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My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #15 –
Quote from: slicksport88;167250
I love your car's stance. What kind of springs are you running front and back? Very nice job on the car by the way...very sweet.


The springs are KONI sports. I found them as NOS here (old board) several years ago. I saw a pair on ebay not too long ago. KONI stopped making springs several years ago.
Rick
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1988 T/C body with a 5.0 transplant. Motor has a Vortech V-2 supercharger, Edlebrock Performer RPM II intake, heads, FRPP F-303 cam, Comp Cams roller rockers, Power Pipe, LMAF, full Mac exhaust, lowered, Koni's, 5 lug conversion, Cobra wheels, 13" Cobra brakes, etc.
SOLD September 2020. Will miss this car after 19 years of building/driving/showing it off. Time for a new chapter in my life.
Dynoed 446 horse/409 torque at the wheels.
2003 Tenth Anniversary Cobra Convertible. 1 of 369 Torch Red made.
2021 Chevrolet 3500 dually, crew cab Duramax.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #16 –
NICE!! Very impressive.
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My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #17 –
 that is one slick car. I love it! Good work.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #18 –
Great looking car !!!I can only hope ine ends up as nice when it's done (minus the supercharger),we're going 5.8 next year).Great work.
'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..

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #19 –
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My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #20 –
Here's some pics of the 86 GT I "unfortunately" wrecked.







Here's some after I was done picking the car clean for my "new" car. Shortly after I took this pic, it went to the crusher.







ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!!!!!!!!

It saved my life!!!

Rick
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1988 T/C body with a 5.0 transplant. Motor has a Vortech V-2 supercharger, Edlebrock Performer RPM II intake, heads, FRPP F-303 cam, Comp Cams roller rockers, Power Pipe, LMAF, full Mac exhaust, lowered, Koni's, 5 lug conversion, Cobra wheels, 13" Cobra brakes, etc.
SOLD September 2020. Will miss this car after 19 years of building/driving/showing it off. Time for a new chapter in my life.
Dynoed 446 horse/409 torque at the wheels.
2003 Tenth Anniversary Cobra Convertible. 1 of 369 Torch Red made.
2021 Chevrolet 3500 dually, crew cab Duramax.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #21 –
Wow. Ya know, it never would of happened if you kept those four round thingies on the ground. But that's just my opinion :D

Kidding aside, what exactly happened?
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #22 –
Poor 4eye.

Im partial to 85-86 GT's.
It's Gumby's fault.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #23 –
Quote from: Ether947;167765
Wow. Ya know, it never would of happened if you kept those four round thingies on the ground. But that's just my opinion :D

Kidding aside, what exactly happened?


Having fun driving fast through an "S" curve, just after darkness set in I come out of the corner to have a deer standing in the road! I cut the wheel to the right and the ass end of the car starts to drift, I let off, the rears started to grab again and shot me forward in that direction right into a 3 foot high stone wall. The right front wheel climbed the wall and flipped over and the next thing I know I'm sliding down the road upside down right on the driver's "A" pillar, my head just a couple inches away! Everything went dark until the sparks started to fly by my head. Next thing that happens is me getting showered with gravel and the car rolls over and lands on all fours. I had slid about 300 feet on the "A" pillar and roof before skidding onto the shoulder where the opening where my sunroof used to be acted as scoop or shovel in the gravel and the added friction caused the car to roll back onto the wheels.
What a scary experience. The seatbelt kept my head from getting ground down to a stub on that asphalt.
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1988 T/C body with a 5.0 transplant. Motor has a Vortech V-2 supercharger, Edlebrock Performer RPM II intake, heads, FRPP F-303 cam, Comp Cams roller rockers, Power Pipe, LMAF, full Mac exhaust, lowered, Koni's, 5 lug conversion, Cobra wheels, 13" Cobra brakes, etc.
SOLD September 2020. Will miss this car after 19 years of building/driving/showing it off. Time for a new chapter in my life.
Dynoed 446 horse/409 torque at the wheels.
2003 Tenth Anniversary Cobra Convertible. 1 of 369 Torch Red made.
2021 Chevrolet 3500 dually, crew cab Duramax.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Tbird232ci;167770
Poor 4eye.

Im partial to 85-86 GT's.


I'm really mad at myself for wrecking that car! I bought it in '88 with 30k well cared for miles. I NEVER drove that car in the rain! When I crashed it in October of 2000 it had just over 70k on the clock. There wasn't a single ding in that car. I"m the guy you see parking his car a half mile away from the next nearest car.
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1988 T/C body with a 5.0 transplant. Motor has a Vortech V-2 supercharger, Edlebrock Performer RPM II intake, heads, FRPP F-303 cam, Comp Cams roller rockers, Power Pipe, LMAF, full Mac exhaust, lowered, Koni's, 5 lug conversion, Cobra wheels, 13" Cobra brakes, etc.
SOLD September 2020. Will miss this car after 19 years of building/driving/showing it off. Time for a new chapter in my life.
Dynoed 446 horse/409 torque at the wheels.
2003 Tenth Anniversary Cobra Convertible. 1 of 369 Torch Red made.
2021 Chevrolet 3500 dually, crew cab Duramax.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #25 –
Man that is too bad i would be mad at myself too i love 5.0 stangs it sucks to many get wrecked
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1988 Mercury Cougar LS 5.0L AOD 2.73 :cougarsmily:
1993 F150 XLT 5.8L E4OD 3.55

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #26 –
Im curious to know, where is the hood stripe? Was the car repainted?
It's Gumby's fault.

My 88 Super Coupe

Reply #27 –
The hood was repainted when I bought it. Not sure why, but the car had not been in any accidents.
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1988 T/C body with a 5.0 transplant. Motor has a Vortech V-2 supercharger, Edlebrock Performer RPM II intake, heads, FRPP F-303 cam, Comp Cams roller rockers, Power Pipe, LMAF, full Mac exhaust, lowered, Koni's, 5 lug conversion, Cobra wheels, 13" Cobra brakes, etc.
SOLD September 2020. Will miss this car after 19 years of building/driving/showing it off. Time for a new chapter in my life.
Dynoed 446 horse/409 torque at the wheels.
2003 Tenth Anniversary Cobra Convertible. 1 of 369 Torch Red made.
2021 Chevrolet 3500 dually, crew cab Duramax.