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Body/Appearance/Interior / Fog lamps for 87-88 non-T/C Thunderbirds
Last post by Quietleaf -
I just wanted to throw this out there. If you have an 87-88 non-Turbo Coupe like mine, there is a set of fog lamps you can get that look stock and give a good beam pattern. They're OEM 1993 Chevy Camaro fog lamps. The fit is snug, but they do fit, and they look better on the T-Bird than they do on the Camaro. They look like they were made for the car.
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
Last post by Mikey97D -
Quote from: Chuck W – on
Oops!

Getting a little too spicy?
I guess so! 
I really didn't think I was being that rough on  it at all.
Little first gear burnout to get some heat in the tires.  There wasn't much traction to be had so I didn't launch at a high RPM in first.  The real kick in the pants was I couldn't get under 15 seconds in the quarter.  15.39 @ 92.87 mph
I bet my pick up truck is quicker.
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -
I think the main problem with the fitment of the Y-pipe is that when it was originally done, all of the mounts, especially the transmission mount, were toasted. Now things are raised back up, and so is the Y-pipe.
Just gotta get back under there and sort that out now.
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -
Well, I had some time to work this weekend, but not much picture-worthy stuff.

Yesterday I spent some time under the hood, to limit my getting up and down from under the car. I got the sensor wiring and such where it needed to be. Had to extend a couple leads, as a couple things were in different locations from with the CFI set-up.
I also got the battery tray moved from the PS to the DS of the engine bay, as the air box needs to live in the old battery location.

I test fit the throttle body with the stock adapter, and it does look like I'm going to need a plenum spacer for the throttle cable bracket to clear the valve cover.

Today was wrestle under the car day.
Got the shift cable connected and was looking at the TV cable and realized that I don't have the correct lever arm on the trans for the cable, so I need to hunt one of those down.
Next was reworking the old Y-pipe to fit the new factory headers. That turned into a fight, and I still need to make another adjustment. Just ran out of time today.

The only thing worth a picture is the intake plate I printed up. I got it in paint this weekend, so that'll be ready when it's time to put it on.
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Engine Tech / Re: 2.3 Turbo Front Main Seal
Last post by Chuck W -
It's hard to say for sure what year w/o having it in front of me.

It's got the earlier AL valve cover and the square intake and a d T3. I see brown-top injectors, so it *might* be an 86 TC or XR4Ti motor. But people swap those things around at will, so it's hard to be sure. That PS pump is not found on the 2.3Ts.

Regardless of any of that, all of the Lima 2.3's, NA or Turbo with the single-plug heads, use the same front main.