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Drove the Cougar to work today...

And this is how it came home::punchballs: :nkhk: :brick: :shakehead::shoothead:


The problem?  RUST!  FARK :mad: :toilet:








So looks like the cougar is down for awhile as I fabricate up some new mounts with heavier gauge steel...:sawzall: :welder: :bangcat: :cheers: :)

Drove the Cougar to work today...

Reply #1 –
the Turbo Poop, goes on the road tomorrow, for about a month, then hopefully I will have my truck ready to go for the snow....

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Reply #2 –
Now I'm not an expert,and,I'm from down south and have never experienced this problem,BUT,that APPEARS to be a rust issue.LOL.Seriously though,that sucks bad.Are you going to repair it or part it out?Down here,that kind of rust dictates the car to immediately be turned into a parts car.I wish you luck on the problem at hand.


EDIT...I didn't see the part about fabbing new strap mounts.My mistake.
'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..

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Reply #3 –
I've got one of those too.
Looks like I'll be making brackets. mabe you'll want some too.
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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
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Reply #4 –
Quote from: daminc;239693
I've got one of those too.
Looks like I'll be making brackets. mabe you'll want some too.


If you took away all the rust your car has had,all you'd have left was paint.
'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..

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;239695
If you took away all the rust your car has had,all you'd have left was paint.




LMAO!!!

my car isnt that bad.... which is what shocked the  out of me when it happened....  I gotta try and get it up and going by monday though....:punchballs:

I will post some daytime shots of underneath of it....  and my fab work.....  (if I do it....)

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Reply #6 –
Good luck my friend.That poor Cat.
'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..

Drove the Cougar to work today...

Reply #7 –
I have straps that are in really good shape. Let me know if you want them.

Jim

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Reply #8 –
When I recently decided to undercoat my car with a potent mixture of old tranny fluid, oil, and other such things, and of course go quite overkill in the process, I made sure to DOUSE the fuel tank mounts. Theyre okay. *OKAY*. ;)  Each one is fine excpet for one maybe two pencil eraser-sized holes. Other than that theyre fine, paint and all. So Im trying to nip it in the bud.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #9 –
and who says you have to go back with metal straps:D 

I suppose you could but if i were you, id use regular banding material.  that is some strong stuff.

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Reply #10 –
Sucks. Atleast you have a truck adn trailer to tow with.
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;239695
If you took away all the rust your car has had,all you'd have left was paint.


Its funny you say that. When I touched my rocker on the drivers side, my thumb went right through. It even looked perfect. There was nothing but paint left on part of the rocker.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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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
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Reply #12 –
Hey that looks familiar,my 88 was like that.
My advice would be to grind the mounts right off the chassis and fab/weld up entirely new units.
Thoses mounts where always weak and had way to many holes in them to allow for water and  intrusion.
By the way ron,you need new PIPE extensions man those things are terrible looking compaired to the rest of the exaust.

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Reply #13 –
What kind of salt do you guys use up there? I'm not from the south, but that rust is something not seen that bad here.
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. +

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Reply #14 –
Quote from: kitzdnm;239767
What kind of salt do you guys use up there? I'm not from the south, but that rust is something not seen that bad here.



It's not the kind but the ammount. If it's anything like in Chicago the streets are white with salt from the first snow (any ammount even 1/4" will cause the salt trucks to come out) till a good rain in late March/early April.


So will you now stop driving the XR7 in the winter? ;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.