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Suspension/Steering / Front LCA bushing replacement & LCA differences
I'm sorry I dont Ramos, I sold the car a long time ago and lost track of any pics I had.  There's only so far you can go with backspacing on wide rims before you hit the strut without doing something like I did though. Let me know if u got any questions if u decide to try it out.
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Suspension/Steering / Front LCA bushing replacement & LCA differences
I did the earlier front control arms on my 87 TC using the same SN95 spindles/brakes like the OP is talking about wanting to do. It's been a long time ago,  but from what I remember when doing the install was that yes, quite a bit of positive camber was going to be there if some other changes were not made.

The earlier control arms being shorter does end up pulling wider (like 9" or so) wheels inboard so they dont stick out past the fenders but the problem is the upper strut mount location has not changed, its still same as it was stock. So now you'd have the top of the tire tilted outward relative to the bottom or positive camber which is obviously no good.

 I had Maximum Motorsports Tbird caster/camber plates ready to install but even after install and adjusting the plates for as much negative camber as they'd do, I still had a small amount of positive camber remaining. So I temporarily removed the plates, got out the shop vac and fired up the die grinder with carbide cutter bit installed and elongated the factory adjustment slots and the center hole on top of the strut towers. Got it smoothed, primed and painted the work, then reinstalled the MM plates. Now had as much negative camber as I would ever need for alignment and wheel/tire was sitting entirely inside fenders.

Think my front setup at the time was:
 87 TC with stock Kmember
84 Tbird control arms with Sn95 balljoints and new bushings installed.
Stock TC swaybar with Energy bushings and endlinks
Koni adjustable struts with Max Motorsports Tbird caster/camber plates.
Eibach lowering springs for Sn95
Sn95 brakes/spindles/Cobra master cylinder and booster/ Steeda flex brake hoses
18x9.5 Steeda Ultralites with Nitto 295/35/18 tires all around
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / Who wants this awesome 84 Thunderbird?
I just looked at it again, and Im sure the underside is crusty and the bottom of both doors is missing...But its kinda amazing it doesnt have any more rust under the back window by the trunk then it does.  By this time, most of the ones I happen across have it there bad.
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / Who wants this awesome 84 Thunderbird?
Quote from: MY83T;443546
I will try very hard to reply in a calm and courteous manner here. 
Thanks for reading this to the end.


I can certainly appreciate a calm and measured response, but in reading yours it quickly became obvious by the points you enumerated that you missed the point wholly.

One of the points being that what you took the time to write, cite or quote would be to some,  as bad or worse than what you took exception to originally. I did not judge you.  I judged what was written to be offensive and quite frankly, unneeded. Which it is. Not one thing in your response to me changes that. As a practicing Christian I dont see the need for it and since neither of us can know for certain whether kids, clergy or anyone else might be reading this, its probably a good idea to keep it clean if for nothing else for appearances sake.

Which brings us to the other point, appearances.  In attempting to deflect and back pedal your way out of owning up to your error in judgement by trying to pull rank with age, history on the site, relationship with other poster, and other irrelevant mentions...you went out of your way to make yourself appear to be doubling down on poor judgement and self buttstuffysis of what you wrote. Not how I'd play it, but it is revealing.

ThunderbirdSport302 I appreciate your friendship with MY83T and the understanding you came to after apologizing, but I reference and read more than I comment on this board and simply dont think it helps the board or anyone here to make it offensive for readers to do that. For the same reasons you wouldnt tell MY83T that its a public board he can eitber deal with your remarks or leave..you should understand why I'd rather make it better for everybody.  This goes double for the other poster commenting about drama. Grow up.
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / Who wants this awesome 84 Thunderbird?
(Edited to reflect apology above)...

So let me get this straight.  In order to make your point about taking offense to a religous slight... you then proceed to include not one but two "f"bombs AND a "gd" ??

 Seriously??? 

You might want to consider how easily someone else might put your name in place of Mr. Johnsons in the last sentence you wrote above.

 I smell a teachable moment. Take a refresher read on the definitions of hypocrisy, irony, graciousness,  blasphemy and etiquette and then come back here.    You'll know what to do.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Project 1985 Anniversary Tbird for sale
No time for me to get to this one, car needs some mechanical and bodywork but has good bones and worth saving for sure. PM me for more details if serious potential buyer ONLY please. Car is located near Gainesville, FL and will need to be trailered, I cannot deliver or transport, sorry.  Clean FL title in hand, asking $1000obo and comes with some extra parts. Thanks.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Red seats, other interior 84 Elan
***Pictures on way and will post them here soon as I get them up, please dont clutter thread asking for them*** 

Have complete red velour front and rear seats out of 84 Elan along with rear 1/4 trim with reading lights and full console, possibly some other pieces as I find them. The rear seats have the Thrunderbird emblem sewed into the seat backs. All in very good shape. Cant ship this stuff, sorry.. so pick up only in Jacksonville, Fl.

Seats $200
Rear 1/4 trim $25/ea side
Console $35
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Fuel injection parts
Bbk 70mm throttle body for Fox 5.0, no EGR spacer $Sold
Aeromotive billet fuel rails for 5.0,  $Sold
A9L mass air ECM, perfect working cond $Sold
Engine harness off 1990 Mustang Gt, perfect cond, nothing cut $Sold

Shipping by UPS at buyers expense unless other arrangements made. Pics to follow in next day or two.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / 2.3L turbo and T5 trans, extras for sale.
Have a 88 turbocoupe engine and 5 speed trans for sale, both will come complete, both run great, still in the car to hear run and drive before they are removed. Prefer to sell together but will consider selling seperate when I have a buyer for both. Selling together for $Gone