Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Topic: Hey New to The forum! (Read 1910 times) previous topic - next topic

Hey New to The forum!

How you guy doing? Im new to the forum here but not new to the fox body t-bird! I got my first t-bird when I was 16 it was a 88 turbocoupe. I Bought it for 700 bucks it was blue on blue with an auto. With really bad paint. After two months I killed the tranny. Me and my mother went around and around about doing the t5 swap. She won and in went a rebuilt tranny. Two month later I killed it again. SO I got to do things my way. t5 swap! I drove the car form a good time. But it started havin all kinds of wiring problems. So after fighting with all the jimmy rigging in the car I give up. It was as if the guy I bought it from rewired the whole car. So I parked it. A few month later I bought another 88TC blk on blk 5speed loaded. For 700 buck again. This car seemed awesome. the day I bought it broke down lol. It had a bad distubiter gear. I put a new one in it and was on my way. Well two weeks later head cracked and bent a valve. The car sat for 6 month and I finely bought a new head put it on. The  head shop sucked. The car ran for 30 sec to a min and the timing belt broke. Yes new timing belt. One of the cam bearing wasn't straight. the head shop wouldn't fix it. They said that I didn't lube the cam. But I did so whatever. I got the car running. I put a t3 on her 3" single exhust all the way back. gill's boost valve in and a few other mods. Then oneday on the highway it spun a bearing. That was it for me I sold the car for 700 bucks. I have been with out a t-bird for 3 years now. I'm now 21 I still love the car to death and with I never sold it. O yeah its now in a junk yard the guy I sold it went to jail and it went to a junk yard. I about cryed when I saw it there. But now I bought a new 88 tc. It needs soom work that is ok with me. I have plan on keeping this one. Its has a bad auto tranny but it run great. I hope to have it on the road buy the holldays. So there is my storie. Here is a few pic of my 2nd tc. I don't have pic of my new one will soon thow.




Hey New to The forum!

Reply #1 –
Welcome...I got my first turbocoupe at 16 too and today was its first day in the snow and ice...but anyway welcome

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #2 –
Welcome!! Glad to see you were bit by the bug and stayed with it!!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07
 

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #3 –
Welcome aboard!
Looks shiny and not too bad at all.
What kind/size wheels are those?
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #4 –
So that's the one that's in the junkyard now huh.
Welcome aboard, lets see pics of the new TC. :D
I got my cat when I was 16 and am almost 23 now. I'll end up being buried in the thing as I'll never part ways with it.

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #5 –
Quote
Glad to see you were bit by the bug and stayed with it!!

There's no turning back after get your first fox.
welcome to your new 2nd home.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
[/COLOR]
5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
Join us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_137541156293768&ap=1

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #6 –
Welcome..
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1974 maverick lsx powered turbo car SOLD
1973 maverick Tijuana Taxi Tribute
1957 chevy LSX Turbo project (race car)
Owner of Joe Dirt Fabrication

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #7 –
Well Thanks for all the welcomes. O yeah sorry for any type-Oes. But the rims are 14s and they are pacer. And yes that is the car that is now in the junkyard. O yeah I am on a few other tc boards Like Nato and turboford.org. I have been on them sents day 1. Yeah I have been bit but the t-bird bug for a long time.
This is me a 8yrs old. I love t-bird so much I even have at t-bird tattoo.

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #8 –
Ello :D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #9 –
Welcome to the board.

 These cars can get addicting.  I'm on my 5th one.




SCT Tuned by Me(Greg@SpeedyDyno.com)

E.T. 10.28 @ 136.5 MPH 1/4 mile: List of Mods; 351 EFI, AFR heads,AOD,Rousch 13in frt brakes,11in rear brakes, AirRide Tech air ride system, Sub frame connetors,2400 RPM stall, 3.50,BBK shorties,T62PT Turbos  air to air intercooled, Home built kit.
Car weights 3705lbs without driver:burnout:

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #10 –
Welcome to the board!

Those Turbo Coupes are addicting...17 intercooled models for me...(so far)
Alan Mackin--Semi Professional Ford der
83 T-Bird 460
83 T-Bird Heritage 5.0
84 T-Bird 5.0
86 T-Bird Turbo Coupe NHRA Stocker & Super Stocker
87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe
88 Bronco II Drag truck 302
95 Mustang GT auto
2004 F-350 CC Dually V-10

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #11 –
I thought turbo coupe's larger brakes required 16"?
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #12 –
looks like those were offset a little, but I don't see how 14" would fit...my turbines barely cleared the TC setup on mine, and I have the E7 cast wheels...
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #13 –
Well I will not say im a 100% sure. But that was the only size they came in to fit the 4 lug. It was like 3 years ago! And I bought the rims way before that. Cuz I had them on my first t-bird. So that was like 4-41/2 years ago.

Hey New to The forum!

Reply #14 –
Well here is a pic of my new tc it needs a lil work but its a start.