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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / steering column
I have a steering column I bought for my 83.  I ended up junking the car and have no use for it anymore.  I believe it's out of an 84 cougar and it's red in color.  I has the MFS stuff still on it, not entirely sure if they work 100%.  Would like $40 plus shipping.

Thanks,
Rob
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Lounge / 5.0 Badges are back
Quote from: Seek;304168
Wow, that thing is sure crammed into that open space. Too bad it still won't have the low, low torque (and its related fuel economy) that made the original 5.0's so great. Of course they have 50 years and a few new tricks underneath it to get some of that back.


I think we will be surprised how much of this they will make up with the variable cam timing.  That and greater control over the ignition events will make the fuel economy much better too.

Hopefully I'll be able to afford a nice used 2011 GT when I graduate from chiropractic school in 4 years (I start Jan 12.).

-Rob
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Mark VII doors?
Bummer, there's a fairly clean Mark VII at the local U Pull and Pay.  The doors were in nice shape.  Guess I'll just have to settle for the front spindles/brakes and rear end...

Thanks,
Rob
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Mark VII doors?
Is that a no?  Because the doors look the same to me.  I can't compare them side by side though.  Has someone on here tried it before?  What are the specific differences?

Thanks,
Rob
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 83 steering column
Quote from: Haystack;300623
There was a nice 83 cougar at a self pull yard in my area. What options does your colum have?



It is a tilt wheel with column shift.  It also has cruise control, but it doesn't work so I don't care if the new column has it or not.  What kind of $$$ are you guys wanting shipped to 45036?  I don't have a lot of expendable cash right now, I'm just trying to make sure the car is safe to drive.

Thanks,
Rob
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 83 steering column
Quote from: Haystack;300308
For a true swap in, your going to have to find one from a car that has all of the same options. In my old 86, I swapped on from a 85 and it worked fine, but the wipers plug and everything else was different. In the same car I swapped to a 87 tc on, and added the shift colum linkage. It ended up jamming up and I broke the shifter off when I got stuck in some snow one day. If it wasn't for that, I'd still have the car.

Basically, if it were me, I would only get one from a 83-84 with the exact same options, or be willing to do some work to make it work 100%.


Thank you, that was one of my main concerns.  I'm not against modifying stuff to make it work, but I want to make sure it could be done relatively simply.  I'll have to see what's in the pick-n-pulls around here.  The yard I usually go to only had one 87-88 TC and it was pretty well raped by people removing parts in a no so gentle manner.

-Rob
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Engine Tech / Project Old Spice... (engine combo) LONG
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;300352
This one is a fairly good cam for up to prob 6200 rpms... Could likely run 1.7 ratio rockers without issue but will prob need better valve springs on those E7s with either rocker... With the 1.7s it'd be similar in lift and duration to the small Trick Flow cam I have...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-K3601/


Thanks for the advice.  I wanted to make sure that I didn't give it too much cam.  From what I've read, the E7s seem to peter out at about 5000 rpm.  I'm sure that may improve a little with port work though.

Thanks,
Rob
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 83 steering column
Do you know which models share the same column so I can look?

  I didn't even know if the newer fox birds were the same.  I know there are several differences, like the horn for mine being on the turn signal stalk instead of the center of the steering wheel.  I didn't know if they would interchange or if the wiring and other stuff was too different.

Thanks,
Rob