My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer October 10, 2011, 11:29:14 PM Brief history on the car. purchased in April 2004. had a mustang non-turbo 2.3 and mustang a4ld.turbo was there but missing compressor wheel. gutted turbo housing and made custom intake tube. rewired a4ld to work with TC eec.early dec 2004 repainted car did body work in fall 2004Xmas 2004 did 5 spd swap swapped in good rearJuly 2005 swapped in turbo 2.3 out of my blue TCsept 2005 rod knock was heard.sept 05 -oct 2007 babied rod knockOct 2007 rebuilt 2.3 swapped in bored .030 , speed pro pistons, ranger roller.june 2009 cyl 3 loosing compression. sept 2009 pull head, exhaust seat in chamber 3 missingapril 2010 swap in reman head.Feb 2011 swap in t3 turbo and 3in single exhuastNow where up to June 2011went to carlisleand that leads us to the end of june 2011during the time ive had the car i slowly acquired parts for the 5 lug swap.some deals came my waysn95 axles in a TC rear with fresh 3.55's sn95 rotors and caliperssn95 front spindles and necessary brakes ;Dthen i decided to do this. dont worry it going back in :bubblegum:cuz it needed the k-member replaced. had an accident in 2004 that bent it up bad. and i wanted to clean and paint it too. :fool:then with the help of a really good friend Chris Allen, :drinks:now comes time to really dismantle it :focus:after some POR 15 gray coating i got the k-member back in :search:install new spindles and test fit wheels with help of a few friends , Joe lovern, John *jmags* Magnent, and Nate we got to thishttp://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a71/BJL88TC/Turbo%20Stuff/2011%20overhaul/?action=view¤t=photobucket-2101-1315146202076.mp4then Nate helped again and we got to thisand finally 90% completethen to make the mustang wheels into tbird wheelstwo new goodyears and alignmentmy 88 TC *turbo II* and daily driver 87 TC *turbo 3*still working out a few bugs and such, a couple oil leaks popped up but gotten then taken care of. been breaking in the new spec stage 3 clutch , Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #1 – October 11, 2011, 12:06:19 AM beautiful car. Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #2 – October 11, 2011, 02:33:34 AM the hood on the blue car looks AWFULLY familiar lmao Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #3 – October 11, 2011, 07:44:36 AM Nice!! Great job. :D Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #4 – October 11, 2011, 08:53:55 AM That is a lot of nice work. Very impressive. Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #5 – October 11, 2011, 01:40:38 PM Looks great.When you did the center caps did you use a stencil or did you etch the T-bird logo into the cap. Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #6 – October 11, 2011, 03:45:40 PM Those wheels look almost factory. Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #7 – October 11, 2011, 05:31:35 PM I love how the wheels look. Beautiful car you got man. Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #8 – October 11, 2011, 11:02:52 PM thanks guys.the center caps are blanks Nate found for the wheels on evilbay. i had a vinyl shop scan and vector the factory center cap emblem and enlarge it a lil. i have 175 invested in the wheels. 100 for the set with tires, 40 for the caps and 35 for vinyl. plus i found another set with tires for 50 bucks. so i have spares now.my whole intention of this car is to look stock but not. i only want the important people to notice what i changed! Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #9 – October 12, 2011, 03:02:11 PM Incredible! Our cars are pretty close in color. Love the rims! Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #10 – October 12, 2011, 05:22:38 PM Where did you score all the 5-lug stuff? Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #11 – October 13, 2011, 11:44:33 PM Thunder306i got the spindles and front brakes as a finders fee for finding a cobra front brake swap for my friend kevin's brother's 96 stang. i got his old parts. the k member and rear i got from Nate. which came out of your old Tbird he did the IRS swap in. if thats what you were wondering :) Quote Selected
My 1988 TC, what ive been up to this summer Reply #12 – October 14, 2011, 05:45:11 PM I thought so! At least they are getting used. Quote Selected