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Reply #45 –
If it'll bolt into my 87 TC, I'm game. Looking more for header clearance, and using the older arms bringing in the tires an inch would be a fair trade off.  Now, If I could bolt in 1979 Tbird mounts(400), I'd be thrilled.
1987 TC

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Reply #46 –
A few months after I get in a D&D this comes up, but I am not happy at all with it. I would like to see some pics of the prototype. How quick would this happen? I am only about 4-6 weeks from getting mine back on the ground and getting it aligned.
Jim

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Reply #47 –
I'm not looking for one right now (bigger fish to fry at the moment, next project after getting the car back together is gonna be the 351), but what would the durability be like for a street-driven-on-really-really-shiznitty-roads car? I know autocrossing puts some high loads on suspensions, but you're not going to experience the types of bumps and shock you'd get on the road...

If I thought it would hold up to road use I'd be interested in a year or so - the weight savings would be welcome once that 351's in there...
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1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #48 –
Oh, also if you could compete with CHE pricing...I would be in for a set of adjustable uppers and adjustable ride height lowers. It would be nice if the lowers could also lower(aka MM) the car.
Thanks,
Jim

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Reply #49 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;184408
I'm not looking for one right now (bigger fish to fry at the moment, next project after getting the car back together is gonna be the 351), but what would the durability be like for a street-driven-on-really-really-shiznitty-roads car? I know autocrossing puts some high loads on suspensions, but you're not going to experience the types of bumps and shock you'd get on the road...

If I thought it would hold up to road use I'd be interested in a year or so - the weight savings would be welcome once that 351's in there...

Ditto that, but If the supply run is limited, I'm still game.  Heck, it can be my coffee table if I don't use it right away, lol.
1987 TC

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Reply #50 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;184408
but what would the durability be like for a street-driven-on-really-really-shiznitty-roads car? I know autocrossing puts some high loads on suspensions, but you're not going to experience the types of bumps and shock you'd get on the road...

If I thought it would hold up to road use I'd be interested in a year or so - the weight savings would be welcome once that 351's in there...


Thats why I aksed about if they were thinking about offereing it in mild steel instead of Chrome-moly(4130). Willing to sacrifice a little wieght. With all the uproar over 4130 right now I wouldn't even think of touching anything made out of it unless I knew exactly what the fab shop was using.

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Reply #51 –
also interested in weight figures and what kind of 4130 they are being made out of.
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Reply #52 –
Quote from: JeremyB;184396
You can't update/backdate?


Within sub-generation yes. So I can backdate an 88 to an 87 or update an 83 to an 86, but I can't update an 86 to an 87.

Also, we have to update the WHOLE car, like NHRA Stock Eliminator. So if I turn my 5-Speed TC into a 5.0 car, I have to downgrade the brakes, put in an auto, drum brake rear, the works.

For the eventual class will be in (for the LS motor) we can update/backdate on chassis structure, as long as it bolts in stock mounting points with no modifications. IE- 13" Cobra brakes/control arms, CHE rear arms, etc. The engine is the only thing allowed to be "unlimited", but the V8's have to stay N/A.

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Reply #53 –
Quote from: Tbird232ci;184397
Dont worry, with his track record, he'll build the car and itll never see the track :hick:


Get it right! It will go to the track a hundred times, it will just get DQ'd the first 75 :hick:

That's why we have TWO projects now, one to get to the track all the time, and another one to do the "slow" work on. ;)

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Reply #54 –
Not a bolt in for a 87 tc, bummer.

TED

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Reply #55 –
Quote from: Cad-T-Bird 500;184456
Not a bolt in for a 87 tc, bummer.

TED

I feel so deflated....oh well back on current schedule (10 years,lol)
1987 TC

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Reply #56 –
ok guys I will be trying to finalize this project this weekend with the fab shop... once the deal is finalized I will have a lot more details from you, the shop does not mind having his name out just does not want 100's of call about the T-bird, Cougar parts yet.... I will be the authorized dealer for them aswell as any other parts we come up with .... I am currently a authorized dealer for all of his products now.

Once I finalize these parts this weekend I will post up a poll and need to know who is in..
I am looking for a min of 15-20 units, we need to have all new pads laser cut specifically for this project and they wont cut less than 100 otherwise the price is through the roof..


I am also a authorized dealer for most all of your High Performance need items..

call me with anything you need
Ron 734-776-5987

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Reply #57 –
The factory K-member surface that mounts the steering rack is curves as it nears the rack.  This makes relocating the control arms difficult.

If those surfaces were flat/parallel, it wouldn't matter where, or if, the control arm mounting holes were drilled.

Criteria that interest me in order of importance:
lighter weight
equal or greater strength
control arm issue as previously mentioned
increased rigidity
removable or deletable spring perches
straight bolt-in

As Chuck said, pics would be nice.

Thanks
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Reply #58 –
I'd be interested if it had a removable center for oil pan access....Then again, is this going to be a drag racing k member, or an all around (yes, I want my car to handle)????
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

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Reply #59 –
Quote from: Cad-T-Bird 500;184456
Not a bolt in for a 87 tc, bummer.

TED

Its a bolt in if you use mustang control arms, and tie rod ends. People have been putting mustang k-members in their cars for years.
It's Gumby's fault.