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Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #435 –
That sucks Steve. At least you know when you get tires for it it's not going to have to sit there. You can drive it now since you got it legal. And it didn't do any damage. When I first started reading this I thought you were going to say it came apart and beat up your fender or quarter. I'm glad that wasn't the case.

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #436 –
Quote from: 1Bad88tbird;380525
That sucks Steve. At least you know when you get tires for it it's not going to have to sit there. You can drive it now since you got it legal. And it didn't do any damage. When I first started reading this I thought you were going to say it came apart and beat up your fender or quarter. I'm glad that wasn't the case.

I thought it was going to at the time but I was going very slow because I knew it was about to pop so I think that helped it from flying apart.

And actually I won't be getting new tires for it. I can't afford a $400 set of new tires right now, so a $20 used is gonna have to do till I put a whole set on the new wheels.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #437 –
Nothing wrong with that. Whatever it takes to keep you going.

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #438 –
So not much going on lately... I have had to change my timing gasket out since the very ride that I took to test my new tire out the freakin thing blew on me. I don't know what the heck the deal is with all my gaskets failing on me. Every gasket on the motor was replaced brand new when I did the engine swap two years ago. I also got some new rear brakes yesterday but um, yeah not much going on...

Did take a trip down to hang with Runnin_Wild this weekend though...:)



oh and here's some pointless random pics of the car just cause I liked them :cool:




--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #439 –
Man, that machine is lookin' pretty clean!
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #440 –
Quote from: sarjxxx;382103

ha! nice try! i see you're trying to hide the miguires under the car! lol
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3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #441 –
Had a good time! It'll be more fun when I can actually dump a little more money into it.. :)
-'88 Tbird 3.8
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Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #442 –
Woohoo My personalized plate finally came in today:D ...as if I didn't have enough cougar heads on this thing already:giggle:



And last night I said what the hell and decided to put the buttstuffog cluster that I've had for like 2 years into the car. I got everything repinned tonight and installed the thing...





I'm kinda wishing I hadn't done it though, since my gas and temp guages are apparently not functioning. Also I attempted the tach mod to get it to work properly for my v6 and that did not work out either, as you can see I'm still running my aftermarket tach because of that.... The speedo seems to be correct though, although I had nothing to properly guage it by, it seemed correct when I went for a test drive. Also I ordered new senders for my oil and temp hopefully the new temp sender will get the guage working since it is a different number from my stock one. As far as the oil sender though, I'm wondering if I actually needed it... Does that look like the correct oil pressure at idle normally? At first when I turn it on it goes up to near the top but still in the NORM range and then slowly drops back down to about center there.

Oh yes, and one more thing... A quick PSA brought to you by me... When replacing brake shoes, always be sure to TIGHTEN THE GD LUGNUTS ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN otherwise you will be pulling of the road in a hurry, hearing all sorts of weird ans scary noises and thinking your 7.5" is about to grenade on you:dunce:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #443 –
that's funny.. i had the same tach in my cougar LOL
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R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #444 –
If you had a electronic cluster before, the gas level sender in the tank is different also.
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Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #445 –
no I only had a base cluster I'm good:)
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #446 –
Ok so I got a new sender for my temp and oil, threw the temp sender on and now it works, but its showing a lot higher than I like.... My old cluster/sender was showing me just to the start of the norm mark, just past C. This one is showing about 3/4 the way up once fully warmed up... is the new one just more sensitive, or was my old one bad? Idk.. btw the new sender has a red ring at the top, not a white one like my orignal, or a black one like some of the replacements I've seen.

I also got some TC swaybars today, got the front all painted up. Had to order the main bushings for the front since no one carries 1 5/16 bushings in poly....:(
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #447 –
My temp sensor did that. I took it back and exchanged it. The second one was good. I got one for a '90 Mustang GT.
'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..

Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #448 –
I never trusted them... I have real gauges in my car for that stuff along with the stock sensors
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Project Black Panther: 1988 3.8L Cougar LS

Reply #449 –
I'm about to as well. Going to install new gauges for water, temp and amps. Gotta figure out where I want them. Not sure yet. It'll take me two months to figure that out.
'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..