Elan? Fila? Reply #30 – January 31, 2008, 01:03:35 AM Quote from: t3skidoo;200923No one has mentioned the real reason to order a Fila in the first place, the most powerful motor available in an aerobird (until the intercooled TC), a 175 HP SBF.Are you serious? Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #31 – January 31, 2008, 11:24:28 AM Quote from: t3skidoo;200923No one has mentioned the real reason to order a Fila in the first place, the most powerful motor available in an aerobird (until the intercooled TC), a 175 HP SBF.A 175hp throttle body 5.0 in a Fila??? Nobody mentioned it cause it never happened...Cuse me me while I go to john before I piss myself... Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #33 – January 31, 2008, 04:49:13 PM Back in my youth I owned a 78' Diamond Jubilee thunderbird, loved that car... Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #34 – January 31, 2008, 05:24:26 PM I never drove one, never cared. Throttle body? Who knows, never looked under the hood. Just taking the salesman at his word. Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #35 – January 31, 2008, 05:33:57 PM And that's why we don't take the salesman's word for it :D I wish it was true though. Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #36 – January 31, 2008, 07:20:28 PM IIRC, in '84 the Mustang GT came with a 175HP carb'd 302. Yes or no? The Fila came with that motor, so said the guy at Ford. "Salesman" was a poor choice of words, the guy was a service writer. We had this conversation while getting my TC serviced. True? beats me. All I know is I've read lots of things that don't jive with my experience and/or recollection. 83-85 TCs rated at 155 HP? Maybe, but that's not what was advertised. All 83-85 TC motors the same? Doubt it.I parked my "old" one next to a guy one time. Lucked into catching him as we were leaving, talked TC shop for a while. He had bought his '85 TC at the beginning of the model year, while I'd bought mine at the end. The motor in his looked like it was straight out of an '84. As compared to mine, different pipe off the turbo, different intake and a few other things that escape memory.Believing don't make it so, but I consider him a reputable source for a starting point. I'll say it again, I never cared about the Fila and still don't but one of the purposes of this board is information dissemination, right? Is there anyone that has a Fila on this board now (that isn't banned)? Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #37 – January 31, 2008, 07:35:16 PM Quote from: t3skidoo;201242IIRC, in '84 the Mustang GT came with a 175HP carb'd 302. Yes or no? The Fila came with that motor, so said the guy at Ford. "Salesman" was a poor choice of words, the guy was a service writer. We had this conversation while getting my TC serviced. That was a 4bbl carbed 5.0 engine... NO FOX T-Bird ever came with a 4bbl carb from the factory... AFAIK all '83 up 5.0 were fuel injection... Even if some of the Canadian models were carbed, I can gaurentee, none had a 4bbl HO... IF he stated it was the same, 175hp, etc... He was lying..Except for Turbo Coupes a 5.0 could be had in any year Fox Bird... Fila, base, Elan, all got the same engine... Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #38 – January 31, 2008, 09:03:09 PM Quote from: t3skidoo;200923No one has mentioned the real reason to order a Fila in the first place, the most powerful motor available in an aerobird (until the intercooled TC), a 175 HP SBF.Pay no attention to any posts concerning a certain member who owned one.....He was a fountain of mis-information. Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #39 – February 03, 2008, 01:01:59 AM Quote from: t3skidoo;201070Those wooden computers are just too hard for me to learn.maybe this will help you out.enjoy everyone,, been holding on to this link for a while now,, and it works fine.http://www.syssrc.com/html/museum/html/sims/javaslide/ Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #40 – February 12, 2008, 12:34:26 AM I've got a red one... anyone wanna buy it? its for sale.. Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #41 – February 12, 2008, 12:49:13 AM Holy big pic Batman!! I dunno how much are ya asking? Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #42 – February 12, 2008, 01:00:07 AM Yeah, sorry... didn't realize it till I had it there...I want $900 for it, just want it gone.. runs and drives, good condition.. I am in washington Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #43 – February 16, 2008, 06:11:01 PM I have an 85 Fila 106K, two owner,nearly perfect Fila. These are charcoal pastel gray light with dark charcoal gray accents on bottom. park one next to white and the difference is noticeable. 5.0 cfi 140-145hp Quote Selected
Elan? Fila? Reply #44 – February 16, 2008, 06:34:50 PM I forgot to mention it is a feature car in THUNDERBIRD FIFTY YEARS, by Alan Tast, a book with pictures and excellent history of all birds.My car on pages 138 thru 142. Quote Selected
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