's the one that's in the junkyard now huh.
Welcome aboard, lets see pics of the new TC. :D
I got my cat when I was 16 and am almost 23 now. I'll end up being buried in the thing as I'll never part ways with it.
There's no turning back after get your first fox.
welcome to your new 2nd home.
Welcome..
Well Thanks for all the welcomes. O yeah sorry for any type-Oes. But the rims are 14s and they are pacer. And yes that is the car that is now in the junkyard. O yeah I am on a few other tc boards Like Nato and turboford.org. I have been on them sents day 1. Yeah I have been bit but the t-bird bug for a long time.
This is me a 8yrs old. I love t-bird so much I even have at t-bird tattoo.
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Ello :D
Welcome to the board.
These cars can get addicting. I'm on my 5th one.
Welcome to the board!
Those Turbo Coupes are addicting...17 intercooled models for me...(so far)
I thought turbo coupe's larger brakes required 16"?
looks like those were offset a little, but I don't see how 14" would fit...my turbines barely cleared the TC setup on mine, and I have the E7 cast wheels...
Well I will not say im a 100% sure. But that was the only size they came in to fit the 4 lug. It was like 3 years ago! And I bought the rims way before that. Cuz I had them on my first t-bird. So that was like 4-41/2 years ago.
Well here is a pic of my new tc it needs a lil work but its a start.
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Welcome,It would brake my heart to see the other one in the never come home from place!.
Yeah, Its was very upsetting. But I lest I know where she lies for now. Last weekend I a got the drive shaft out of her for my t5 swap.
Welcome to the board! My Tbird is my first car. My dad offered it to me when I was 15. I love it and it's going to take A LOT to pry it from my death grip!