Got another cougar. pics inside. June 27, 2014, 10:52:49 PM Say hello to my new race / drag car. The TC will be getting engine/trans swapped and retired to daily driver duty seeing as the body on it is a lot rougher.... I got this from a friend who bought it with the engine half assembled from someone else I knew that bough tit from original owner in Niagara Falls Canada... was going to do it up then gave up on it with the upper intake and turbo pipe and valve cover all off...The current guy got it.... and then went put it all back together, built a custom 3" ex with divorced w/g, and it turns out someone at some point 1st guy] got a lot of water in the motor.. possibly degreasing engine bay as I recall he did... with stuff took off or from it sitting w.o a upper intake or piping on the turbo or a valve cover at friend #1s house....... . cause when it fired up for current guy, it burned oil like a sumbitch.. pulled the heads and the cyls have rust stains... and each chamber is soaked in oil... At any rate.. it NOW... has CHE rear ctrl arms, ds loop, and a fully rebuilt 8.8 I did, in it w. 373s and a center cap now on the steering wheel... Oh what did I pay? I traded a fully set of ported GT 40 heads for it. [pictured]. So basically the plan is to swap in my 11 sec TC motor and trans all as one, add LA3, VAM/55s/holset, into the Coug..... then use my spare short block., the cougar head with a quick port job, and cougar intakes, clutch, t5 etc etc, ported E6, stock T3 it comes with and a volvo i'c / rad combo I have here... and the bird with the 8.8 3/73s and this stuff should still be a stout 12 sec street car on 35 lbers...... and pump.. lotsa work ahead.. oh it came with the ROHS too. :hick:These pics were taken a year and a half ago when owner 1 bought it.. http://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20020.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20016.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20015.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20014.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20012.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20010.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20008.jpghttp://ohreally.mnsi.net/coug%20002.jpgThe pic with the ROHs is very recent... Oh.. how many of these were produced for 84 anyways???? Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #2 – June 28, 2014, 09:51:27 AM XR-71983: no-XR-7 model1984: 6,171 1985: 7,860 1986: 6,504Total Cougar production1983: 75,7431984: 131,190 1985: 117,274 1986: 135,904 Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #3 – June 28, 2014, 12:50:27 PM I like it. That interior looks really nice. Great color combo too. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #4 – June 28, 2014, 10:25:31 PM Nice car. Congrats on the great addition to your line up. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #5 – June 29, 2014, 12:36:02 AM Thanks guys. So that figure above was that all turbo XR7s? The 6171 figure? I was told like only a few hundred were turbo coupes and I am trying to find out or sure. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #6 – June 29, 2014, 01:26:40 AM Looks like an 84?6184 Or something like that for xr7's.http://www.coolcats.net/fox/1984.html Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #7 – June 29, 2014, 08:02:47 AM Quote from: Schlodes;435275Thanks guys. So that figure above was that all turbo XR7s? The 6171 figure? I was told like only a few hundred were turbo coupes and I am trying to find out or sure.6,171 was the total XR-7 figure for 1984. Keep in mind thats less than 5% of total Cougar production. The rarest, but not necessarily most desirable cars are the Automatic transmission XR-7's. Marti Auto works is now offering stats on these cars, they might be able to figure out the percentages. (For a fee of course) Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #8 – June 29, 2014, 02:35:44 PM '84 XR-7s were all turbo cars. I liked my '84. Then again, I prefer the 83-84 cars over the 85-86 variety (and both over the 87-88).Good looking car. Not a huge fan of the ROHs, personally. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #9 – June 29, 2014, 03:28:30 PM Thanks guys.Chuck i'm mixed on them... It's going to mostly spend its time on polished 10 holes with 26x10 ET Drags out back and polished TC spares/skinnies up front at the track anyway. I may sell the ROHs to generate some cash.. we'll see. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #10 – June 30, 2014, 08:38:21 PM It will be cool to see someone else race XR7....with 2.3T....even though I retired mine...LOLTravis Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #11 – July 01, 2014, 12:54:44 AM Travis, I'll rep the Cougars best I can. Its getting the svo's old driveline, will weigh what the svo did, but will have a whole bunch more turbo.... should be interesting. Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #12 – July 01, 2014, 11:49:15 AM You know what is funny....I still remember when you had Turbo Buicks.....LOLhttp://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?32790-1986-XR7-351-turbo-swapThis has been my project for that last 3 years....should have left the 2.3T in it.....there is no room in the engine bay now....Travis Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #13 – July 01, 2014, 09:58:23 PM Clean car. I'm sure you'll represent the cougars well. Your SVO and Cougar (87?) would haul! Almost made me toss out my 5.0 Quote Selected
Got another cougar. pics inside. Reply #14 – August 31, 2014, 06:04:58 AM Well, i'm done the head for it.. turns out the head when I tore it down had the orig valve seals and three were cracked completely in half! And, the head gasket, one of the fire rings was tweaked so I think the shortblock is fine.......Here are some pics of he head..... threw a quick port job on it..lol.. funy thing is its nicer than the port job on the head on the t Bird which was done in 2006.. amazing what a little experience give you lol.https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10258506_10152708971422164_1151740057961719241_o.jpghttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10562495_10152708971707164_3336301817472269073_o.jpghttps://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10404048_10152708971552164_3596590458496963556_o.jpghttps://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10634044_10152708971687164_2041834555348218052_o.jpghttps://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/53764_10152708971822164_2804872652044494777_o.jpgJust have to port the inline intakes... mostly the upper needs runner enlargement as the stock inline lowers do almost 200 cfm out of the box... should b a fun street car... Combo for now will be:Stock shortblockported head stock cam & hardware new sealsported intakes, maybe super coupe TB if I find one...Ported E6LB3, Big vam, 35s,.63 T3Volvo FMIC w/ ranger rad and e fan3" exhaust with externally dumped internal w/g [YES.. u read that correct] its a divorced setup...T58.8 wth new clutches, FMS girdle and 3.73s.Plan is to tune to 16-17 psi and shoot for about 275 realistic HP on pump gas and 16 psi. Then I plan to switch the T Bird and Cougar drive lines,,,,, TC will be registered for road with mild combo prvin cougar and Cougar will have the 11 sec setup. Quote Selected
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