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what a day. A new arrival

Well.  Just thought I would pop in and let yall know whats been going on.  I just bought an 86 cougar 5.0 aod and got it home today.  450 bucks and runs pretty good :-D  How ever my other 86 cougar (blue) washiznit by a deer this morning after work.. (irony i tell you)  deer ran into the passenger door.  didnt hurt the deer enough  she just ran off ( so no meat in my freezer)  But as it will be i will part out the 86 blue cougar 3.8 and pull parts that i need for the 86 5.0 cat (white)  Just thought id give yall a brief rundown.  more pictures and details to come! 


 and one question... factory 5.0 shorty headers... willt hey clear the 5.0/aod column shift set up?

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #1 –
It's annoying....I think perhaps my motor mounts are old and sagging...not sure. But the stud that ended up on the lower side, right near the horizontal rod in the shifitng linkange was VERY annoying. Simply would not fit. wanted to be almost right where the rod is. Took the rod out ground out a 1" section of it a little more than halfway through the thickness of the rod with a bench grinder, and almost completely sawed off one of the sides of the hex shape of the nut. Tightened it the right amount so that side faced the rod. About an 1/8" of room if even that.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #2 –
They will if your motor mounts arent wore out. I swapped to the floor shifter because I couldnt get my H pipe up there. I was told that with new motor mounts it would clear.

I just did my MMs and it did raise the motor up some. Not a fun job though.
1986 Cougar LS

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #3 –
You can move the crossover linkage a little for clearance issues.
Usualy just by making the holes a little bigger where it mounts to the frame.
It worked for me with ho and bbk headers with bad mounts, yeh it is tight though.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

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Reply #4 –
i know when i installed shorties on my 84 cfi 5.0 everything cleared no issues. but on the roller 5.0's im unsure.
2001 Buick Regal LS (DD):hick:

Got that fox rash again!

-Resident smartass! :ies:

- Don't listen to the naysayers. For every person who actually helps with your project there will be 10 who will discourage you all the while thinking that they are helping. 99% of all people have good intentions. That doesn't make them right.- XR7 Dave - SCCOA.Com

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Cougar8775;241083
i know when i installed shorties on my 84 cfi 5.0 everything cleared no issues. but on the roller 5.0's im unsure.


Now they are on mine!
1986 Cougar LS

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #6 –
They should fit, the '90 lsc here @ the yard has an aod with factory headers...congrats on the new car btw
'83 Cougar *the never ending project* warmed over 306 v8,c4,8.8 posi with 5 lug conversion
'91 mustang strictly street-in progress
'00 f150 7700-Mean Green: jet stage 1 chip,ported upper intake with 1" spacer,'04 Super Duty intake with injectors,summit racing short tube headers with true 2.5" duals with smithy's glasspacks!

what a day. A new arrival

Reply #7 –
ty... well i think i will just hold off as the majority ruling seems tight fit.  ill just convert to floor shift then slap them on.  i noticed something while driving it... NO dash cracks! none :-D im happy bout that lol.  I will get more pictures soon but i must take a nap and get ready for work... 7 hours to go llol