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Great photos! Thanks for sharing, and it looks like a cool project.

The manifolds look ok but how about prolonged use. A lot of turbo manifolds or headers glow on hard pulls. I would thank they would start cracking.

i wondered if you were joking or not. You are gonna move a lot of air. Wiring has had me working hard for a while on my build, but mine is a MUCH more street oriented build. MS1 and EDIS. All I'd see is your taillights if I lined up with this animal. LOL  Thanks for posting it up here. I see you are also a TM junkie!

Do you know BlownShovel? He's my neighbor.

Yeah, mine is fairly radical but I still plan to  drive it on the street every chance I get.  That's the great thing about turbo cars, they can be ridiculously fast and still be fairly docile on the street.  Have you already started wiring for the Megasquirt?  I'm actually fairly anxious to start on the Megasquirt, it should be pretty interesting.  I love TM, there's a lot of really knowledgeable guys on there that love to help.  Have you seen tirefryins10's Fairmont build?  That's the car that inspired me to take this path.  I'll be using an almost identical setup to him, just a few less cubes and a little more compression.  He went ~8.6 @ 159mph with the same turbos and 3200 pounds.  I don't personally know Blown Shovel but I do love his car.  Do you have a build thread?  There's not enough build threads out there of these cars.

Yeah, mine is fairly radical but I still plan to  drive it on the street every chance I get.  That's the great thing about turbo cars, they can be ridiculously fast and still be fairly docile on the street.  Have you already started wiring for the Megasquirt?  I'm actually fairly anxious to start on the Megasquirt, it should be pretty interesting.  I love TM, there's a lot of really knowledgeable guys on there that love to help.  Have you seen tirefryins10's Fairmont build?  That's the car that inspired me to take this path.  I'll be using an almost identical setup to him, just a few less cubes and a little more compression.  He went ~8.6 @ 159mph with the same turbos and 3200 pounds.  I don't personally know Blown Shovel but I do love his car.  Do you have a build thread?  There's not enough build threads out there of these cars.

OH YEAH. His build will be famous here. It should be a sticky.
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?24179-1988-TC-single-Holset-turbo-5.0-4R70W

I hear you on that.  You might as well just do it right the first time because it will be cheaper in the long run.  Just build what you want and will enjoy.  There's no reason to rush because that never ends well.  I'm definitely looking forward to seeing yours finished.  It will be quite awhile until mine's up and running.  I never even gave these cars a second thought until I bought my first one.  Now I can't get enough.  You've gotta love something you don't see everyday.

I just stumbled across this thread...very cool project.  It looks like you have thought it all out very well and I'm sure you will have no problems meeting your goals.

I would leave the faded out paint.  Talk about a sleeper!!