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latest pics of nose work

Reply #255
I have to clean up a bit, it's getting too messy in here!  :toilet:

XXX


As you can see from the first pic, I fit the new fender. The old one isn't terrible, but this one is almost perfect. I'll pull it again to strip it and cut in the inside paint. Next will be the I/C brackets and the top cooler mounts.

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #256
cool

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #257
I doubt you will need any drop springs for it.lol
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. +

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #258
Wow!
looks like i joined the right forum!
this looks like an awesome job. Will have to keep watching to see the final project!
Life's Short, Go Fast

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #259
What are you doing with the 2.3?
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #260
geez its a wonder you haven't lost half your car in there
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #261
Quote from: pegasus;354929
cool

Thanks, It's getting there.
 
Quote from: Kitz Kat;354936
I doubt you will need any drop springs for it.lol

Once I start bolting on bumpers and such, it'll be sitting down a lot more.
 
Quote from: Bruce M;354971
What are you doing with the 2.3?

That's a spare engine for my TR7.
 
Quote from: sarjxxx;354986
geez its a wonder you haven't lost half your car in there

It looks worse than it is. I have those shelf units against the back wall full of TR parts from when I restored them, except for 1 unit with 2.3 bits. I have 2 complete cars, a TR6 and a TR250 yet to put together. I have a lean-to in back with more Triumph parts. Two units are devoted to the Tbird and one to the TR7. I have 2 units you can't see that have all my new parts waiting to install. There is another set of sturdy wood shelves with 3 engines and 4 transmissions on it for various cars. I have a bay full of 12 boxes of parts for the Tbird I got from the original owner. The picture is taken over top of that. Usually where the sandblaster and rolling tray sits I keep my son's Daytona. I moved it to bring in the Tbird nose.

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #262
Quote from: jejdavis;354960
Wow!
looks like i joined the right forum!
this looks like an awesome job. Will have to keep watching to see the final project!

Thanks, man. I hope it gives you some entertainment. We are getting busy at work, but we did just hire a couple more pilots. (Of course part of my position is to help train them, so my benefit is still a ways off.)

If I get some time I should be starting up without the turbo in a week or two, barring new 'issues'.  I REALLY want to be driving it this Summer. It all depends on the work schedule.

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #263
Quote from: flylear45;355007
If I get some time I should be starting up without the turbo in a week or two, barring new 'issues'.  I REALLY want to be driving it this Summer. It all depends on the work schedule.

And how are you going to exhaust the engine w/o the turbo hooked up? Don't your pipes run through it? or are you just gonna run the open headers just to make sure its all in working order?
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #264
Quote from: sarjxxx;355045
And how are you going to exhaust the engine w/o the turbo hooked up? Don't your pipes run through it? or are you just gonna run the open headers just to make sure its all in working order?

 

Yep, that's the plan. Just run the headers and crossover pipe. I'll just run it for a few minutes to get the initial break-in run, then bolt the turbo and exhaust on.

I don't want to blow crud through the turbine wheel on the first start..

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #265
Quote from: flylear45;355059
I don't want to blow crud through the turbine wheel on the first start..

For real.

I hope you got some earplugs if you plan on starting that thing up while in the garage cause I'm sure you know its gonna be [size=8]LOUD[/size]:evilgrin:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #266
I've actually thought about that. LOL I may rig a flex pipe to a ler. Or I may go for the stock car sound. Either way, a video will be in order!

BTW how's this for irony? I played golf today in Tucson. It was their nicest day this Winter they said. 80 degrees and just a light breeze. ( Went 2 over on the back nine with a double bogey on a 345 yd. downhill, downwind par 4 that I nearly drove on the green. Chunked the first chip and 3 putted. DOH! I did birdie the number one handicap 440 yd. par 4 from a drive and a wedge to 6 feet on the previous hole.)

Then we came back to Cleveland in a snowstorm on an approach to minimums and I actually was completely out of control 4 times on the drive home. It was 25 mph at BEST the last 10 miles. The WORST conditions I've driven in in at least a decade.

WHY do I live here again?:hick:

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #267
Why does ANYBODY live in the north? :yuck:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

1988 TC single Holset turbo 5.0/ 4R70W

Reply #268
Spoken for truth.