1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #105 – February 27, 2013, 02:33:04 AM Cheers mate! I have some evil plans for it too. Whats holding me back the most is the tech inspection in Sweden. They don't like anything when it comes to performance. In the law you aren't even allowed to change airfilter to anything other than stock and they can start bitch about it. So we'll see what happens when I roll in with a supercharger on it... Maybe nicely place a bottle of whisky in the passenger seat for bribe Plans are that next winter I'll be putting a Freddy Brown AOD (his strongest, 1200hp rated) in the car and also building fuel system and then raising the boost.And after that I will probably start building on a new motor with dart block. There's two options, 347 with the D1 or a 427w with an F1. I know for a fact that the 427w with F1 will be a bitch to pass inspection with every year so we'll see what I'll build. Time will tell, who knows maybe I'll go a stroked 460 with twin turbo :D I'll never make up my mind no matter what I do anyhow Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #106 – February 27, 2013, 06:03:52 AM Put some supercharged embelems off of a 90 super coupe on it they won't be able to the difference XD. Car is coming together very well bud, keep her going! I kindof wish the mustang I have was in better shape, I have a 460 that I built for my old truck sitting in the garage collecting dust lol Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #107 – February 27, 2013, 06:43:11 AM I would have never thought there would be so many Ford's over there! Looks like you guys are importing them at a fairly rapid rate. That's great! Someone has to save them, for the most part people here only want New Cars, or turn-key Classics which have already been restored by a resto shop. Not many normal people here are actually pulling them out of the weeds and bringing them back to life again. It's great to see an entire country with such a passion for old cars!In Flames is one of the best bands ever btw... Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #108 – February 27, 2013, 06:43:53 AM Haha an emblem wouldn't change the papers on my car Papers says I still have those 165hp or what ever these cars have when stock :DThere's lots of people here in Sweden that's restoring old and new cars. It's nice being in a country with a passion like this for american cars :) Although moving to america would be even cooler... ^^Here's an older driveway picture without the Lincolns or my T-bird. The green T-bird belongs to a friend of ours. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #109 – February 27, 2013, 06:51:49 AM Very Nice! You even got a whale Grand Marquis over there! Any Marauders around? Those are rare to see even over here. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #110 – February 27, 2013, 10:21:06 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xyt9gUlrec That is a good theme song when driving the Marquis :D I have not seen any Marauders here unfortinetly. There are a few Impala SS and such but no Marauders what I've seen yet. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #111 – February 27, 2013, 12:05:08 PM is that a 64 or 65 bird? I had a 65 Special landeau in high skool. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #112 – February 27, 2013, 02:04:57 PM It's a 66.I absolutley love the backseat in those. Some people say "this cars backseat is like a couch" well, a 60's T-birds backseat IS a couch! :D Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #113 – March 01, 2013, 04:11:00 PM I have to agree, Tim. My friend has '61 T-bird and it's awsome too! I will try to fint one photo. He uses the door handle (which is actually a long plate from the from to the back) as a mug holder and he goes to sit there and enjoy the atmophere of 60s. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #114 – March 01, 2013, 07:28:31 PM Haha awesome!Just came home from an awesome local gig. Might be music you guys likehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrZrmPxhjyEExtremely good live!Anyways, ordered my Moates Quarterhorse this tuesday. And I picked it up today.I even took the slow shipping but as you can read on the package, they sent it with the express mail :) Not complaining, awesome! Gonna put it in tomorrow. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #116 – March 02, 2013, 06:35:19 AM Quote from: Trinom;410324My friend has '61 T-bird and it's awsome too! I will try to fint one photo. He uses the door handle (which is actually a long plate from the from to the back) as a mug holder and he goes to sit there and enjoy the atmophere of 60s.Here it is :)BTW, what's on your photo? I can't recognise it. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #117 – March 02, 2013, 06:37:54 AM The photos I posted? It's the computer chip for the car. It's a Moates Quarterhorse.Already have on of those in the car but it refused to make contact to the laptop so I bought a new one. Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #118 – March 02, 2013, 07:54:50 AM Quote from: Thunderbird88;410378The photos I posted? It's the computer chip for the car. It's a Moates Quarterhorse.Already have on of those in the car but it refused to make contact to the laptop so I bought a new one. No rotary switch? Quote Selected
1988 Thunderbird from Sweden Reply #119 – March 08, 2013, 08:29:39 PM Got lots of work done in the garage today!Started out with mounting the power steering pressure hose that arrived today from Rockauto. Easier said than done. But finally got it on!The other end mounted on the pump.Next problem was that the fuel rails kept jumping up and almost completely come loose from the injectors.So the intake was pulled off and some changed and adjustments was made and voila! Not a single problem even at 68psi (not going to run that, going for 40psi static).This little rubber mount-thingy for the kickdown on the throttle body caused more trouble than you'd imagine. The original broke last time I took the original intake off, and I decided to keep using it because the only spare we had was this one (which is/was too big). And today the original didn't want to be in the game anymore so I was forced using this one which is too big. After lots of time adjusting it's measurements I got it fitted. Puh!And the big belt went on Looks pretty cool!The tolerance between the belt tensioner for the SC and the OEM fan after some filing. Can you say tight?Fan on and various lubricants filled up.And then I went to bed.Just kidding :D Ofcourse I went for a startup after all this work!Barely fought at all with the startup. Note how fast it started on the second start up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kCLgIJ0nyQ&feature=youtu.beSounds so amazing! And the exhaust notes at 2:25 is yummy! Tomorrow I'm going to set the timing and do some more tuning.Some bonus pics of my fathers work on his Cobra.And the Moates stickers went on our racing-fridge :DBonus pic of the tool box.Anyways, 2:30am, time to get some rest for tomorrow! Quote Selected
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