novaderrik wrote:1988RedT2 wrote: Wow. I wonder how many pounds of boost you need to run to wake up a two-ton turd.they are actually pretty peppy cars.. i think some of them got 3.73 gears, so that helps a bit.Pretty cool car, but I can't help but feel that a twin-turbo V8 would be a better fit.
That's good to know. I drove one of the newer ones with a 6 or an 8 (can't remember which) and it felt pretty chubby.
Ranger50 wrote:novaderrik wrote: they are actually pretty peppy cars.. i think some of them got 3.73 gears, so that helps a bit.Auto's got 3.73's and manuals were 3.55's in a 94-98 SN95 width housing on 4 lugs.
So is a 5-lug swap as easy as SN95 front spindles and rear axle shafts?
Will wrote:Ranger50 wrote:So is a 5-lug swap as easy as SN95 front spindles and rear axle shafts?novaderrik wrote: they are actually pretty peppy cars.. i think some of them got 3.73 gears, so that helps a bit.Auto's got 3.73's and manuals were 3.55's in a 94-98 SN95 width housing on 4 lugs.
we used Ranger rotors and Aerostar axles/drums when we put a turbocoupe rear end and swapped to 5 lug wheels on a friend's 89 Mustang...
Or, if you're a complete bastard you could cannibalize a Mark VII.
Assuming you can find one that's not owned by a nutcase like me!
The_Jed wrote: Or, if you're a complete bastard you could cannibalize a Mark VII.
those are the cars that all wound up in junkyards because the air ride shocks would blow out and render the car a permanent low rider because the owners didn't want to shell out the cash to fix it right and weren't savvy enough to know that Thunderbird struts, shocks, and springs bolt in, right?
In reply to novaderrik:
Sort of.
If you were junkyarding the swap you'd need Cougar/T-Bird LCAs and rear upper spring perches to weld in, a K-member, A-arms and a ball joint sleeve/bushing if you were using the Cougarbird balljoint with the Mark VII spindle.
In reply to The_Jed:
Or just convert to coil overs in back. Seen that done more times then not.
novaderrik wrote:The_Jed wrote: Or, if you're a complete bastard you could cannibalize a Mark VII.those are the cars that all wound up in junkyards because the air ride shocks would blow out and render the car a permanent low rider because the owners didn't want to shell out the cash to fix it right and weren't savvy enough to know that Thunderbird struts, shocks, and springs bolt in, right?
Works for the Mark 8, anyway.
scardeal wrote: I've seen that car locally. It goes pfft...pfffft....pffft... I was surprised the first time I saw it that it was a turbo 4 and not a 5 point oh. Thing is, I don't remember it being especially fast. Might be the difference between a national-style course and our tight parking lots.
He was very fast todayat the Det SCCA season opener!
At the end of the second run group he more than likely had FTD. He was the only car in the second group in the 49 second range. I handed out time slips that group. I did leave before 3rd run group though.
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