My 87 LX Reply #315 – February 19, 2014, 07:48:34 AM Well as luck may have it soon as taxes come back i will be the owner of an 88 lx, again. I bought it back in 08 for a buddy. Well ts changed hands a few times within the friend circle and family too. Its a little rough but runs the real downfall is the tranny is on its way out. Picking it up cheap as a budget sleeper for the fiance ad i to play around with. If you look back a few pages its in here somewhere. We rebuilt the engine a year or so ago. Plans for this one is ho 8.8 bigger brakes and make it look decent. Im saving another one lol Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #316 – February 20, 2014, 04:48:51 PM Just finish yours, at least so its on the road. my 87 needs a twin.Just throw a t-5 at it. I can't believe how much better it made my car. trying to kill the aod in my cougar.right now so I have an excuse to do it. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #317 – February 20, 2014, 06:02:31 PM Im just doing nobuck mods. I have a great stash of parts for this already. Its gonna stay auto so she can drive it but ill have the parts ready to do it anyway lol my plans are make it look good-ish and just play with it. We both have decent dailys so its just another toy Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #319 – February 20, 2014, 06:52:15 PM Clayton, do you everything for a T-5 swap? other than the trans...... Text my phone with what you might need. I have pretty much everything but the trans. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #320 – February 21, 2014, 07:26:43 PM Its home. The tranny isnt completely toast, it demoted itself to a c6 so no overdrive. But shes pretty clean still. She has some rust but nothing that cant be fixed easily. Thanks to john all i have to hunt down is a t5. Then its time to hunt for some gt40 heads, ho cam, maf, and then install all the other goodies i already have then i have a semi stout bird to tide me over til mine is drivable.Its a smoke gray lx with a full red tc interior, auto lamps and thats about it. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #321 – March 17, 2014, 12:40:01 PM Thar she be in all her rusty glory.Annnnnnd my DD also rusty but trusty. And the best use for fox seats that don't lean forward Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #322 – March 17, 2014, 01:49:40 PM Lol love the seats in the truck I've Ben thinking about putting halo seats in my single cab f150 Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #323 – March 17, 2014, 06:59:17 PM Nice man.Check out local ads for blown v-6 stangs and the corall. I used a 03 trans in my bird and other then speedo, its been awesome. if you swap a tail shaft off of any 80-98 trans you can use the stock vss with it if you clearance the 5th gear shaft. I plan on doing this sometime this summer. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #324 – March 17, 2014, 07:00:30 PM I almost forgot, if you were to drill out the bellhousing, you could use a stock 10.5 clutch and flywheel instead of the 11" junk I used. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #325 – April 02, 2014, 03:25:22 PM Fiddled with her a little today amongst cleaning out the garage. Mounted the scoop for good and got the headlights in so she could see some. just screwing around, aside from me re-thinking my fuel delivery system. There might be some changes coming sometime Enjoy Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #326 – May 17, 2014, 08:18:42 PM Well i scored some goodies for the 88 today. I hit up my favorite junkyard for parts for my blow-tie dailydriver and stumbled upon a 88 TC sans motor trans hood and diff. Everything else was still intact so the most desirable parts made their way back to the house. Header panel and all the front lights, the bumper cover and reinforcement, steering wheel with a perfect horn button, the pull strap covers, tail lights, floodlamp trim ect. All in which will find its home on either the 87 or 88. The only tastic part is that some jackhole peppered the front lights with red paint. Luckily it comes off relatively easy with mineral spirits and a shop rag, gonna take a buttload of rubbing and sanding and buffing to make them perfect. On a better note the headlights on the 88 are almost crystal clear. The outers and TC inners need a whole lotta love though.Thats my update for now. Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #327 – May 17, 2014, 08:27:22 PM Cool score :) I'm going to need to come back out there for a parts delivery run. We'll discuss $$ later lol Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #328 – May 17, 2014, 08:33:07 PM Yeah John, ill have the money waiting come hell or high water Quote Selected
My 87 LX Reply #329 – May 17, 2014, 08:42:43 PM Next weekend sound good?? I'm usually off from 1am Thursday till 7pm Sunday, but I try to chill out on Sunday though Quote Selected
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