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Reply #30 – March 10, 2010, 04:52:00 PM

Quote from: BlackCardinal;313531

Well, I sure see a turbo right there--and it's a coupe...Works for me! lol...

Works for me too! I'll bet it's one heck of a ride!

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Reply #31 – March 10, 2010, 05:10:21 PM

Quote from: 88 Blackbird 5.0;313535

Works for me too! I'll bet it's one heck of a ride!

It's beautiful! I wanna see it run!

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Reply #32 – March 10, 2010, 06:48:26 PM

the only reason I am doing my swap is because...

1. the car was free

2. the car gave its engine to my silver TC

3. I had a spare 302 sitting around and an awesome friend that gave me parts to help it along

(thanks Beau)

hoping to have the car running in the next few months weather permitting

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Reply #33 – March 10, 2010, 07:27:34 PM

i have a tc never drove one before and all i can say when the turbo spools there is some definate power just not at the low end. Ive thought of putting my m90 on it for the bottom end till the turbo spooled up enough to make power.

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Reply #34 – March 10, 2010, 07:52:37 PM

Quote from: BlackCardinal;313542

It's beautiful! I wanna see it run!

This is as far as it went:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBwyQ0pZYw

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Reply #35 – March 10, 2010, 10:46:21 PM

turbo(s) + modern electronics = fun
(regardless of the number of cylinders)

A small V6 + a turbo or two + 6-sp trans would make a nice TC

My biggest gripe about the stock TC is how and when the EEC goes into open loop. Fix that and you can get really good fuel economy numbers.

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Reply #36 – March 10, 2010, 11:44:44 PM

My son has a bone stock 87 TC 5-speed and he loves it. We bought a junk 87 TC out of the s yard to use as a donor car to fix up the stock TC. When we were done, he wanted a blown car too, so.... we robbed a 5.0/T5 out of a Mustang, bought a Vortech and put it all in his 87 TC parts car. Now he loves his turbo 4 and his blown 8. They both have their purpose and (we think) they're both cool.

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Reply #37 – March 11, 2010, 01:17:32 PM

Quote from: thundr306;313559

This is as far as it went:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBwyQ0pZYw

Hmmm...well, the turbo STARTED to sound good! lol!....

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Reply #38 – March 11, 2010, 04:11:01 PM

I think the Turbo Coupe is a great car but it is not a V-8. I have seen a lot of people put a lot of money in these engines just to be disappointed in the overall performance. Sure there are those out there that run in the 12's or faster but they are not a reliable combo.

If you want to real Turbo Coupe put a V-8 in it with a Turbo. You won't get 30mpg out of it but this is what a new Ford Fusion is for.

That being said I always thought a Pinto with a Turbo four/5 speed would be a fun build, but it's very hard to find a good Pinto anymore.

IMO the Thunderbird was too big a car to have a Turbo four in.

TED (my Turbo Coupe is no longer a real Turbo Coupe)

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Reply #39 – March 11, 2010, 04:22:29 PM

I beg to differ. If you feel the T-bird was too big for the 2.3t, then it was definitely too big for the 302 SO, and the 3.8 never had any business trying to push it around. I'm talking about from the factory. Never once have I had someone in my car who thought it was lacking in power.

A turbo V8 in a turbocoupe would make it simply pass for a turbocoupe, technically, because there's a turbo under the hood. A real turbocoupe has the original motor in it.

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Reply #40 – March 11, 2010, 04:40:54 PM

Quote from: Cad-T-Bird 500;313703

I think the Turbo Coupe is a great car but it is not a V-8. I have seen a lot of people put a lot of money in these engines just to be disappointed in the overall performance. Sure there are those out there that run in the 12's or faster but they are not a reliable combo.

If you want to real Turbo Coupe put a V-8 in it with a Turbo. You won't get 30mpg out of it but this is what a new Ford Fusion is for.

That being said I always thought a Pinto with a Turbo four/5 speed would be a fun build, but it's very hard to find a good Pinto anymore.

IMO the Thunderbird was too big a car to have a Turbo four in.

TED (my Turbo Coupe is no longer a real Turbo Coupe)

But I don't want a new Fusion, I want my TC and I think it is quite fine with its original 4 cylinder engine, thank you very much. Even when I do an engine swap, it isn't going to be to a 6 or an 8 but rather to another 2.3 4 cylinder, only this time to a turbocharged Duratec 2.3 4 cylinder.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

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Reply #41 – March 11, 2010, 06:28:26 PM

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that being said i always thought a pinto with a turbo four/5 speed would be a fun build, but it's very hard to find a good pinto anymore.

the white on has a 2.3 with a t3/t4 turbo out of an 88 tc using the factory intercooler mounted down by the front bumper on the passenger side its got a 5 speed in it but it aint a t5 out of the tc

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Reply #42 – March 11, 2010, 06:33:28 PM

I don't think the 87-88's had T3/T4's, just the T3.

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Reply #43 – March 11, 2010, 06:39:54 PM

the turbo was an after market he had in it when he totaled his tc.he trashed the ICI turbo he didnt like it

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Reply #44 – March 11, 2010, 06:45:17 PM

87/88 cars didnt have a t3 at all. Had the even smaller IHI. I kind of disagree on the 12 sec turbo 4's being unreliable. The only thing that ever let me down was the head gasket and that was just from pushing it HARD on pump gas. I have daily driven mine for 2 summers being a 12 sec car. 2008 it went 12.96 @ 107 and 2009 it went 12.81 @ 111. 150k mile short block with lots of boost from a holset turbo. What have other people on here made power wise with the turbo4. I've made 349rwhp/398wtq with the cam 4 degrees advanced for autox(yes I do autox it with that big turbo) and with the cam I have in it, it sounds just like a stock 5.0 at idle