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My turbocoupe project

I started the repaint last year, probably late october/november and finally got all my parts painted last night. 
What it started as


Heres what it looks like so far



Now I just have to finish wetsanding and polishing and putting everything back together:D
link to all my pics
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Fordguy545/88%20t-bird%20tc/?start=all

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

My turbocoupe project

Reply #1
Very nice!! When should I drop mine off?

My turbocoupe project

Reply #2
Want to paint a set of wheels? looks good man how many hours do you think it took to get it to that point?
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/Carpimp1987
1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:


My turbocoupe project

Reply #3
waaaayyy tooo many.  I wanted this car perfect like my truck, so it took along time.  the wheels I think were the biggest pain because it took 4 days of polishing to get them that shiny
the first pic of the progress that I have, I uploaded dec 19 and that was after a couple weeks of work

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

My turbocoupe project

Reply #4
Are the center caps easy to paint? i want to paint the T-Bird blue on mine.
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/Carpimp1987
1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:


My turbocoupe project

Reply #5
Id kill to have mine look half as good as yours DID.

Cant wait to see it around once winter breaks.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

My turbocoupe project

Reply #6
if thats all you were going to do, I would brush it, but it took a while to mask the tbird emblem because masking tape wont go down in the whole, so I carefully ran my knife around the edge near the top of the indent to make it even all the way around.  it probably ended up being painted 1/16 - 1/8" farther than I would've preferred, but it still looks good and makes it a little more visible being bigger

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

My turbocoupe project

Reply #7
Good thing i got 5 center caps i got one to try it and see if its worth it with my painting skills any more advice on the small project?
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/Carpimp1987
1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:


My turbocoupe project

Reply #8
Where is Oak Harbor in relation to Columbus?  I'm in Lancaster about 30 minutes southeast of Columbus.

Car looks great.
One 88

My turbocoupe project

Reply #9
Aint you ever heard of google maps or mapquest? :P

East of toledo.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbus,+oh+to+oak+harbor,+oh&sll=41.629182,-83.863668&sspn=0.007755,0.016909&ie=UTF8&z=9
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

My turbocoupe project

Reply #10
Bah too lazy. 

Guess its just me and my three other fox friends in the area still.
One 88

My turbocoupe project

Reply #11
Its just me and everyone else that has a T-Bird around here has nothing done to them in years except maybe 5 or so but i know none of there names and only see 1 of the cars sometimes.
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/Carpimp1987
1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:


My turbocoupe project

Reply #12
Quote from: bhazard;205540
Id kill to have mine look half as good as yours DID.

Cant wait to see it around once winter breaks.


ahahahaha, yeah sorry, rofl. 
And to think, I've only had this car since september, lol.  Got 3"dp to 2 1/2 stainless stinger duals and FMIC for it.  still looking for new BIGGER turbo, lol

Hey bhazard, how did you only manage to get your car to a 15.47?  I pretty much had stock everything other than the cone filter and gilis valve and went 14.97@90 with stock turbo.  course I DID have a 2.02 60', lol

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

My turbocoupe project

Reply #13
Nice Tbird!!!!
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

My turbocoupe project

Reply #14
looks great!
Current: 2004 Chevy Monte Carlo LS (Aug 04 - current)
Previous: 1993 Thunderbird LX (Jan 04 - Aug 04)
Before that: 1986 Cougar GS (Nov 85-Nov 2002)
i am looking for another cougar/tbird, any leads on long island, let me know