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Engine Tech / bigger turbo swap
That sounds like you're fixing something with duct tape... just saying.  from what has already been done to the car it would seem there is only one real option, to do it and do it right.  I would listen to Tom on this one, and the next one... and the one after that... he's pretty much got this shiznit down to a science.
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Engine Tech / 84 5.0 EEC-III Engine dies at idle randomly, rough idle at times, runs great at speed
Rule of thumb with old fords is to just run motorcraft wires.  Fords get pissy with non motorcraft parts.  Good find though man, it's a pain in the rear to find out that it was something simple after you have been fighting for so long.  Also, a good way to drop those Hydro carbons is to throw a couple of gallons of Methanol in your gas tank.  I have a 93 ranger that did great on CO and CO2 but failed for 374 in Hydrocarbons, after 4 gallons of Methanol to 10 gallons of premium it passed with 62 in the hydrocarbons.  :)
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / This made me so angry!
Quote from: 4bangen;367084
I had an old ranger shell, sitting in my driveway, a local yard had an 88 lx auto mustang 2.3l coupe.  I asked if they where going to crush it, they said yes.  I asked if they wanted to crush the ranger instead?
Thats the story on how I got my 88 mustang lx :)

Nice.  Must not have been a salvage car.  We have a lot of issues in TN with salvage cars.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / Upper and lower intake.
I don't care either way.  If it's already ported/gutted and polished then I'll obviously pay more for it, I don't know what aftermarket is out there.  I need it to bolt to stock TB.  I'm going to be putting a larger TB on it later but I'll use the larger TB from Forced4 that comes with the adapter but the sensor brackets for the stock TPS and IAC.
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Lounge / differneces....87-88 T-Bird
Quote from: vinnietbird;367189
Yeah 2.3 !!!!    Go turbo !!!!!!

5.0's  SUUUUUCK like a Hoover !!!!!!

By the way, I am doing the 5.0 to 2.3 swap early next year. I'll be looking for all harnesses and misc. bits for the swap. I have seen the 2.3 light. The clouds have parted....the sun is shining, and the angels are singing.... it is TIME to relieve the Sport of that sinful BURDEN under the hood known as the dreaded and EVIL Five Point Oh. That waste of cast iron and aluminum. That horrible dark stain on the white carpet of the heavenly floors of 2.3 turbo heaven. Let's all have an AMEN !!!!!.......AMEN !!!!! The weight I have had to carry all these years has been lifted from my shoulders. I can now move freely and without fear through the valley of the Turbo 4. I have sen the Headlights. They are bright and clear. They are showing me the way to 4 cylinder salvation. AMEN !!!!

 
Also, don't do a 2.3 swap, Turbo Coupes are cheap enough to just buy one.  It will probably cost you less than the swap.  Don't swap to something that already exists stock.  Also, I would drop a 351 in that, perhaps a 400 BB or a 427/8/9.  :)  Go big or go home!
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Lounge / differneces....87-88 T-Bird
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;367197
With a good set of ear plugs, you can almost drown out the tractor like chug, chug of a 4Cyl with performance cam and exhaust system...

 
If you're the standard run of the mill Joe that goes with a magnaflow or Flowmaster, then yes, it sounds like a tractor.  People with 2.3 4L thinks they're stepping outside the box enough, what they don't realize is there is NO SUCH THING AS ENOUGH!  Piss on that box!  Blow it up with Dynamite!  Get away from that box and you can have a new creature that's not the norm!  Vinnie, I love your car.  I have read up on your Sport and I have to say, the love and care you put in to that car speaks more of you and your car than any cookie cutter faster "out of the box" car ever could.  Take pride in your ride and know that it kicks ass with style!.
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Lounge / differneces....87-88 T-Bird
Considering that they don't boost, they vacuum, your "Suck like a hoover" comment is accurate.  :P
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Lounge / differneces....87-88 T-Bird
No one that posted here is a moron.  Head strong, disagreeable, crotchety, cantankerous, set in the their ways, moody... sure, those are all accurate descriptions of every one on every forum in one thread or another.  It just depends on how fervently one believes in the contrary of another, but moron, no no my friend, I assure you the debate had in this thread was not between morons, ignorant or stupid people.  Simply people with opposite views who are passionate about what they do.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Temptation to do a swap
Flat tappets are metal on metal grinding.  They sling little shreds of metal in your engine.  If that's your thing, have at it.  For a DD I wouldn't have them.  They don't suck, they just have a use they're better for and they have a use they're not.  That's just my opinion.
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Drivetrain Tech / Transmission Slipping- Help
I don't do Auto's, that's why my suggestion is to take it to a shop, lol. I do remember hearing about that little bushing wearing out, but I don't know about them from personal experience.  :)
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Electrical Tech / LED hood light project completed
Quote from: sarjxxx;366993
I thought mine was pretty unique...:(

Well good luck with your project too, I hope I was of some help:)

 
Yours are unique in the fact that they're the first ones I have seen.  The pattern you put them in is unique.  Mine will be a custom soldered design.  The idea is a Thunderbird logo.