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Hey everyone.
I have been buzzing around here for a while but never posted. I am new to the fox chassis but not new to Thunderbirds. I had a 91 5.0 sport and an 89 supercoupe(death by rust). About a year ago I bought a 84 tbird, with 91 kms, pretty clean with no winters. It was mostly original with exception of fox stang 8.8 w/ 3.55, factory stang headers and h-pipe. I drove it as is last summer and started ripping when winter hit. Thats about it, just wanted to say hi. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. If i do it right..

Nice man, welcome.

Not sure i would have went with a carb personally, but everything else looks good ;).

What are you using for idler pulleys and brackets? I want to delete my power steering and ac eventually. I was planning on just swapping the spring in the tensioner and going with a ribbed idler pulley.

Is that a t-5? Doesn't look quite right to me.

Welcome.

Nice looking Bird... Thanks for posting the pics....

welcome

It's the m5r2.

How's the shifter location? And welcome.:D

Welcome to the forum!!! Glad to have you here. Looking at the pictures you posted. Dang. I have replaced about every single piece of my car that isn't the unibody, and looking back on it, it was a very long road, and I'm glad the tough stuff is done. Good luck with the car, and keep posting pics.

Thanks everyone. The shifter is farther back. It sits right below where the where the center console starts, where the ash tray starts. I think I measured it being like 4 inches back where a t5 Shifter would be.  Oh and Haystack I am using the acc brackets from my old 91 5.0 Bird.

Are you gonna have the driveshaft cut down? I believe that trans is about 4" longer then a t-5/aod.

I used a 3.8 sn-95 t-5 in my old 87, and i was worried about 3/4" of length longer then a fox.

Yes, factory shaft is about 46.75 u joint to u joint. I think the one i had them make was 42.5. The stocker is pretty thin on the one end and was affordable.

Might be too late at this point, but if you have to get your shaft trimmed (no dirty jokes lol) may as well get an aluminum unit from a crown PI or taxi and cut it down. Hybrid u joints and stab the shaft in. (that's what she said)..

Mine was made from an aluminum Crown Vic cop car driveshaft.

Clean bird man very nice

Yes I already had it Done. I considered alum, but figured cost of buying aluminum shaft and having it cut would probably be the same as Cutting a new shaft.

Any pics of it with the console in? I'd like to see how that shifter sits in there. Being able to use an M5R2 and hydraulic clutch setup could make a 5-speed swap a whole lot more doable as Fox Stang swap bits become more scarce (especially the pedals - how nice would using TC pedals be?)

The shifter is still a work in process. I made my own version of this but it was to bulky up top to fit under the boot. I decided to keep to it simple and have made an offset shifter rod. It's to crude at the moment to Show. I'll take a pic of the consol tommorow to show you. Yes it was a bit of a struggle getting the turbo bird hydraulic pedals. But after a few months I got my hands on a set.

Nice Thunderbird.  Welcome :).

Update. Its been on the road for a few weeks. I put 700 kms on so far including a 300 km highway trip. As antited 3.55 gears make for a very short lived 1st gear with the 1st the m5r2 has in it. I don't mind it now but may get old quick. I have been pretty gentle on it so far for clutch break in, but the power feels there. Except the back half of the exhaust I think it is done, currently 2 1/2 to 2 1/4 at the lers to probably less then 2 around the axle and exit. Maybe I'll do a bit more engine clean up too.

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holy bezeezus are those actual hubcaps?  Nice ride!

Nice work, I really like it

Ha. Yes it had caps when I got it. I currently have turbines on it, I have a set of 10 holes that I will put on when I get rubber for them.

Nice tbird, nice work!! and welcome !!!

Very cool. It's the perfect coloUr too. ;)

Nice job!

Thanks guys!