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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / 8.8 Diff's and turbo for sale
I have 2 differentials for sale.  Both 31 spline 8.8's.

1. Brand new open box Torsen T2R - $660 Shipped

2. Detroit Locker - installed for 4 days and removed, 5 autox runs and maybe 8 miles total.  Comes with bearings.  Pulled because I didn't like how the car drove with it. = $650 shipped

3. TO4E Turbo. .50 coldside, .48 hotside NOT A STAGE 3.  Also water cooled center section.  I believe its a Garrett and supposedly freshly rebuilt.  Bought it off ebay thinking it was a stage 3 turbine.  Can be run or used for parts.  I know I paid a lot more for this than I'm asking.  $150

Email is preferred contact.  Fordguy545@hotmail.com
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Suspension/Steering / Mustang 11" front rotor interchange?
I'm getting ready to put 87/88 TC front brakes on my Cougar while doing a-arms and struts, but cant seem to find any new rotors easily.  If I can use mustang rotors, what years would I need them to be from.  The Cougar doesn't have ABS so that's not an issue.  Thanks.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / seat belt latch spring?
Is there any way to fix my seatbelt latch, or is it just one of those find a pass side one in a junkyard and put it on?  Mine holds most of the time if you hold it vertical and then yank it tight, it'll usually stay, but I really need to replace/fix it.
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User Rides / Cobra suspension upgrade - not my car though
This is Gary's car, a guy that came out to the autox races near the end of the season.  He'd never been to one before, and started talking to my dad, who is one of the worker cheif's in our region.  Gary wanted to try going around as a passenger, and dad stuffed him in my car for my last run of the day.  I don't think he really knew what he was getting into when he got in my car.  After the run, I could see that he was visibly shaking:D  He couldn't believe that it was possible to go that fast through a parking lot.
That got him hooked though, and he brought out his cobra kit car to the next couple events, but was having a tough time with it.  He couldn't really push very hard or it would spin almost instantly.  For the last event, my dad and gary switched vehicles.  He drove my dads supercharged BBF ranger pickup, and actually started to go faster with a vehicle with good suspension under it.  Dad on the other hand couldn't get thae car to do anything, and spun it while going very slowly.  Gave him no warning before it went around.
That takes us to where I get to put a new suspension under this car that actually works.  It pretty much had a mustang rear suspension under it but with really short lower control arms that I think bound the rear up so bad that it gave no warning at all.  So the upgrades are going to be a torque arm, panhard bar, coilovers, heim lower control arms, and tubular mustang II front control arms.  Its also getting an 8.8 axle instead of the 7.5 that was in it.







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Body/Appearance/Interior / Cougar wing
I'm working on getting my 86 cougar ready for paint, and I am looking for a wing to put on it.  Those of you that have a wing on your cars, what did it come off of?  I only found 1 wing I thought I could use at the jy last weekend and I couldn't get it off.  I didnt have a drill to drill out the screws.
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Lounge / Made the SCCA pro solo bonus challenge!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24336467
Go to the 10 minute and 20 minute marks on the video.  The bonus challenge is everybody that didn't make the super challenge(for winning their class) throws their name in a hat and has a chance at the 16 spots for a chance to win a free prosolo entry.  I've managed to be 2 for 2 at this since this was my second prosolo.  First time I made it to the finals before I redlit, and this time I was in the final 8 before I redlit.  Got too antsy this time I guess:punchballs:  Seemed to get some recognition out there for the tbirds though I think:D
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Miscellaneous For Sale/Wanted / 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC
Ok, time to get rid of one of my birds. 
1989 Tbird SC
3.8L SC V6
5 speed
69K miles
Located in Oak Harbor, OH

$3500

Mods
Quicksteel'd supercharger silencer ports
8% supercharger pulley - 13-14psi boost
dual2.5" to single 3" to dual 2.5" exhaust with magnaflow lers, no cats
Centerforce dual friction clutch
Ebay cold air intake
B&M ripper shifter

Good
Fresh tune up - napa wires and autolite platinum plugs, fuel filter 2 years ago
New o2 sensors 1.5 years ago
Great interior, only 1 rip, back seat is a little faded at the top
Auto seat belts both work 100% of the time
Low miles
Drives nice and straight and handles great too
Rebuilt front suspension last year
New u joints
new clutch slave cylinder
new clutch line

Bad
Trans sometimes grinds in second, but only when speed shifted
Some rust but only one bad spot thats visible on the outside
Will not come with alpine radio pictured
Factory radio included in box due to bad speaker plug
Also comes with nonworking ford 6 disk cd changer
Bumper cut out for hitch that is no longer on the car
Paint is scuffed and sed on bumpers
Will come with 16" enekie black 11 spoke wheels with 215/55/16 goodyear triple treads
The silver wheels will come with the car but without tires.


Any other questions just ask











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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / Gray sunvisors needed!
I thought the sunroof cars would have the same sunvisor mountings as a non sunroof car so I need a set of raven/gray sunvisors for a non sunroof tbird/cougar if anybody has a set.  Thanks
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Audio & Other Aftermarket Electronics / Speaker suggestions for sq
I have a 300.4 jl audio amp(75w rms x 4) that I am going to put in an 86 cougar.  I am looking for a set of speakers that will take that amp and fit in the factory holes(I can do components if I have to).  I am thinking I can run the 6.5's and 6x8's off the amp and the 3.5's off the head unit amp.  Will that idea work well?  I haven't found a whole lot of speakers that are able to handle that much power, so I may have overbought on the amp:punchballs:  I just wanted it to match my 1000.1
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User Rides / 2012/13 winter race car
Picked this up last saturday. Its an 86 cougar xr7 with a 2.3T and auto trans. Needed a turbo and needed put back together. Runs decent at this point, but it needs a good going through in other places. Interior is kinda lousy(red of course) but I can rob most of the interior out of the bird we got the same day which is faded black. I will probably give it a cheap/quickie paint job. Its got some rust spots that will need addressed, but its not too bad overall, except for the compression fittings I found on brake lines and a leaking compression fitting for the trans cooler lines.