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My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #15 –
Four eyes rule of course! Nice freaking car!
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My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #16 –
Quote from: atariman;157240
yeah,  thanks for changing the size...how do you do that? I more of a mech than a computer guru....as you can see. I guess I am a little rusty on the photo shrinking thing.

I used the Image Resizer tool from the Power Toys from Windows. It's pretty nifty. Just select the pic(s) you want to resize, right-click and select one of three sizes.
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My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #17 –
Four Eyes FTW!

Gorgeous 'Bird :birdsmily:

How hard is it to get a TC Cluster to work for a non TC Car anyway?
I have an 83-84 TC Cluster i picked up awhile ago. :hick:
~Project ThunderStorm = '84 Charcoal Thunderbird - First Car - Long Time Work in Progress~
~Project (No Name Yet) = 1970 Plymouth GTX/RR "Clone"~

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #18 –
Quote from: Romeo2k;157316
Four Eyes FTW!

How hard is it to get a TC Cluster to work for a non TC Car anyway?


It's not.  You have to repin the connector a little and add at least one for the tach signal.  My car was not a TC....
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #19 –
Welcome to the board :D
Beautiful looking Bird!! Love the color too!
Yes! 4eyes 4ever  :D


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My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #20 –
Welcome aboard, sweet bird :D

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #22 –
Quote from: Romeo2k;157316
Four Eyes FTW!

Gorgeous 'Bird :birdsmily:

How hard is it to get a TC Cluster to work for a non TC Car anyway?
I have an 83-84 TC Cluster i picked up awhile ago. :hick:



Well, the boost gauge doesn't work, as I am sure you know, but back in 96 to get the tach to finally work I took it to an electrician to make up a circuit board to convert the tach to read a V8. I will take a picture of it to show you if it will help you at all. They always say never send a mechanic to do an electricians job. I didn't even attempt it.

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #23 –
Quote from: Ether947;157312
I used the Image Resizer tool from the Power Toys from Windows. It's pretty nifty. Just select the pic(s) you want to resize, right-click and select one of three sizes.




THanks! Hopefully that huge picture thing wont happen again.:punchballs:

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Chuck W;157318
It's not.  You have to repin the connector a little and add at least one for the tach signal.  My car was not a TC....


Can I get a writeup on this. After seeing it I really wana swap over to a TC guage pack now;)

Oh yeah... NICE BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #25 –
Quote from: 84 Fila;157455
Can I get a writeup on this. After seeing it I really wana swap over to a TC guage pack now;)


I kind of do also, lol.
I always did, Just thought it would be overly complicated. :hick:
~Project ThunderStorm = '84 Charcoal Thunderbird - First Car - Long Time Work in Progress~
~Project (No Name Yet) = 1970 Plymouth GTX/RR "Clone"~

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #26 –
As tempting as it would be to have something like that in my car, I'm OCD, so it would bug the heck outta me to have a random boost guage that doesn't work.  At the very least I'd probably like pull the needle off and try to make a new guage face that doesn't have the boost markings on it.  Lol.  Honestly I'd probably just pay Eric to make me a cluster like his though ;) .

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #27 –
Quote from: DakotaEpic;157292
Dude that thing is sick!  What wheels does it have?  What are the specs on the motor?

I love this recent surge of badass 4-eyes we are getting.



Well, the motor is out of a 90 Crown Vic, 302 ho, board .030 over with an overly mild cam in it. C-4 trans with a full manual-reverse valve body turns the ford 9" rear, with trac loc, strange axles.Also has sub-frame connectors. The car used to have a 460 in it, but when gas reached $1.25 or so I took it out for sake of saving money.  Should have left it. The wheels are some old Cragars. I need to get them either rechromed, or replaced with something else. they are starting to peel and rust.

My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #28 –
Yeah now if gas came down to $1.25 everyone would be driving around with 460's...or 502's.... or 572's... or bigger.

Of course I myself would have preferred to keep your TC a TC, especially being an early one. But lets not get into that. Its your car, and it looks good.
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My 1984 Thunderbird

Reply #29 –
There is no boost "gauge" on the 83-84 clusters, just a light. 

I'm still looking at the converting the tach to work for 6 and 8 cyl cars. 

As far as the "write-up" goes to swap clusters...grab a manual and compare pin-outs....it's not rocket science.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon