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It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

I got it all put together yesterday except the exhaust. So being who I am, I put in the battery and turned the key. Two cranks and it came to life. Wow is it loud. LOL. I was so happy. The check engine light is on because the o2's are not plugged in yet. Have to extend harness. Pluss I have to do the throttle cable adjustment for the trans. I have to find that somewhere on u tube or here maybe.

But snappy throttle and a loud sweet idle. The stage 1 TFS cam idles pretty smotth with the mass air.

I will get some pics up soon.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #1 –
I guess I should have mentioned that this was a 351w swap with EFI.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #2 –
Good job !!! Glad to hear that there is life in the old girl now. I also have the same cam,but in a 5.0.Great idle,but pretty lopey.I like it,but I am still trying to get used to it.The E303 isn't that lopey.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #3 –
I know a buddy of mine had a E303 and it was pretty choppy at idle. I love the sound of a choppy idle. When there is no lers on the car and you live in a nice area with stuck up people and one asshole nieghbor, I don't want to rock the boat. It needs to be warm and have the idle adjusted. Then reset the tps. Probably more stuff. I just found a coolant leak that turned out to be my coolant hose that goes from the t-stat to the pump. I forgot to tighten the clamp.

I am going to hit the pick n pull tomorrow and see if I can find a o2 harness from a LSC mark 7. I think that has the longer o2 sensor harness compared to the tbird one.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #4 –
I just cut the T-Bird harness and extended it a few inches.Easy stuff.....and free.LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #5 –
yeah. I love the wreaking yards and i have a feeling that this will be a hide in the pocket part. LOL. Then i will do the wire extentions and hook it up.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #6 –
Nice work, I cant wait for pics.  351 EFI would be sweeeeeeet!
Mike

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #7 –
I will get pics up soon. Maybe take some today.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #8 –
How do you upload a video?
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #9 –
Quote from: 86caprirs;323206
How do you upload a video?


You can upload pics or video instantly on http://imageshack.us/  without even having an account.  Photobucket videos never work right for me. I think my connection is just too slow to stream them like PB makes me do. So I use Imageshack for everything.
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'86 Turbo Thundercat (Cougarbird)
'02 TrailBlazer LT 4x4
'08 Chevy Cobalt

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #10 –
Quote from: 86caprirs;322957
The stage 1 TFS cam idles pretty smotth with the mass air.



A cam that has a lopy idle in a 5.0, will idle smoother in a larger engine...

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #11 –
It has a pretty choppy idle with that cam. Sounds sweet.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #12 –
Now throw on some slicks and hit the track!...you should be solidly in the 12's.
Project 3G: Grandpa Grocery Getter-'85 Crown Vic LTD 2-door, 351W with heavily ported/polished GT40 heads, heavily ported/polished Typhoon Power Plus upper & lower intake, Comp Cams 265DEH retarded 1*, FAST EZ-EFI, HD T5, 8.8" 3.73 trac lock with extra clutches, 3G alt. swap, '99 CVPI front brakes, '09 CVPI rear disc brakes, '00 CVPI booster&m/c + wilwood adj prop valve.

Parted & Gone-'88 T-bird Sport, 351W swap, ported GT40 heads

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #13 –
Well I had some problems. Started as a bad tps and pcm. I tryed someone elses pcm and it ran better. Now I have a non touched A9L in place. It has a hunting idle to it right now. Also I did ride her hard and now my trans seems to be not going into first. It does go fast though. Wow. Even I am supprised at the throttle responce and sound. I think I will have to replace my pushrods with .050 longer ones to work with the 1.7rr. Then possably a tune and a chip. I had a couple leaks to take care of but now I am good. Looks like my rear main seal is leaking but I just replaced it before I installed the engine. I may have nicked the seal when installing it or something else. I will keep you guys updated.
1988 Thunderbird Sport. Work in Progress
5.8L swap w/fitech efi, 4R70W swap w/quick 4 controller, 2003 GT rear diff, 5 Lug swap

Bought this car back as an old project car.

:burnout:

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!

Reply #14 –
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;323248
A cam that has a lopy idle in a 5.0, will idle smoother in a larger engine...


.......And the power will come on a bit sooner in the RPM range as well as a general rule....
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!