The ride quality on my near stock suspension 87 T-Bird Sport has turned so harsh it's like riding in a old wagon. The changes from stock are a complete rear set of the Energy Suspension bushings, Moog #8599 springs and KYB Excel-G struts and Gas-A-Just shocks all of which are several years old now. The cornering ability of the car is great. Can take X-way cloverleaf exit ramps at 55 mph but any dip or bump in the road is back/butt jarring. I don't remember the ride quality being so harsh when the car was new. When polyurethane bushings get old do they start seizing up or could something else be going wrong with the suspension?
I'd like to know if there is a way to repair the pitted surface of the black quarter window glass trim? The sun and weather has so kindly destroyed the trim around both quarter glasses on my 87 Sport. My T-Bird would look like new if it wasn't for the pitted black trim.
What exactly do you mean by "loosing traction"? A non-functioning Traction-Lok should work just like an open differential.
On any pavement surface I can here the left tire start to spin mid-way thru a left turn for a few seconds. Then as I straighten the car out in to the roadway lanes the tire traction returns. Something else I remember, the left tire will also spin for a few seconds at the start of a hard straight line launch. This is the totally stock V8 engine and rear end.
There is a problem with the left rear tire loosing traction when making a left turn with my 87 T-Bird. The tires 215/70/14 are new and the car has the trac-lok differential. There is no traction loss when making right turns. Where should I start looking to correct this problem?
I'm getting spoiled driving these new cars that have Backup Cameras GPS and better radios. I'd like to add these to my 87 T-Bird but all I'm finding is separate electronic devices. Each with there own screen. It would be really nice to find an aftermarket device that has everything built-in. If any one has installed something like this or at least a Backup Camera system would you kindly show photos of your install and the equipment you chose. Thanks.
The EATC in my 87 T-Bird Sport will not hold the temperature setting. I'll set it for any temperature other than 75 deg and when I turn the key off and then back on the temperature returns to the default 75 deg. The local Ford dealer service department was not thrilled about troubleshooting the problem. Does any one know where I could send the EATC for repairs?
I'm an original owner of a 87 Thunderbird Sport 5.0L. I've never been happy with how my car handled in any weather condition be it dry, rain or snow no mater the brand of tires that were on the car. To me the car is just to lite ( NASCAR Loose ) in the rear end. I've had the car spin out pulling out a parking lot on to a street. In the rain there is absolutely no traction from a stoplight. Then forget about driving the car in 4 or more inches of snow. The time has come to get new tires for the car after one blew out on the x-way at 60 MPH. My tire research has turned up that there is very limited 215/70/14 tires now days. So I was considering doing a plus size tire and wheel change and I don't have to change the speedo gear in the trans so I want to stay with the factory tire diameter which is 25.9 inches. This makes possible tire sizes of 225/50/17, 255/45/17, 245/45/18, 255/40/18 according to . I know the 225/50/17 will fit with no problem but not sure about the others.
My questions are, what All-Season brand tire has the best traction. What is the largest wheel/tire combination ( want to have the same size front to back ) that will clear all of the suspension and fenders. Also need to know the wheel offset.
