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Update on my 87 bird

Took some pics of the old rims for CL, so i figured Id post what little Ive done.





Thought I had finished the 5 lug swap, but the front right caliper must be locked up. Its dragging pretty bad, so Im just going to replace it. A Cardone caliper is thirty something bucks, so I think its money well spent.

Bought the rims for $100 from a guy in Pearland, got some 245/45's el cheapos from a ghetto tire shop on 59. I bought an exploder intake, TB, and P heads all used off Corral, but havent put them on. I think I should just do a junkyard rebuild on an Ho shortblock. That way Ill start with forged pistons, and have some valve reliefs. Bought a bassani x pipe that looks new for $125, too.

I bought some Motorsport headers that were pictured to be P compatible, but when they showed up, the guy had used a new pic for some old school headers. Im waiting on a refund.
87 Thunderbird LX
65mm tb, exploder intake, iron gt40 heads, 1.6 rr, a9l mass air swap, 9.5" Billet Dirty Dog TC, Built AOD, 4.10's, 31 spline TLoc, Superior Axles, full sn95 five lug swap.

Update on my 87 bird

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i always loved those rims on a t bird