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birdman7 87 sport

Reply #15
Quote from: birdman7;302084
it is a 5.0. its not the h.o. still debating about it because i really got the car for the ride. figure id use it for cruising out on the highway. ive still got my stealth r/t for my toy.


Like they said, the tech section on cool cats tells you what you can do...

you can make that bird quite a sleeper, maybe even faster than your stealth (depending on which model).
-'88 Tbird 3.8
-2012 Altima 2.5 BASE. 
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Future: Budget 5.0 300 HP.

birdman7 87 sport

Reply #16
The H.O conversion is super easy,and when I first did mine with the last engine,I got excellent gas mileage,and drivability was awesome.Just more power.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

birdman7 87 sport

Reply #17
thanks for the info guys. this 5.0 thats in it only has 70,000 miles on it. so ill probably drive it for a while. this will give me time to track down a h.o. the search is on!

birdman7 87 sport

Reply #18
You CAN convert your 5.0 over to being a H.O. without too much work.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

birdman7 87 sport

Reply #19
whats it detail, man?

 

birdman7 87 sport

Reply #20
I don't think it can really be summed up any better then this, and I don't know how I could spell it out any better then to just go to this link. The internet is your friend.

http://www.coolcats.net/tech/advanced/ho_conversion.html

Not every little thing to do is included here, but it is a very good writeup with alot of time and money spent into getting it right. If you get the parts and go through all the steps, but have any questions along the way, let us know.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com