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Anyone else have a collection of engine parts in the garage?

So does anyone have a bunch of engine parts in the garage that you won't ever be using again on your car? I realized how much "junk" I have in the garage yesterday as I finished waxing the T-bird. I have:

a HO upper and lower intake with TB
19lb injectors
14lb injectors
a 70mm F2VF MAF
a stock HO cam
stock HO headers
speed density air tube

I'm not going to be using this stuff any time soon but yet I still have it. I keep telling myself I should save it in case I get that sport I want one day but realistically I don't think I'll ever have two "toy" cars. So basically I'm saving junk for no good reason. Does anyone else have this problem? :hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Anyone else have a collection of engine parts in the garage?

Reply #1
If I had those parts in my garage I would have already done the HO conversion :D 
 I do have a collection of "stuff " though
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #2
Oh yeah. Lots of leftovers from the engine swap.
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

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Reply #3
I got stuff all over my basp00get, garage and the shop. Can't throw it away and can't sell it.
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've got a complete non-HO engine, a set of E7 heads, an HO upper/lower intake, a 5.0/AOD flexplate, and a whole bunch of non engine parts, including red interior stuff, non-TC header panel and bumper, extraa TC header, two doors, a non-TC hood...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

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 #5
He's far and beyond the HO conversion ;)

I have enough parts to build another Tbird, less a transmission, and tail lights...

4 engines in various piles of parts...
2 complete sets of Tbird doors...

Nothing worth a whole lot though...
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

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Reply #6
I only have stuff saved that I could possibly use on my cars. everything else I get rid of. A bunch of big stuff will be leaving very soon
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #7
i guess i should post my ho motor 4 sale so someone else
can have more stuff in their garage.--irv

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Reply #8
I have a complete 91 T-bird 5.0 HO shortblock, all my stock SO top end stuff,  7.5 rearend, all my stock suspension parts, etc.  Yeah I probably need to throw the  away but I keep asking myself "will this car ever be valuable enough to restore to original?".
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #9
Nope, no parts here:




I have no idea what you're talking about......
88 TC 5speed, 168000+ miles, stock 2.3T long block, ported RFE6 exhaust, Evergreen T3 running 15#'s.
Up next: FMIC, fresh air intake, ported intakes, ported big valve head.

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Reply #10
I have spare parts for multiple cars and motorcycles in multiple garages in multiple states in multiple parts of the country... OOPS! LOL

MA - My house, the speed shop and a performance shop
RI - My buddies house and shop
OH - Shop where I used to live

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Reply #11
Yeah, I have a 2.3T sitting in the corner of my garage I cant get rid of,
plus a room full of parts.
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #12
Well at least I'm not the only one.......and not the worst:hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #13
In my double garage I have most of three box birds in pieces, two 351w's, one 260w, one 7.3 and one 6.9 IDI, four or five 1.0l suzuki engines, pile of zuki trans axles, two aod's one c4, and a nwc T5, VW 2.0 bus engine and 002 Trans, 1200 engine and beetle trans. 4 T18/19 trannies and a few t-cases, Pails of carbs. And to top it off a freshly machined '65 289 block in the corner of the living room :mullet:

And only one car in the garage. I work in the driveway when something breaks :punchballs:

Scott
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #14
I have a 1.5 car garage so if I have to work on the 95 it's gotta be outside, which is fun in the winter.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.