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Reply #15 –
the 5 speed is anyway...
:america: 1988 Thunderbird Sport, Former 4.6 DOHC T56 conversion project.

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Reply #16 –
it is higher than a 5.0, but we're never going to max out our cars, the suspension, tires, roatating assemblies (driveshaft for one), and other odds and ends make for a scary ride at such high speeds

my 3.8L bird got scary around 95-100mph
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: 3;73 or 4;10

Reply #17 –
Yo word on the street is electric superchargers give you some crazy mad power yo, pair that with some 4.56's an you will be extreme go fast racing yo:rice:  Maybe you should look into that.

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Reply #18 –
i got my stock cougar up to around 130 mph, but that was just insanity. I would recomend that no one ever try that. If I would have just twiched and moved the steering wheel i would have died.
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.
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Reply #19 –
so could i take the computer out of a turbo coupe and put in a 5.0 or a cougars computer to make the car faster

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Reply #20 –
No. A turbo coupe is a four cylinder. A Cougar has the same computer you do. The problem with the 5.0 SO engine is not the computer anyway, it's the breathing. The heads, upper intake, throttle body, and exhaust manifolds are all very restrictive, and the cam is very low-po. The only way you're gonna get any reasonable power out of your engine is to replace all of the above (in other words, do a HO conversion). Once you do the HO conversion you'll need a Mustang computer because your SO computer would not know what to do with all that extra air (plus it would now have the incorrect firing order because the Mustang cam changes it)
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

Re: 3;73 or 4;10

Reply #21 –
Quote from: lowcat
Yo word on the street is electric superchargers give you some crazy mad power yo, pair that with some 4.56's an you will be extreme go fast racing yo:rice:  Maybe you should look into that.


HAHAHA nice, but you forgot one ricerific fact, stickers make horsepower!