1985 t bird 3.8 Reply #15 – February 10, 2015, 11:10:44 PM Window belt seals and tlc and it will b grate Quote Selected
1985 t bird 3.8 Reply #16 – February 11, 2015, 12:03:00 AM it won't go as fast as most v tech or vvtl thay shift at 8gs lol and that's stock Quote Selected
1985 t bird 3.8 Reply #17 – February 11, 2015, 05:16:47 PM Your profile says you're in Jasper. Is that Jasper, Alberta? If so, Canadian V6 cars had 2bbl carbs through 1986, with CFI as an option (an option that very few people went for). The car looks like it's got a good body on it. You say it's only got 25k on it? If you like the car, buy it. You can enjoy it as it is and eventually do an engine swap if you want to go fast. Cars aren't all about speed, sometimes stylin' can be just as fun. My 2005 Chrysler 300 (the Pimp Sled) is only a V6 car, and sure, I'd rather it was a Hemi, but it's just fine for pimpin'. Just remember that the car is slow, so don't race it. I'd love to get my hands on a nice four-eye. Wouldn't care what engine was in it, or even if there was an engine in it at all, as long as the body was good. All 1980's cars, even the mighty Grand National, are slow by today's standards. Quote Selected
1985 t bird 3.8 Reply #18 – February 11, 2015, 05:38:32 PM 84's were carbed, but they went to CFI in 85. Quote Selected
1985 t bird 3.8 Reply #20 – February 11, 2015, 08:34:00 PM Quote from: White85GS;44421184's were carbed, but they went to CFI in 85.Not in Canada, they didn't. Canadian V6's were carbed until '87, though according to the owner's manual CFI was an option. My 85 Bird was carbed, as were the 84 and 86 Birds a friend had. I have personally never laid eyes on a CFI'd V6 83-86 T-Bird or Cougar, though a friend had an '84 LTD with the CFI V6 in it, a rarity in Canada (the LTD/Marquis and Mustang/Capri also had carbed 3.8's). Our emissions laws were much more lax than US standards, so we got cars that weren't available in USA. Ever seen a Hyundai Pony or Stellar? The Pony was basically a Korean Chevette, and the Stellar was a sedan-bodied Korean Chevette (VS the hatchback Pony) with power windows. They were sold here starting in '84, and had a Mitsubishi engine with carburettor, manual choke, and points-style ignition. Even the heat stove, for feeding warm air into the carb in winter, was manual - instead of a vacuum operated flapper like domestic "modern" carbed cars had, these things actually had a manual flapper with a "W" and "S" position. Quote Selected
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