Fox T-Bird/Cougar Forums

Hello

Im toying with the idea of removing the 2.3t and going 5.0/5.8 turbo in my 86 XR7. 

Just getting my facts straight.  Do I need a k member from 86-88 fox tbird/cougar?

Thanks,

Travis

Not really looking to use a tubular K member.  Keeping costs down.

No need to change k member just change mounts

ok!  i just always thought you needed to switch the k member!  i wonder why i thought that!  anybody else!


Thanks travis

The old Fox body Mustangs had a couple of years (80-82) that had a straight six in them which required a K-Member change to go to a four cylinder or 5.0.  Does not apply to the T-Birds or Cougars but with the similarities of the cars that notion may have carried over somewhere.

Darren

I swapped mine to a mustangs just to get the aftermarket motor mounts... before chuck started making good ones for US lol....

My Sport has the TC crossmember in it and I have a 5.8L engine with chuck mounts.

i build solid mounts for my birds with allthread and pieces of pipe for spacers... i'm a cheap redneck... solid mounts for $6 bucks...

Thanks guys for all your help.  I have decided to do the 5.0 verse 5.8.  Quite abit more stuff to change.  I really dont have the car ready for the additional power that I could get with the 5.8 vs 5.0.  So stock HO it is.  Found a nice one out of a Mark 7. 

Starting a new post on what is need for the swap.

Thanks,

Travis