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Tbird racing against trucks?

OK, who was at the track racing against a beat-up farm truck? The first race in the video below;

http://www.powernationtv.com/post/the-farm-truck-the-ultimate-sleeper-truck
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #1 –
Farm truck!

Chevy fan or not, that ole sumbitch has the moves lol.
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'06 Explorer EB 4.6

Tbird racing against trucks?

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last race didnt go well for the bird
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Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #3 –
Wonder whats under that hood, Ive never heard anyone speak about that???
Mike

Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #4 –
And that Thunderbird is tue-tone as well.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: mcb82gt;445945
Wonder whats under that hood, Ive never heard anyone speak about that???

The truck?
Some sort of BBC...it's hella fast...put the hurt on many vehicles that are truly fast.
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6

Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #6 –
It had a 540 but I think he upgraded to a 572 or something...
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Tbird racing against trucks?

Reply #7 –
Farm truck's engine was dyno'd at just over 1000 hp and is setup with 2 stages of nitrous 300 each. that thing is a beast indeed!


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