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Lounge / A U.S. Marine as of 11-02-12 (family day photos) with more to be added

October 21, 2011, 02:08:55 PM

Nice to see some pride in the USA. Good luck to him in Beaufort. Hot time of the year to go!

General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Keep the turbo motor in my new TC?

October 11, 2011, 01:12:45 AM

I was considering it for a winter project. But i think it would be best to get this setup working well and go from there. maybe consider it down the road. Like i said this car isn't going any where I have time.

I would definitely want a carbureted car. I hate overly complicate things. All my race bikes have carbs.

Body/Appearance/Interior / Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

October 11, 2011, 01:05:35 AM

Wow, well that was 3.5 hrs of my life well spent.

Read a lot, skimmed a lot, but i saw every pic and every page of the thread.. Now that im caught up i cant wait to see it finish. What a project.

General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Keep the turbo motor in my new TC?

October 11, 2011, 12:16:25 AM

Yup, i wont be doing that then.

I have all the original parts, including head, cam, vam, and intakes, the ones that are on there are 87/88 but i hope to get it running using the preformance stuff that is on there. I have a ford motorsport intercooler in the trunk. Not going to even consider installing it until i have the car running 100 percent.

LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / '86 V-6 T-Bird for $ 5,800 ??? ....less than 13,000 miles....looks nice, but.....

October 10, 2011, 10:23:44 PM

I have spent the last month t-bird shopping. I almost settled on this bird T-Bird Link Before i bought mine but i couldn't get past the read interior.

IMO $5800 is more than i would pay for a 3.8 considering what you can get in that price range.

General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Keep the turbo motor in my new TC?

October 10, 2011, 10:19:09 PM

Long story short my dad had a 84 black bird when i was growing up black on black loaded 5.0 with the sport package. He bought it new and i always loved the car, had it till i was about 14 (1996) we bonded over it for years.

He passed on the 11th of September and left me a little money, I took all the money and bought the cleanest bird i could find. It is an 86 TC.

The body and interior are MINT, no rust, leather, nice options clean, clean, clean. BUT it runs a bit rough, I has a ported head, big valves, ported manifold, and intakes, 3" exhaust and the more i drive into it the more I'm beginning to think i should have gone with a 5.0 (but i really wanted the 5 speed).

How much work is the swap? will i kill the value of the car (not a huge deal because i will never sell it)? What are the 5.0 motors going for? The guys on the TC forum are great and give some great advice i would hate to lose that resource, but I think the 5.0 will eventually out preform the 2.3 and be more up my ally if its an affordable swap.

Here is my car. :)

is the 5.7 a common swap?