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The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #15 –
Quote from: 5.0willgo;151542




I have to work on that hood gap though.


 did you take out the duct work? mine sat like that when i still had the ducting in there, now it sits lower on the pass. side rear
1986 Cougar LS

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #16 –
Looking good Fred.
One 88

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #17 –
Looks much better :D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #18 –
Beautiful car.I usually don't like white cars,but that's great.There's a 20th anniversary cat around the corner from my dad's house here.After really looking at the pic of your car,do one thing,loosen the hood and slide it forward a tiny bit and fill the hood gap.It looks too far back.The hood is above the rear of the front fender line,and too far back at the leading edge.Great car,hands down.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #19 –
Thanks guys!
Quote from: cougar86_89
did you take out the duct work?
Yep. I removed all the duct work and put in new under hood insulation. I'll try to add pics later.

I know about the hood gap, it's something I will be working on. If you really look at the pics, you can see that my header panel sits a little low. Since it's not quite lined up correctly it makes the hood look even more off. Don't worry though, I can't stand the way the hood sits, especially as you said on the passenger rear how it sits up and doesn't line up with the fender. It will all be adjusted ;)

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #20 –
I have a red 88 xr7 and have always loved the white ones. I don't  see many white ones anymore. It seems red and black 88's are more common in my area. Your car is awesome

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #21 –
Thanks Matt. It's funny, I haven't seen many red ones compared to white and black so the red is the rare color around me. That's cool.

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #22 –
You need to update your sig now ;)

The 'new' Cat, now with real pics

Reply #23 –
lol, yeah I do.
I started a new job on the 4th and have been working at least 8 hours a day every day since (12 hour days at one job, and 8 hour days at the other one).
Pulling 120 hours of work in 12 days isn't fun.

I'm finally off Saturday so I'll be getting the two cars together for some photos.

New pics coming soon!