1985 Turbo Coupe. Bird is the word.

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Reply #15 – April 17, 2019, 08:51:00 PM

Quote from: Outsidedog – on April 17, 2019, 03:15:43 PM

Very nice car, what part of Arizona are you in?

Thanks! Im in Mesa. Are you in AZ?

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Reply #16 – April 18, 2019, 09:05:56 AM

Yes I am! I'm out in the west valley near surprise about a half hour away, I drive out your way often to go to wildhorse to race I'll actually be there this weekend.

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Reply #17 – July 06, 2019, 12:06:05 AM

The car is back on the ground! And of course the battery is completely flat

So new steering rack, tierods, bmr suspension control arms with bushings and ball joints, h&r lowering springs not running them on the rear because I've heard the birds like to sag in the rear... however I should put them on to see how bad it really is and if needed I'll get the adjustable rlca.

Gonna drive it around and hopefully get to serpentine belt swapping it so I can have AC.

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Reply #18 – July 06, 2019, 04:54:07 AM

I have an 88, so my results will be a bit different, but I'm using Maximum Motorsports control arms in the rear. Even with height adjusters all the way down, they will raise the car an inch or so. When I first put the BMR rear springs on, I had the adjusters all the way down and the rear was slammed. Tires tucking. It took a good bit of adjusting to get the height where I wanted it.

How do you like the BMR control arms so far? I already have Granatelli garbage on mine, but when it's time to go with a tall ball joint, I was looking to go with BMR's adjustables with the tall ball joint. I have some BMR products on my Trans Am, but I get paranoid about the control arms.

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Reply #19 – July 11, 2019, 04:08:46 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci – on July 06, 2019, 04:54:07 AM

I have an 88, so my results will be a bit different, but I'm using Maximum Motorsports control arms in the rear. Even with height adjusters all the way down, they will raise the car an inch or so. When I first put the BMR rear springs on, I had the adjusters all the way down and the rear was slammed. Tires tucking. It took a good bit of adjusting to get the height where I wanted it.

How do you like the BMR control arms so far? I already have Granatelli garbage on mine, but when it's time to go with a tall ball joint, I was looking to go with BMR's adjustables with the tall ball joint. I have some BMR products on my Trans Am, but I get paranoid about the control arms.

I don't have a complete opinion on the arms yet, I am going to get the car aligned and put some miles on it and go from there!
I did end up putting the rear springs on the car and it doesn't sit too low in the rear, Looks decent!

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Reply #20 – July 13, 2019, 05:31:46 AM

I did run into my springs settling. I set my car up to be 26" all the way around when I pulled it off of jack stands. I drove it around my neighborhood, which was maybe the distance of a city block, and the rear was down to about 25.5" and the front was down to about 25". The shop that aligned it raised the front up to 25.5" and it's been holding pretty steady.

I do like how it looks so far.

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Reply #21 – October 21, 2019, 08:48:09 PM

Maybe it's because the front end is fresh on the car...but god is the steering light now...plus the lightened front end probably helps a bit.

I FINALLY replaced the wastegate actuator on my car so NOW I have boost control again! OF course I take the mofookie to breakfast this morning and the starter quit working. I just popped the clutch and off I went! Going to upgrade to a gear reduction now.

I managed to get my hands on an 8.8 TC rear end so that will be going into the car once I swap gears and 5 lug it. During the time I 5 lug it, ill be swapping to cobra brakes I believe. If money looks good im hoping to finish that up before the summer comes back.

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Reply #22 – October 22, 2019, 10:14:02 AM

What gears are you switching it to? TC have 3.55 or 3.73 already.....

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Reply #23 – October 25, 2019, 06:41:52 AM

Quote from: mcb82gt – on October 22, 2019, 10:14:02 AM

What gears are you switching it to? TC have 3.55 or 3.73 already.....

So currently this has the 3.73s in it as it was pulled from an auto. I might want to go taller to like a 3.27 and let the turbo do the work.

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Reply #24 – October 25, 2019, 10:39:54 AM

Quote from: Kristwitch – on October 25, 2019, 06:41:52 AM

Quote from: mcb82gt – on October 22, 2019, 10:14:02 AM
What gears are you switching it to? TC have 3.55 or 3.73 already.....
So currently this has the 3.73s in it as it was pulled from an auto. I might want to go taller to like a 3.27 and let the turbo do the work.

I have 3.73 in mine also. I have a set of 3.27 I want to swap to also. But mines a 5.0, just a cruiser and want a lil mpg back