Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

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Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

December 23, 2005, 02:13:09 AM

whatcha think?

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #1 – December 23, 2005, 10:49:22 AM

Bird looks good.
What kind of exhaust do you have? Are those 3in tips?

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #2 – December 23, 2005, 12:29:48 PM

I have the stock stang headers, snad blasted and high heat coated, stock stang H-pipe with 2 new cats, and cherry bombs, and 16" long 3"tips. I wanted the 24" long tips but they were out of them.

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #3 – December 23, 2005, 02:42:50 PM

How does it sound with glasspacks. I really dont want em on my cougar, just because around here everyone has them and its all about who is loud and can cackle the most. I want Deep, loud. Sound aggressive.

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #4 – December 23, 2005, 05:56:07 PM

Nice Bird :D . I always liked these cars in blue. Hey you stole my underhood scheme. I have silver coated Stang shorties and a Ford Blue upper (although mine is early Ford blue where as your's looks like the 66 and on Ford Corporate Blue)

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #5 – December 23, 2005, 06:41:42 PM

the wheels ain't my thing, but i like it. the more 5-speed Birds the better i say. :)

oh and the hood scoop look pretty good. i think it would look better with a tc header, for a nice clean look.

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #6 – December 24, 2005, 07:01:18 PM

Believe it or not, it actually sounds pretty tough with the glass packs. I didn't want to run them, but I was kind of in a hurry to finish it up and they were all I had layiing around at the time. I plan to eventually switch to either a side pipe set up or run flowmasters american thunder lers.

As for the intake, well, I originally started to polish it. Started to look really nice too. Had it about half done, when I relized I was wasting my time, because I plan to throw a Cobra set up on it by spring. And that intake is going to s when that happens. So I got a can of Metalcast's ground coat, and their Anodized blue paint and voila. Did the rad brackets too.

I also plan to make a custom grill, but I don't think I will be using the TC header. Becoming to common. (although it does look good)

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #7 – December 25, 2005, 03:52:54 AM

The 5.0 and 5 speed combo is what i was looking for when i found my Turbo Coupe. I like it man, exhaust looks good (tips) and i think the scoop is already growing on me LoL. Nice bird, and the mods soon to come are??

Here is my '88 5.0L 5 speed bird

Reply #8 – December 25, 2005, 04:40:48 AM

Next mods:
Cobra intake
Rebuilt HO swap (possibly 331 stroker) with E303 cam or 351W
Roller rockers
4.10 and posi gears
Mustang sway bars
lower car 1"-1 1/2"
Cowl hood
Saleen wing
sub frame connectors
and lastly..... a power adder or 2

oh yeah, and do the body work and paint the car. obviously my need for speed is greater then my need for a paint job. lol :D