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Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

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Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #1 –
Good luck with the build. I don't know that I'd bother painting the exhaust parts. I've never seen a paint that will last on them myself. The possibilities for the 5.0 are almost endless. You'll enjoy it.
'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..

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #2 –
It held up pretty good on the ranger...Using 2000 degree headerpaint... We shall see :)

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #3 –
again, good luck. What are the plans for the 5.0?
'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..

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #4 –
Baby it and save until I have another DD...Then turbo sleeper from hell... The car is in my buddy's backyard FINALLY...So I will be going over tomorrow morning after work to get started.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #5 –
Well, finally got my hands on it today... Turns out my friend was wrong, it is an 88 xr7. Before I show you these pics...I gotta warn you...Its rough.

I hate the front...Is it a direct bolt-on swap for either the mustang or the thunderbird? Fenders and all, or just hood/lights/bumper?

Little rust


The interior was DISGUSTING... smelled like a yeast infection.

The drivers seat is stuck in gangsta lean...another reason to trash it

The chop shop. Hanging: honda valve cover and my exhaust. front car: honda accord with no engine (insert fast and furious joke here) Then because I suck at photography, you cant see the mustang or my cougar behind that.

Robbing the rich turbo mustang and giving to my poor neglected cat. But once again, you cant see them very well...More pics when I get them in.




And thats all for now...Going to bed soon, so I can wake up when its not so freaking hot, and get something done on it. Suggestions on the front end especially would be appreciated...I really like the mustang front, and the thunderbird is close second, but I dont like this merc front at all.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #6 –
The '87-'88 Tbird front will bolt on, but it's a no go on the Mustang. Nice car though, and an XR-7 too, much better than a '91 have fun!!
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #7 –
The engine bay as of now....could use some work to say the least lol


Cleaned up the wheels going on it, now just gotta get the new tires mounted on them and throw them on (heh I wish it was that easy) 2 hubs are missing lug studs and the rear brakes are FUBAR so theres so more work to get it going.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #8 –
The seat can be fixed easily. Just replace the lever assembly on it. One from a Fox Stang, Bird, or Cougar will bolt right on. The car looks a little rough, but very rebuildable. My Sport was worse than that. Just take your time and start acquiring parts when you can. No Stang body parts (header panel, lights, fenders, bumpers) are interchangeable with our cars. The seats will swap into ours. They just bolt onto our seat tracks. Clean the engine bay really good, and see what you have, and what you need to get it running good. Modding these are fairly easy, and engine parts are everywhere. Tech answers are just a thread away here as well.
'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..

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #9 –
Thanks. So far I have headers, valve covers (and heads if need be) H-pipe, flowmasters, Upper and lower intake with a CAI, dist, coil, radiator and alternator (if need be) possibly brakes (if the stangs wont work I will get new ones) and wheels with tires that I need to get mounted and balanced.

What I know it needs and I have to buy, belts, hoses, wires, distributor, something fixed with the steering (I can shake the wheel and its not because the tilt)  Also needs a new heater core and AC compressor, but I will tough it out until fall when I change the heater core and do the AC before next summer.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #10 –
I like your plans for everything................but the front end swap.  Its your car though.
Mike

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #11 –
I think you'll like the merc front end once you clean it up a bit. Also, you could swap a 4-eye cougar/bird front end on it, which would look pretty cool. Don't do an 87-88 bird front end on your cougar though....that just looks nasty.
-'88 Tbird 3.8
-2012 Altima 2.5 BASE. 
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Future: Budget 5.0 300 HP.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #12 –
For the steering wheel shake, It may be in the column. Remove the outer column covers, then remove the signal light switch assembly. You'll see two bolts back in there. Pull one out at a time, add a little loctite and reinstall. That should do it.
'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..

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #13 –
It's in lot better shape than mine was....I've been messing with mine off and on for over 2 years. I just did get some new(er) calipers for my 5 lug front conversion...feels great to be able to actually stop the thing now, lol.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #14 –
FML looks like the mice/rats whatever small rodents were living in there since 2006 had their way with the wiring. Got a battery in it, trunk works, fuel door doesnt, wipers wont turn off (even when the key isnt in the ignition), no exterior lights will come on, radio/climate wont come on, couldnt hear the fuel pump prime. Looks like Imma have to wait on your header panel Vinnietbird...will be at least a month before I can afford all the  that I dont even know about yet, luckily my friend's mom has money and I have good credit with her. So I just cant buy anything I dont NEED until I pay her off.

Kinda frustrated cause the way the car was described to me "I start it up every now and then, but it hasnt seen the road in a couple years" and then today it was "I drove it home to the south side from choctaw, then replaced the trans and ran out of money, then my brother took some parts off of it and its been sitting since then"