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new to this forum wanted to say hi

Just wanted to say hello to every one
This 85 thunderbird is my first and only car so far and i fell in love with her the day i drove the car out of my friends driveway i payed 300$ for the car then spun her out hit the sidewalk bent the sht out of the driver side rims and bent a axleshaft ended up paying way more to fix that then i spent on the car :D
I ended up getting some nice stock mustang mags for it that look pretty good
I have ben wanting to go to a carb set up for a while if anyone out there has done it befor some advice would be awsome she has the cfi system in now
idk why im posting just wanted to talk to someone who has had the chance to drive a car this awsome
MY dad used to be a diehard ford guy he had a 65 cyclone that had a supercharged 347 stroker in it with i think a 3 speed top loader 9in rear with 411 gears
im really starting to love the older fords

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Welcome to the forum. Glad to have you here. Before anybody else says it, I will....gotta post a pic or two of the Bird. Enjoy this place.
'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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Welcome, I agree with Vinnie, We would all love to see pics

Go Fast the first time.  The tickets the same.
86 Thunderbird 5.0.  All original good weather driver. Tbird Reg #53035
86 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather driver.  Tbird Reg # 58555
87 Thunderbird TC.  All original good weather daily driver.  Tbird Reg # 64647

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We all love pictures here. It's like "Hey guys, I got a new ler clamp"....yeah, we wanna see it. "Hey guys, check it out !!! My tires are down to half tread".....sure, toss up a pic. LOL.
'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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Yep, pics, it's an addiction we all seem to have here :-P !!
Welcome to the board :-D


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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Welcome
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***** 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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Welcome...........ya we need some pics!!!!
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
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1983 base model,1969 302 (originally a v6),upraded c5,currently 30,441 original miles.

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1984 Cougar XR-7 was my first car. I've had several more cougars and thunderbirds since. Once it's in your blood... Well, just ask any other member, heh. It's not just me.

Stick around, you'll learn everything there is to know about our cars without all of the BS that car forums usually have.
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

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Welcome!!!  Yes we love pics, post them up!!!

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not a good pic but its the only one i could find right now
the car sat for 10 years befor i got it so theres rust all over the doors
i have done alot to it so far i had the trans out and pulled the hole top end off a while back
i have had issues with the tv rod for the aod but i got all that figured out

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One step at a time, one piece at a time. It'll get there. Mine started out as a $200 salvage yard car.
'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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Yea i got this car from a firends friend that had it sitting in his yardfor 10+ years it only had 35k miles on it when i got her i replaced every gasket seal and all the brakes
I have since added 170k miles to her i love this car its still mostly stock besides exhaust and i put a true double roller chain in her
these emotes are awsome :burnout: :punchballs: :rollin:

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how hard is it to go from cfi to mpfi can i reallyuse the tp end out of a 5l explorer?
i have ben told by a friend they have adapter sets for my harness to go from 2 injectores to the 8 in the mpfi system will by cpu be ok with adding the 6 more injectore to the system?
Will the fuel pump thats in it be ok to run with the mpfi since it has the cfi

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you really wait to use an entire harness from a 87-93 mustang, or ideally, a 86-88 tbird/cougar. coolcats.net has a very basic writeup to let you get a better idea what you need, and what your getting yourself into.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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would love to find a parts car found a few people out here selling a setup for mpfi but they all seem to be chuwed up and way to expensive