3 Biggest Mistakes November 24, 2006, 03:19:52 PM What are your 3 biggest mistakes (mods, purchases... etc) you've made to your thundercats? I'll go first.#1 - Buying the 87TC#2 - Modifying the 87TC#3 - Still modifying the 87TC. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #1 – November 24, 2006, 03:22:55 PM Quote from: Ether947;115362What are your 3 biggest mistakes (mods, purchases... etc) you've made to your thundercats? I'll go first.#1 - Buying the 87TC#2 - Modifying the 87TC#3 - Still modifying the 87TC. I may catch some heat for this but ripe it all out and go V8. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #2 – November 24, 2006, 03:26:23 PM 1. Bosch platinum plugs (made the car run like )2. Chrom valve covers (they look cool but are a PITA to keep clean). 3. Putting new speakers in the dash and cracking a perfect dash top:pbb: Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #3 – November 24, 2006, 03:58:39 PM 1. Misrouting a coolant line when I installed my Cobra intake resulting in motor taking in coolant That was by far the dumbest thing I have ever done with that car. It put on a nice smoke show for 20 minutes while the coolant burned off though :hick:2. Breaking the heater core while trying to remove stubborn hoses all while installing the Cobra intake. That was a new level of being PO'd for me3. Spending over $450 installing the Cobra intake due to having to replace hoses, fuel injectors, bolts, heater core and those matching Cobra valve covers that I just had to have.That made me feel really good about myself... in retrospect that intake really wasn't worth it...but it sure is purdy Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #4 – November 24, 2006, 04:34:15 PM Quote from: Innes;115364I may catch some heat for this but ripe it all out and go V8.Why so I can start another list? My biggest problem is chassis/body related. It's not as solid as I believed it to be. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #5 – November 24, 2006, 05:45:54 PM 1. Stripping and selling the old black '83 Tbird (It would have made the perfect DD platform)2. Buying the Z-73. Doing the suspension mods on the 84 XR-7 before I did the SFCs...caused a cracked windshield..... Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #6 – November 24, 2006, 06:10:22 PM No regrets yet,the car is WAY better than it was when I bought it (it was a real pile).I do wish I would have kept the A/C,but,the engine b sure looks neat and awesome without the A/C and smog stuff. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #7 – November 24, 2006, 07:28:37 PM Selling the '85 Cougar to some idiot that wrecked it within a month Buying said Cougar back:nkhk: Stripping said car down for a full resto.:shoothead Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #8 – November 24, 2006, 07:37:11 PM Haven't made any yet, but give me time. :D Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #9 – November 24, 2006, 08:21:25 PM I don't think I've got any regrets about my car, except for letting a nice parts TC go before I bought it because I didn't have anything to install the parts into. The parts TC was for sale on the side of the road for $500 - body was SHOT, but it had all the good stuff (hood, header panel, snowflakes, 3.73 rear end, and a mint cloth raven interior). It was not drivable and since I didn't have a Thunderbird at the time (and was planning on buying a TC anyway) I had no use for it. I ended up buying the '88 5.0 a few days later - went back for that TC and it was gone. Took me four years to find another parts TC... Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #10 – November 24, 2006, 08:24:23 PM 1. putting radio before motor.2.playing too hard when cold3. blowing motor and having to rebuild said motor Quote Selected
Bad shots... Reply #11 – November 24, 2006, 08:34:37 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;1153661. Bosch platinum plugs (made the car run like ) ME TOO!!!.2. Chrom valve covers (they look cool but are a PITA to keep clean). SAME AGAIN!.3. Cracked My perfect dash when replacing the complete heater/ac system :shoothead Dom. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #12 – November 24, 2006, 09:44:33 PM #1. buying the TC#2. modding the TC#3. letting my friend drive the TC Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #13 – November 24, 2006, 09:47:28 PM 1. Not going to the junkyard once a month.2. Not going to the junkyard once a week.3. Not going to the junkyard once a day. Quote Selected
3 Biggest Mistakes Reply #14 – November 24, 2006, 09:56:06 PM Quote from: Ether947;115362What are your 3 biggest mistakes (mods, purchases... etc) you've made to your thundercats? I'll go first.#1 - Buying the 87TC#2 - Modifying the 87TC#3 - Still modifying the 87TC. Same list for me. Quote Selected
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