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New guy needs some help

Reply #30 –
Quote from: hypostang;346426
$5000 is a lot of money to put into a 20 + YR old car in one lump sum no matter who you are .

 
If I had the money I could drop 10-20k in my Cougar and its going on 23 years old. A freind of mine has a 68 Firebird, he spent 12 grand on just paint & body. I cant remember the guys name but he was on Hot Rod TV, He does the ghost flames. Anyway he painted the car. He's got around 50 grand under the hood. All aluminum 455 with dual quads, dual pro-chargers, and a pro fogger. The engine made 1200 hp on just the motor and fogger. People that make stupid money can drop some insane cash in a car. I know I could. I'll get some pictures so that you all dont think that I'm full of shiznit. His car in insane.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

New guy needs some help

Reply #31 –
Vaspoogee heaven there. You need to try and run codes,I'm sure you will get plenty. Lets see what comes up.
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 #32 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;346388
Define "a lot of work (and money)". 300 rwhp is easily achieved for about $5000 or even less on a SEFI 5.0. Now having $5000 laying around to throw at an engine is a bit tough for most people, my self included ;).

 
That's exactly what I am saying. 5 grand is quite a chunk of change. New(or re-worked) heads, intake, cam, valvetrain components, exhaust, machine work, gaskets, pistons.....as I'm sure you know the list goes on. Most of us acspoogeulate these parts over years and years.  If I had 5g's would I throw it at my Mark? Well, hell yes, as long as I was financially comfortable with life's other aspects. But, most of us that own these cars now are young and pretty broke. All I am saying is what is true, HP costs, and when you don't start off with a whole lot, it costs a lot more.
FOXLESS!!

1994 Lincoln Mark VIII

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Reply #33 –
Well the rough idle boiled down to some vacuum lines not being hooked up, the suspension issues except bottoming out were tire related have 205's on now and no more weird movement on the highway.  I did check the suspension and other then the front end links needing replacement nothing bad.  Now I found another issue....I'll post the pics

this is what I found first.


traced it back to here.


but I have no idea what it goes to...or if it will even affect the engine at all.

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Reply #34 –
Does anyone know what those are? SEFI cars don't have them.....I think.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #35 –
My 84 has those. They're next to the MAP sensor...but uhhh...yep.
2002 Honda Civic EX

1984 Ford Thunderbird Elan
5.0 CFI, T5, Dual Exhaust

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Reply #36 –
I'm thinking it might go to the hose that got a screw in it...but not sure...lol.  My luck I'd attach it to that and it would be wrong.

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Reply #37 –
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Unless its acting weird or buggs you. If I ever get to the point of putting my other motor in, there will not be any plastic lines after.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #38 –
Yea I'm thinkin about just sayin screw it and leave it alone.  I just figured while I was screwing around in the engine bay I'd snap some pics and see if it's anything important.

New guy needs some help

Reply #39 –
Quote from: Nytedragon;355244
Well the rough idle boiled down to some vacuum lines not being hooked up, the suspension issues except bottoming out were tire related have 205's on now and no more weird movement on the highway.  I did check the suspension and other then the front end links needing replacement nothing bad.  Now I found another issue....I'll post the pics

this is what I found first.


traced it back to here.


but I have no idea what it goes to...or if it will even affect the engine at all.

The 85 EVTM shows that as the "Throttle Kicker" solenoid.
To verify this; the vacuum decal on the fan shroud will show the color codes for the vacuum lines.
The throttle kicker is how the EEC controls the idle speed.

The CFI doesn't have a choke. But it does have some of the old choke control stuff that is used to control the fast idle cam.
Before starting, tap the gas to "set" the fast idle cam, then keep your foot off the gas while cranking.

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Reply #40 –
Thanks Softtouch.  This bird is getting on my nerves lately.  I changed the belts to fix a high rpm squeal and now the alternator chirps!  I fix that and then the smog pump will seize up...I bet you $10!

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Reply #41 –
I have a similar problem. When the car is cold it'll idle stumble a lot more than it does when warm. I'm beginning to think it's a vacuum leak, I'm just not sure where it could be.

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Reply #42 –
Got some carb cleaner?  Thats how I found where my leaks were in the past.  This car was easy, sorta, find hoses disconnected then figure out where they go.