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Did some work on the 'bird

Saturday I removed my Monroe Sensatrac shock/struts and replaced them with Mustang Tokico "blue" units, Chuck W shock adapters, and new strut mounts.  I am glad I decided to do this as the old shocks were trashed.  I would not recommend using Monroe sensatrac's on a lowered car, mine would literally get stuck in their travel and had basically no "rebound" to them at all.

I didn't drive my car much due to needing an alignment, but the rearend feels soooo much better now with the Tokico's and my cut down TC springs!

I also removed the Pypes Violator lers and tailpipes and put on some Dynomax Super Turbo's.  I have to get tailpipes made but so far I like the sound.  Its a LOT quieter than the Pypes lers on the road but does have a nice tone.  My wife should be happy.  It also looks really clean without tailpipes...makes me want to run dumps.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #1 –
Quote from: 50tbrd88;396760
...makes me want to run dumps.

 
Do it!

I also have the tokico blues, I need to get some sn95 GT springs though.
Mike

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #2 –
If you run dumps, would it be before the rear-end or just after?? IMHO if you were to run them just after the axle with a slight turn outward (nothing poking out) that might look alright without the gases being to close to the passenger cabin. I've thought about doing that on my car, but my exhaust runs different because of the IRS.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #3 –
1BadBird, I understand that the IRS from a Cobra will almost bolt right up, but I have also read that the IRS from a Mark VIII will work too.  How difficult is the swap and do you have more detailed pictures and instructions that those in your build thread?

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #4 –
Not to hi-jack 50tbrd88's thread, but No, no other pics than what's in my build thread. The MKVIII set-up is different, more like the MN-12s. Although there's a car that was for sale a while ago that the guy had put the MKVIII set-up in his fox bird. My install was pretty straight forward but with the little tpuppies/reinforcement of the P/S front tank mount, and drilling some new holes for the rear brackets.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #5 –
Quote from: 1BadBird;396762
If you run dumps, would it be before the rear-end or just after?? IMHO if you were to run them just after the axle with a slight turn outward (nothing poking out) that might look alright without the gases being to close to the passenger cabin. I've thought about doing that on my car, but my exhaust runs different because of the IRS.

 
That's funny, my uncle and I were looking at the car yesterday and I had the same thought.  Its hard to say how it will look without actually doing it, but if they were to poke out right behind the rear tires it might be kinda cool.  I don't want to do true dumps, its too loud at low speeds.  On the highway, it is very quiet.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #6 –
I was thinking something like the old 72' Novas had. Where you barely saw the tips poking down.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #7 –
Exactly.

Something like this:

'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #8 –
With the quieter lers, it would probably help with the sound too.  I would get more "echo effect" from the exhaust pointing directly at the ground.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #9 –
Yep, just like that.


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

“Heavy Metal Mistress”
[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #10 –
Quote from: 1badbird;396775
yep, just like that.

this.

Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #11 –
I had dumps, in front of the rear axle, on a 74' Ford Gran Torino (4dr) that I had swapped in a 69' 429/c6 with headers and cherry bombs. Man that thing was LOUD, at least until I crossed over a steel grated bridge going over the Columbia river. It got eerily quiet and that scared the begeezes out of me. Thought the car had shut off!  LOL


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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Did some work on the 'bird

Reply #12 –
Dumps after the axle. 

Been running my bird with Flowmasters and no tails for the summer.  The wife says she can smell fumes all the time so I'm going to put the tails on this week......may or may not cut them off like the pic you posted.
1988 T-Bird Sport Coupe--5.0 HO, MAF swap, 1-5/8" shorties, BBK/Flowmaster exhaust, Explorer intake, 70mm Edelbrock TB, T5, B&M short throw, Centerforce clutch and PP, disc brake TC rear w/ 3.55's, TC front brakes, '98 Cobra springs, DIY SFC's, other misc .  14.05 @ 98mph with launching too low and shifting too high.