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I'm new and need help.

I finally I found this site when i have been looking for so long. I have a few q's I have an 86 cougar ls and I want to seriously upgrade it. I'm not rich but I am gonna put the 8.8 rear end on with 3.55's, but the way I' m gonna do it is 1st c4 tran, drive shaft, and rear end. what will it do or how would it affect a stock eng. plus whats the best cold air intakes to put in my car. :cougarsmily: and did these cars came with an rpm limiter to keep it from going over 88mph?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]86 COUGAR LS 5.0 stock. Soon to be project "Cheetara"
85 Ramcharger 318-727 "Big Girl"

I'm new and need help.

Reply #1 –
It goes faster than 88mph.The speedo only reads that high.I'm selling mine right now and it goes to 199mph.The car's air intake is already a cold air intake.remove the air silencer from the inner fender and call it good.With 3.55's,you'll have better take off and the 3.55's are a good all around gear.Nice highway cruising,decent on the gas mileage.C-4,I can't really say.I like my AOD.Especially when I'm going down the interstate at 80 and only pulling 2000 rpms.
'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..

I'm new and need help.

Reply #2 –
Go to the tech area on here for the 199 speedo info it works.
Someone here gave me this link for a c-4 swap.Oh yeh welcome.
http://www.mustangworks.com/articles/drivetrain/SmoothShifting.html
You will run higher rpms on the highway with it.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +
 

I'm new and need help.

Reply #4 –
welcome:D
take a look at each section and its purpose and you will likely find exactly what you were looking for.  There is a ton of rear end info but you wont find much rear end info in the engine tech section.

I'm new and need help.

Reply #5 –
Quote from: kewlcoug;129204
vinnie - you're sellin a 199mph speedo?? how much and what's the mileage read on it?

Jason


why would you wanna buy one when you already own one,,,digi speedo right?

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Reply #6 –
I'm asking $25.00 shipped.It's an upgrade that can be done to them by dissambling the speedo and soldering a jumper in there.I believe it reads about 144,000.
'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..

I'm new and need help.

Reply #7 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;129196
It goes faster than 88mph.The speedo only reads that high.I'm selling mine right now and it goes to 199mph.The car's air intake is already a cold air intake.remove the air silencer from the inner fender and call it good.With 3.55's,you'll have better take off and the 3.55's are a good all around gear.Nice highway cruising,decent on the gas mileage.C-4,I can't really say.I like my AOD.Especially when I'm going down the interstate at 80 and only pulling 2000 rpms.


i definitely feel ya on the aod. i couldn't imagine highway driving without it.
:cougarsmily:5.0 HO, E303 cam, Exploder/Cobra intake, smog pump delete, Ford Taurus electric fan, MAF conversion, BBK headers, MAC 2.5" off-road exhaust w/x-pipe, AOD w/shift kit, 8.8 Trac-Loc rear w/disc brakes, 5-lug conversion w/'98 Mustang GT 17" wheels, Mach 1 springs:cougarsmily: