My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #15 – May 01, 2010, 11:35:28 AM Good to see you got the car home. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #16 – May 08, 2010, 08:14:38 PM The car has a full set of 10 holes on it and I have two spares that I will be mounting slicks on in the future. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #17 – May 08, 2010, 08:29:02 PM looks like you have room for one more in that garage Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #18 – May 12, 2010, 08:26:44 PM I wish I had the room for one more. The wife parks in the other half of the garage and my truck sits outside.I am trying to go with the lightest weight possible so today I swapped in a manual seat track on the drivers side. I weighed them both and the power track weighed 25 pound compared to the manual tracks 9 pounds. I am happy with a 16 pound loss. Now if only I would get on the treadmill more and lose 16 pounds myself. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #19 – May 12, 2010, 08:33:45 PM Don't take this the wrong way , but I actually laughed out loud when I read why your doors were a different color . It is SO much harder to change a door than to swap glass :D. But I am certainly impressed with all the work you have done. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #20 – May 12, 2010, 09:18:51 PM You know, with what I know now, I have to agree with you. I was young and pretty limited on tools, but if I had to do it over again I would swap the glass out. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #21 – May 12, 2010, 09:52:59 PM Live and learn , I can sympathize I have done my share of making things harder than they had to be :D Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #22 – May 17, 2010, 04:05:45 PM Small update. This last weekend I changed the valve cover gasket and put new of those plastic plugs in the drivers side power window motor. No more oil leak and the window works again! Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #23 – May 17, 2010, 08:55:33 PM Nice one piece gasket.Leave the cover off so you can always see it when you open the hood.LOL. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #24 – May 17, 2010, 09:14:30 PM Quote from: Loaded87IROC;319183My VAM and air filter are missing! I didn't notice until after the truck was gone. I am going to go ahead and say it probably fell off with a good bump in the 1200 miles it took for the car to get here, but it was on there pretty well. I guess it's not a big deal, just sucks that I have to replace them now.Are you going with a factory air cleaner or an aftermarket one? If you're going with a stock one and if they're the same as the 87/88 Turbo Coupe, then I've got one you can have. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #25 – May 17, 2010, 10:58:18 PM I am going to go with a K&N cone filter right on the VAM. Thanks for the offer though, I do appreciate it. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #26 – May 18, 2010, 07:53:57 PM Did a little more work to the car yesterday. I finally got rid of the column shifter (sorry Watchdevil!) It was a huge pain to get rid of it. I tried knocking the pin out to get the shift lever out but that pin just would not come out no matter what. I tried knocking it out from the top and bottom and it wouldn't budge. I eventually ended up cutting the shaft just bellow the shift lever with a hacksaw (took forever) and then pulling the shaft out through the engine bay. Not fun but at least its done. The bar weighed in right at 5 pounds, so I am happy with it. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #27 – May 19, 2010, 04:15:58 AM Did you also get the suspension parts off the 2.3? Any plans for paint, or are you looking for a hood off a silver car?Those hub caps were teh ghey, glad you went with something else. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #28 – May 19, 2010, 08:48:56 AM I didn't get any of the suspension parts from the XR7. It was stolen from next to my house before I could get the suspension, exhaust(only have up to the cat,) trunk lid, rear end, and tail lights. The thing that makes the most mad is that instead of the traction lok 3.45 I'm supposed to have, I have the stock open rear end with 2.73s. I bet this car is a dog down low right now (I haven't driven it yet.)I have no current plans for paint. Maybe eventually when I get the car to a power level that makes me happy I will look into paint. I am keeping my eyes open for a TC hood but not too worried about it because I will probably be going with a front mount intercooler. Quote Selected
My 86 Cougar (2.3T swapped) thread (long and lots of pics) Reply #29 – May 19, 2010, 01:46:47 PM Lookin' good with the wheels and shifter removal!Does make me wonder if the filter and whatnot fell off in the road, or in the truck driver's hand before the trip started...Glad to see it coming along so nicely :D Quote Selected