My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

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My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #105 – December 30, 2010, 01:45:27 PM

he said bolt ON.. lol

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #106 – December 30, 2010, 05:53:15 PM

Quote from: turbo_88_XR7;347706

he said bolt ON.. lol

I dont get it lol

Quote from: Scott D;347667

Are you going with a whole new engine, or just stroking it?

Oh, and PM sent

Yes I have seen that info. And your answer is complete engine. I'm going to pull a 98+ engine and slap a windstar intake on it. I've got a friend who is a mn12 guru and he also builds engines for a living so he's going to be rebuilding it and porting/polishing/add-ons/etc... for me before it goes in and and then I am going to take the car over to his house and we will be doing the swap out.

This of course won't be happening until after I get the trans in the cougar and get it running since I will of course be needing something to drive while the bird's down. To do the swap right will take at least a weekend. There's a lot of stuff involved.

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #107 – December 30, 2010, 06:09:40 PM

So, do you have two builds going on? Is the cougar going to be the toy? A engine swap is a big project for a DD and a 4.2L swap is a little more then a bolt on. Im not knocking on your idea, I think its cool. If my Cougar was'nt priceless to me, I'd have a different project.

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #108 – December 30, 2010, 06:10:08 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;347728

This of course won't be happening until after I get the trans in the cougar and get it running

Oh, okay, I thought I was going to have to be worried about you beating my 'underbird sometime soon :punchballs::rollin:

Just ribbing you, dude

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #109 – December 30, 2010, 06:17:43 PM

Quote from: Bruce M;347729

So, do you have two builds going on? Is the cougar going to be the toy? A engine swap is a big project for a DD and a 4.2L swap is a little more then a bolt on. Im not knocking on your idea, I think its cool. If my Cougar was'nt priceless to me, I'd have a different project.

Oh yeah the cougar is definitely going to be the toy. Its driving me nuts that it doesn't run right now but I just can't afford the extra dough for the tranny right now. Click the link in my sig to go to my project thread for it to see what's in store for the cougar.

As for this car yeah and engine swap is a big deal for a dd as I found out when I replaced the engine in the cougar back when it was pulling dd duty. But, after that, it really isn't going to be getting much work. There will be some new exhaust when the engine goes in of course, and I'm thinking going with big brakes and some "fan blade" rims. Then of course there are the regular maintenence items that need tending to...(ball-joints, u-joints, cv-joints(thanks to IRS), radiator, etc) but not much else major will really going into it.

My goal for this car is just to have a nice, clean, presentable and fun car to drive around every day. Whereas the cougar will be the cooler, faster, louder, grungier, awesomer:hick: car to drive around when I really wanna let loose and surprise some people when I'm out.

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #110 – December 30, 2010, 06:32:07 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;347638

via +0.4L bolt on kit.

you said it lol

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #111 – December 30, 2010, 07:10:35 PM

oh nm I thought you were making fun of what I said or something:rolleyes:

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #112 – December 30, 2010, 07:23:45 PM

no lol i was pointing out that you said bolt on.. a new motor or a stroker assembly isn't a bolt on.. unless someone knows something i don't LOL

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #113 – December 30, 2010, 07:36:23 PM

oh.... yeah... kind of an inside joke lol

scott always talking about the two cylinder bolt on he would like to do....:hick:

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #114 – December 30, 2010, 08:11:34 PM

lol that seems to be an inside joke for a lot of people

Look what came in the mail today!

Reply #115 – December 31, 2010, 01:52:35 PM

I love vanity plates:D

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #116 – December 31, 2010, 02:11:11 PM

That front plate bracket looks so out of place. I thought I'd pimp one, sooner or later, but nah, I don't care for the look of it, now.

I dig the license plate, though

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #117 – December 31, 2010, 02:14:14 PM

Thats the bracket that's made to fit our years. I think it looks fine.... Its a heck of a good mounting bracket though. Four screws hold the bracket to the bumper and four more hold the plate to the bracket.

I was gonna get the plate that has the same bird as whats on the grille but I liked this one more cause it was red like my car plus it has a cool vintage throwback. And, if you look in the bottom corner there, it is officially licensed by Ford:D

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #118 – December 31, 2010, 02:58:14 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;347842

Thats the bracket that's made to fit our years. I think it looks fine....

I dig the clean look on the front, though

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #119 – December 31, 2010, 03:04:21 PM

ahh. I just love plates though. I couldn't help it;)