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Reply #30
I plan on pulling the vert out this winter.
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #31
Quote from: thunderjet302;297610
It's cool when the snow has melted and the pavement is dry. I can make rooster tails behind the car with the salt dust that is on the road :hick:

Yeah its pretty funny when you see a tractor trailer coming towards you the other way with a white CLOUD behind it.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #32
Quote from: ZondaC12;297649
Yeah its pretty funny when you see a tractor trailer coming towards you the other way with a white CLOUD behind it.


Yeah...hilarious.  I can hear the car rust as I pass through it.  Has me on the floor every time.:spit:

:p
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #33
Quote from: Chuck W;297662
Yeah...hilarious.  I can hear the car rust as I pass through it.  Has me on the floor every time.:spit:

:p


Listen as the bottom of your car falls off:hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #34
Quote from: thunderjet302;297591
Do you have that problem by you Paul or do they show restraint with the use of salt? I wish they would here. They salt when we get an inch of snow.....


They're rather conservative with it. 
New York -- Where your taxes are ever increasing yet the services are ever dwindling.

We got hit often last year, yet it always seemed to melt within 2 or 3 days so it really wasn't that big of a deal.  We had one year 2004 where it was just a solid sheet of ice for about a month and a half.  I let the car sit THAT year.  I'll drive it, but I have 2 other vehicles that take the brunt of the winter duty --  A 4WD and a FWD.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #35
Quote from: thunderjet302;297663
Listen as the bottom of your car falls off:hick:


 I heard that sound before. I don't like it.
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #36
Quote from: irv;297551
if i didnt know better i would think you were rubbing it in
to some of the rest of us. suppose you own a bike too.
its 34 degrees here as i type this am.--irv


I was really complaining about the sun.:D  Yes I do own a classic bike.  10 forward speeds.  A 1980 model Suteki or some puppiesaneese name like that.  Sold new at Sears in 1980 for $499.  :burnout: It's a twin in color to the Cougar.

This morning however, it's pretty cool.  Down to 40*.  The high will only be 78*.  Darn that sun.  I drove my Cougar to work today.  It'll be exposed to the elements.
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Reply #37
it's sh*ting i mean snowing here right now, not sticking to anything, but still SUCKS
'83 Cougar *the never ending project* warmed over 306 v8,c4,8.8 posi with 5 lug conversion
'91 mustang strictly street-in progress
'00 f150 7700-Mean Green: jet stage 1 chip,ported upper intake with 1" spacer,'04 Super Duty intake with injectors,summit racing short tube headers with true 2.5" duals with smithy's glasspacks!

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Reply #38
Quote from: daminc;297682
I heard that sound before. I don't like it.


Atleast you now have Filtstone power :hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #39
Quote from: V8Demon;297667
They're rather conservative with it.
New York -- Where your taxes are ever increasing yet the services are ever dwindling.
 

Around here the buzz all over the place was that the area would have a salt shortage due to the budget blah blah blah. What did the highway department do? Dumped the stuff out as much as ever LOL. We didn't run out, I suppose it was taken care of/was a non-issue in the end but it shows how NY'ers' money gets pissed away.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #40
They like to salt here in Pa. too. I haven't driven my Bird in the winter for probably 16 years now. I started buying beaters so it could sit them out. But the couple of years I did drive it it really went well in the snow.
I agree with you guys about the summer, the weekends where mostly wet, at least one day was. I've been laid off since april so I got to enjoy the nice days we had during the week. Those nice days enabled me to cut grass and detail cars.

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Reply #41
Quote from: V8Demon;297429
I grow a small vegetable garden every year -- mainly tomatoes.  I usually get about 6 or 7 dozen tomatoes from 4 plants......

3 tomatoes turned red for me this year.....2 were rotted on the vine before they even turned red.

Everything else suffered as well.


We did decent on tomatoes. Raspberries had a great year both crops.

Tomatoes were rotting more than usual, and didnt grow as high as usual. Still got more than we can use as always.

People are always going to complain about the weather of any season, overall this summer was a nice change of pace. I dont think I would like it every year, I like my heat and sun.

As for this Fall, TAKE IT BACK! I hate rain that last more than 2-3 days. This week has been nice, warm days, chilly nights, a little wind, my idea of Fall
1986 Cougar LS

 

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Reply #42
daylight savings is g me off.  I got home from work alittle earlier than usual and thought that I might have alittle time to do some work on the 5.0TC just about as soon as I got started the sun went down. :beatyoass: :mad: