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19's to 24's......

Reply #15 –
I use the A9P as well.

What do you mean you don't use the clutch?
'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 #16 –
You actually use yours all the time?
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Reply #17 –
Um.....yes I do...And I have the wicked powerful left leg muscles to prove it.
'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 #18 –
I drive it like a truck,when the rpms are right it shifts right to the next gear. I just use the clutch to pull out and stop.
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 #19 –
Thats how I drive sticks too.
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Reply #20 –
I'd better stick to what I know.I've got so much more to do I can't afford to break anything.At the rate I'm going,I'm never going to get done.Today,motor mounts if the weather holds up.I'll surf around Ebay and the Corral and look for Mass Air meters.The one I wanted was sold......another guy had the money first.That's the way it should be.Money talks.
'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 #21 –
I was reading that clutch thing and then I read it again and again and then what do you mean you don´t use your clutch all the time you change gear and so. Is this some joke or what.. anyway as much as I have learned about transmissions then I always use clutch.
I still don´t really get it --> don´t use clutch all the time. Ok maybe I´m weird.
But you vinnie have done good job and good luck for searching Mass Air meter. I want to work on my block already.
 

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Reply #22 –
If your driving, and know where your vehicle shift rmp's are, you can usually shift it without using the clutch. I drove that way all the time. only really used the clutch when I needed, or braking. it become habit knowing where to shift it after a while.
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #23 –
It nice when your clutch cable breaks. Start the car in first gear and just pop it into the next one. It takes alot of getting used to.
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1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
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Reply #24 –
As I said,I'd better stick with what I know.So far the cable is working fine after 18 months.
'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 #25 –
Shifting without the clutch is easy, just takes a bit of practice... I taught my younger daughter how to do when she had her '87 2.3 5 speed Stang, she usually used the clutch for 2nd and maybe 3rd, but could shift into 4th and 5th without a problem...

It's good to know how if the clutch cable or linkage breaks... I drove a old E-100 van back to the shop in Va Beach from Portsmouth without any clutch not once, but twice... Had to come through the down town tunnel and pay the toll, slapped it into neutral and stopped at the toll booth, shut it off, pulled it back in 1st(three on tree) and started it in gear, away I went...

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Reply #26 –
To answer the original question yes 24s with an aftermarket MAF and an A9P should be fine. That's what I'm going to do this year when the T-bird wakes up from its winter nap.

BTW what 24s are you going to use? The ones from a Mark VIII/Continental with a 4.6 32V?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.