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83 Thunderbird with mods

83 Thunderbird with mods. Great pictures and description in the link. If you want $9500 for a car perhaps you should tell the potential buyer why it's worth $9500 or at least what "high performance" parts are on the car. Plus more than two py pictures.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4392771426.html
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #1
Nice car. efi swap even.
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

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #2
I'd like to know what "high performance" parts it has. Most of the time these things have an E303 cam and GT40 or Pro Comp heads, which isn't "high performance" in my book. Hell I wouldn't even want a car with those junk Pro Comp heads.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #3
Curious as to why they used a box upper intake.

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #4
They were very common about 10 years ago fir turbo/supercharged stuff.
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

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #5
Quote from: thunderjet302;431361
I'd like to know what "high performance" parts it has.


I see a crankcase evac system. Weird to see one on a mass air car with no forced induction.... but the box intakes are intended for either forced induction or a car that REVS...they are not designed for low end grunt in a naturally aspirated application.  Looks like a relatively clean setup.  Good luck getting it to pass emissions in a lot of states on the visual side of things with that evac system though.  That type of evac system and catalytic converters are generally a no-no as well unless you run an oil separator in line.  I'm guessing it has none though...

Heck, you're close by.  Call him from a friend's house.  I'm actually curious!
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #6
I might give him a ring from work on break. I'm curious what parts it actually has.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

83 Thunderbird with mods

Reply #7
With big and littles, ill bet it has some nuts to it. ask him what it runs.
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