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Finally Home: 87 turbo

Reply #45 –
Let me do a little homework here, i might be onto something.
It's Gumby's fault.

Finally Home: 87 turbo

Reply #46 –
Im going to do some part number referencing, ill probably be PMing you tomorrow or the day after with some numbers id need you to check, to see if theyre on the turbo or not.

*edit*

Now that im looking with more detail, my idea wont work. I was thinking that maybe you could mount up an RHB52W, or even make a hybrid, but the turbo looks to be completely smaller, center section and everything.
It's Gumby's fault.

Finally Home: 87 turbo

Reply #47 –
Thanks anyway, i've got a couple leads. Ones for sure and ones a maybe, just gotta keep picking up pennies off the ground for another month and hopefully i'll be good to go.
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #48 –
Wow and all this time your turbo car really wasn't.
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Reply #49 –
Its now been dubbed the UN-Turbo sprint..

Found a turbo in manitoba for $275, one in Abbotsford B.C. for $250, And hopefully one at a local wrecker, theyre still trying to find it, the computer says theres one in the yard somewhere..
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #50 –
You could always install an electric "turbonator" :D
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #51 –
Quote from: tbirdscott
will run with a tc


i dont know about that one, mainly because its fwd, and it wouldnt go around a corner worth a sheat, but im sure it makes for a all around decently fun reliable car in the end
:birdsmily:

2.5" Cat Back Exhaust, CenterForce Stage 2 Dual Friction Clutch, B&M Ripper Shifter, T3/T4 Turbonetics 63 A/R Turbo, Rods Stainless Tubular Ceramic Coated Header, Boost Controller @ 15Psi, Kirban AFPR, 42lb Injectors, 190LPH Walbro Fuel pump, Ranger Roller Cam, 3" Aluminum Intake Tubing, K&N Cone,  KYB Struts, Koni Red Horizontals/Verticals, Eibach Sportline Springs, Racer Walsh C/C Plates, Polyurethane Bushings, 17x9 Cobra R Wheels

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Reply #52 –
I meant in the 1/4 mile, these were rated in the 16's aswell

Unless youve driven one of these dont knock the handling, cornering is a bit fun but thats what the e-brake is for :p in snow and dirt these things are on rails.
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #53 –
Quote from: turbo88
i dont know about that one, mainly because its fwd, and it wouldnt go around a corner worth a sheat, but im sure it makes for a all around decently fun reliable car in the end

According to GM Canada's '89 Pontiac line brochure the turbo Firefly (same as Sprint) has the same power-to-weight ratio that a Trans Am had (I'm assuming they meant a 305 version). I know a 305 T/A isn't exactly fast, but it's faster than a TC. It's been a decade and a half since I last drove a turbo Sprint, but I do remember the little  being hella fast. It's only got about a hundred horsepower, but it only weighs about 100 pounds, too (especially after 19 years worth of rust) :hick:

I don't doubt one would keep up with, if not outrun, a stock TC in the 1/4 and on a twisty course. Top end the TC would leave the Sprint in the dust, but that 3600 pounds is a lot of weight to get going and bend into turns...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #54 –
Got a lil sumptin today ;)



http://ca.geocities.com/tbrd_guy/turbo.JPG
http://ca.geocities.com/tbrd_guy/num.JPG

$150 + S&H off a 91 firefly with a blown headgasket but the oil I did get out of it was clear so i'm not worried, spins nice and free and didnt notice any play in it. The lower coolant line appears to have rusted off and the wastegate was stuck open but my vaccume pod is smooth as butter and I hope my coolant lines are in better shape, cant wait to get it on, I could hardly sleep lastnight lol
http://ca.geocities.com/tbrd_guy/rust.JPG
Came with a new O2 sensor in it and I just spent $40 on a new one a couple weeks ago :mad:

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cant wait to get it on, I could hardly sleep lastnight
Heh heh just re-read my post :p
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #55 –
Quote from: tbirdscott
Got a lil sumptin today ;)


 Snow???

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Reply #56 –
god that thing is TINY! hehe.

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Reply #57 –
heh could almost use two of those to make a Twin turbo TC one per two cyl lol

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Reply #58 –
man, a regular IHI or T3 would boost that little motor to the sky.. first WOT and the thing would just be shrapnal.

bet it will be a blast to drive when finished though.

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Reply #59 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
I know a 305 T/A isn't exactly fast, but it's faster than a TC...

Have you ever driven a 305 T/A?  Remember my thread a while back about the 90 camaro?  That thing was about as fast as Blue84302's tbird.  (the only 5.0 fox i've driven)  I would hope a TC would be able to outrun an 84 tbird 5.0.
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