Should be a fun project... 1993 Thunderbird SC... Wish it had the M5R2, but the AOD will do I guess...
I just set the scoop on for now, it isnt bolted down...
Only issue, (aside from needing a major clean and detail) is it needs a major tune up as it stumbles, and misfires, when you get in the boost. As you can see in the engine bay shot, it looks like the #5 wire is/was arching out on something... Going to get new wires and plugs today for it. engine and tranny were just rebuilt 20kms ago.
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I did the plugs last night but waiting on the wires to come in later today... pretty bad when you have to change plugs from underneath LOL.
Nice looking car.......like you said, just needs a good cleaning!
I miss my coupe. Put my Cat and Jetta to shame by the way it handled.
Not a bad winter beater at all! The AOD is definitely easier to drive daily. I hope it works out for you. I'd say a better winter beater would be that Dodge Spirit your neighbor has. :)
I found copper plugs worked best. Any platinum plug except the Motocrafts are guna be trouble. I would also stick to motocraft wires. I had problems when I kept blowing out the spark (I had a 15% overdrive on mine) until I put the copper plugs in and undergapped them.
P.S. a stubby ratchet makes changing the plugs a load easer and use lots of anti-seize.
There is something weird about your coupe too. It should have a TEVES hydroboost master cylinder, but clearly someone has swapped it over to conventional vac assist. I would speculate you no longer have ABS.
I noticed that too. At least looks like it was done right. IMHO I would rather have conventional vac. assist, non - ABS brakes in my Mark over the Teves system. Easier troubleshooting and a lot less problems.
Sweet car too. Those are about the only car I like in the color Red. Nice score.
Looks nice , I havent driven one of those since around 1990 , but I remember it being fun
Agreed, my gf's dodge shadow was basically the same car and was unstoppable through feet of snow with the right tires.
The tires on it are so tiny. I'm surprised at the lack of rust.
some updated pics of her:
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and a quick vid of me killing some old tires on the way to the tire shop LOL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwwC-H068Ls
Burn them tires!!!! I love that supercharger sound OH and the smoke!!!!!HEHEHE
I really need to change the plugs in my 89. Should I be worried about pulling the threads out of the head since I'm sure they havent been out of there since 89 (61000 miles).
PS - these cars DO really respond with mods. Full exhaust, CAI(you have the same ebay one I got), and a pulley. Did the pulley tonite and it'll roast the tires from a roll now!
that scoop is horrendous.. i love the 89-90 XR7 wheels though.. if you want a nice aftermarket hood, the mach 1 hoods look great on SC's.. i'm jealous though, i want another 1
I couldnt bring myself to use that as a winter beater(of course I am a tad biased toward t birds). Does it have hidden issues? as it looks pretty nice in the pics. I guess I wont feel as bad now if I drive my XR7 all year
Yeah I have been thinking of getting a pulley or swapping a '94 style SC onto it and pulleying that. I plan to hack the cats out since I have a slight leak on the driveside anyways, and a custom exhaust, but I love the sounds of the blower and want to keep it quite LOL. what boost are you running? I am at 11psi. when I bought the car it ran like and missed like crazy under boost, so that helped me get a great deal on it. did a full tune up and she runs mint now. mine hooks pretty good. from a dig it smokes them from standing on it, but at a rool she hooks and books.
And yeah I plan to grab a ram air hood for it.
if you buy anything aftermarket for it, go with SCP (super coupe performance).. he sells great stuff at great prices.. i have a tote full of bolt-ons i ordered from him sitting in my closet that i pulled off my SC before i got rid of it.. i'm pretty sure i have a 10% and 15% charger pulley, i'll have to take a look
but after seeing your pics, i'm on the hunt for another lol
I got the spinning wheels sc power pulley. I figured that would put me right at the 300hp mark where they run out of injector. my boost gauge is a little off, but I think its got 13-14psi. But the best part about it is down in the rpms where you only get around 4psi with the stock pulley, you get 8 or more now.