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Reply #120 – May 15, 2007, 08:53:27 PM

"1988 Thunderbird Sports Coupe 5.0L HO (28mpg)"

im curious to see how much more a free-er flowing exhaust will help you in your already way too high mileage.

i just started calculating my mpg, right around 17-18, which isnt bad considering a beat the snot out of my car all the time.

but still congrats, if your happy with your exhaust thats all tha matters. loudness isnt everything. that exhaust i ordered for my car, i opted for the 50 series instead of the 40's(flowmasters obviosly). i didnt think i'd like having a loud car all the time. for a DD there is such a thing as too loud.

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Reply #121 – May 15, 2007, 09:25:47 PM

my exhaust is going to be in done in 1 month which will consist of long-tube headers and 2 cherrybombs thats all. then i will get a video for it to. it beat all of you guys for the loudness scale except for daboss351 maybe and daboss351 your lincoln sounds bad ass.

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Reply #122 – May 15, 2007, 09:28:51 PM

also a long sounding cougar or thunderbird is way better sounding than a stupid farting sounds from imports.

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Reply #123 – May 15, 2007, 09:39:31 PM

thats factory 2 1/4 h with factory small ass flow tubes, wait till i put in the mac h pipe with gutted cats 2 1/2 inch, no flow tubes!

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Reply #124 – May 15, 2007, 10:23:20 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci;147428

Just wait till you have REAL power. 225 horsepower aint dick

LOL! id be willing to bet he would put down maybe 160 to the wheels. he'll lose alot from the AOD, plus it is SD.

my 93 mustang coupe with a HO mass-air and a T5 put down 196rwhp, through a 2.5" catted magnaflow x-pipe, mac pro dumps, and 3.08 gears. it also had an electric fan, and no front acc., besides the alt and water pump.

and IMHO, no lers on a stock 302 sound like shiznit.

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Reply #125 – May 15, 2007, 10:24:46 PM

i like it, reminds me of my stangs 351w, don't worry its not by choice the factory shiznit was rotted off, its gonna get 2 1/ headers to tails

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Reply #126 – May 16, 2007, 01:01:39 AM

For some reason I can't stand glasspacks/cherry bombs, whatever you wanna call 'em. They sound too raspy and rattly for my taste. Remind me of a junky truck, ugh. Probably piss off someone with that statement, but I'll never use glasspacks for anything except a resonator in front of a regular ler.

Fact is, as I've said before, Loud does not equal hp or speed. Every person has thier own idea of what sounds good on a car. I like the way my car sounds with the cheap summit race lers. I've heard people tell me it's too quiet (fila-man) and others tell me its too loud (police). It's a matter of taste.

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Reply #127 – May 16, 2007, 01:30:52 AM

LMAO yeah, 0-60 in 7 seconds must be only 160hp. Yeah, right. I gotta get more credit than that, wow.

I'm 18. I'm not Mr Moneybags. Sorry I cant spend $140 on lers, and build myself some amazing Cobra engine. If you wanna be fair, compare to my dad's Chevelle, not some 18 year old's car. My car has less than $3000 total put into it, including buying price ($1500). This is my first car, and it's also my daily driver. Like tonight, driving home tired as hell at 1am with a headache, it's a nice time to not have a really loud car. I appreciate constructive criticism, but some people just aren't lookin at the whole picture and are coming across as "high and mighty". Now for the most part, everyone's being good about it, but some are just comin in here like "Whoa my car pwns yours." I dont do that to anyone here and I dont expect it in return. So please, criticize all you want, give me opinions and ideas, but the "high and mighty" bullshiznit has got to go.

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Reply #128 – May 16, 2007, 01:32:39 AM

Quote from: 32VFoxBird;147523

LOL! id be willing to bet he would put down maybe 160 to the wheels. he'll lose alot from the AOD, plus it is SD.

my 93 mustang coupe with a HO mass-air and a T5 put down 196rwhp, through a 2.5" catted magnaflow x-pipe, mac pro dumps, and 3.08 gears. it also had an electric fan, and no front acc., besides the alt and water pump.

and IMHO, no lers on a stock 302 sound like shiznit.

No offense, but seriously, just let him enjoy his car. It doesnt matter who prefers what lers, or how much power you're putting down. he is putting more than 160. I put that with my SO 5.0. Leave him alone and let him enjoy his new exhaust. I'll post when mine is done too. I hate glasspacks and honestly those Cherry Bombs sound great. They are lers I know, but the thought of the brand.

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Reply #129 – May 16, 2007, 01:42:32 AM

Quote from: kingcars;147576

So please, criticize all you want, give me opinions and ideas, but the "high and mighty" bullshiznit has got to go.

Duhhh... my kar iz lowder than urz.

In all honesty, though, dude, the folks on this board are pretty mild. Over on the Neon boards (daily driver) people shiznit on every car that gets posted on that board. Instead of saying nice things, they say "change this, change that, and maybe I'll like it." As if the person posting the pic is only seeking the approval of the other members. I've only posted pics ONCE on that board and that's when the car was new, with 75 miles on it. I like to think I have somewhat 'thick skin' when it comes to arrogant comments, but I have to admit, people taking shots at my car gets me fired up. I see where you're coming from. Bottom line... do what you want with the car, disregard intarwebz argumentz about horsepower, people always like to argue over things like that because hp number is like, as someone on this board said, an e-pen 15. Your car is very clean, the HO converson looks 100% grade-a. Your car is probably what Ford would've built if they dropped the HO into the T-bird back in the 80's... it's really clean & I'm sure you'll keep it that way.

PS - I'll be THRILLED when I get my car up to stock '88 T-bird specs with my pending CFI -> EFI upgrade.

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Reply #130 – May 16, 2007, 01:47:58 AM

Thanks man. For the record, you weren't one of those people I was referring too (I'm hoping you took it that way). And I really dont mind criticism (like a "it's a bit quiet for my tastes, but to each his own"), but arrogance really gets to me. Those are the kind of people I've been up against my whole life. Nobody here has really bothered me that way until a few select posts made in this thread. So before it got worse, I just wanted to try to put it to rest.

Oh one more thing. Tell me this is 160rwhp moving a 3600lb (maybe more?) car like this: http://media.putfile.com/incar-82

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Reply #131 – May 16, 2007, 02:22:39 AM

Whats sad is that most family cars from within recent times could keep up with what we consider to be fast in our cars.

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Reply #132 – May 16, 2007, 02:25:44 AM

Unless that's a KM/h Canadian speedo, then you're moving at a pretty good clip. (A ton faster than my '85 CFI motor, if that means anything.) RWHP is hard to judge from a video (as is everything), but I'd say you're probably turning more than that. Sure, an auto tranny does suck up some of the power, but I tell you what, I hate having a stick-shift DD when it comes to bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Does anyone really think the tranny could suck up 65 horses?

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Reply #133 – May 16, 2007, 02:29:05 AM

its not arrogance, its called a reality check.

if you want to argue it, then take it to a dyno. or better yet, take it to the track and let us know how many bonnevilles you "pwn".

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Reply #134 – May 16, 2007, 02:31:14 AM

Quote from: Ifixyawata;147584

Unless that's a KM/h Canadian speedo, then you're moving at a pretty good clip. (A ton faster than my '85 CFI motor, if that means anything.) RWHP is hard to judge from a video (as is everything), but I'd say you're probably turning more than that. Sure, an auto tranny does suck up some of the power, but I tell you what, I hate having a stick-shift DD when it comes to bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Does anyone really think the tranny could suck up 65 horses?

where did you get 65hp from?