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What to do for my 45th Birthday

Well, I am 45 next december and I need to do something cool. Soooo, I have decided to take my Tbird to the Bonneville Salt Flats for Speed Week.  I think it's in August, but that's OK.  I wanna hit a least 160.  I have a LOT of planning to do, but it just has to be done.  Let the planning begin!!!!!!!!

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #1 –
Good luck with that. The Bird will require some work won't it? Safety equipment, new gears,tires,etc.?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #2 –
well i got an 8pt roll bar to start! LOL

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #3 –
Is it,or are you going to lower it? 160 is a lot.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #4 –
Not really. By that i mean its a reasonable and achievable goal. I buried the needle in mine (160) and had more to go. Not sure what the margin of error is at those speeds. I'd say 300-350 hp and some 327s should get him close. At the time the car was a T45/327 geared car with the Mach 1 wheels. I really doubt it would do it now with the T56/410s and heavy arse knock off staggered FR500s.
:america: 1988 Thunderbird Sport, Former 4.6 DOHC T56 conversion project.

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What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #5 –
Clean up the underside of the car..aerodynamically. get some sheet aluminum and make a belly pan. Its like a parachute under there.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #6 –
it's more about enjoying a once in a lifetime experience than hitting the number, although gettting into the 150MPH club would be cool.

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #7 –
Dont these cars have speed limiters. I've hit mine (what ever it is). So I know mine does.
2.73 gears and alot of room and you'll get there.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.
 

What to do for my 45th Birthday

Reply #8 –
the only speed limiter on this car is my right foot! lol