Just checkin in here. Some of the 2.3t guys may know me already. Brian aka Deathbypsi from Turboford and rest of the interweb...
ANyway, I just picked up a 83 TC as a roller and have some cool plans to get it back on the road asap as my new go to work toy since I drive 100+ miles a day and killing my 3 year old F150 with 500+ miles a week.
Hoping to find the info and help I need here since this is my first Tbird
Welcome to the group. We like pictures.
Here are a couple from friday when I brought it home.
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/deathbypsi/Turbocoupe/IMG_2011_zpskstqenwc.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/deathbypsi/media/Turbocoupe/IMG_2011_zpskstqenwc.jpg.html)
(http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/deathbypsi/Turbocoupe/IMG_2010_zpsqblkj7ho.jpg) (http://s681.photobucket.com/user/deathbypsi/media/Turbocoupe/IMG_2010_zpsqblkj7ho.jpg.html)
Is there a place here for me to document the rebuild?
And how does the general population feel about non concours restos here?
Welcome aboard :D Nice looking project basis. You can make a build thread in the body section. That seems to be where most are. I'm speaking for myself here, but generally it don't matter if it's concourse or not. Make it yours and be happy :burnout:
Just noticed the hood. Those aren't available anymore, that I've found anyway. Mainly stock type or cowls now. Unless of course you do something like Vinnie's hood ..... such a sweeeeeet hood too! :headbang:
Welcome, very nice, what are the wheels off of?
Welcome to the forum, great place for tech and info.
They look like 93 Mustang Cobra rims painted black with unpainted center caps.....
Funny thing about that hood...... I hate it. lol
I traded if off for a stock 88 TC hood. Just not the look Im going for.
Yes the wheels are 93 Cobra 17s but I havent looked close enough yet to see if they are painted or powder coated. I would rather have then back to the stock finish myself so that will happen if its just black paint. Im ready to buy some tires for them but I cant decide if I should go 245/45 at all corners or put a 245/50 or a 255 on rear yet. I will be lowering the car a bit but I want the rear wheel well filled up with as much tire as I can fit on these wheels. Sinks that they are a goofy 7.5" width.
What are your plans for the engine?
I have a 96 Explorer 5.0,t5 and a 88 TC 8.8 with 3.27s. Im using a 90 Mustang mass air harness and ecm. Heads getting ported by "Scholdes" and I have a TFS stage 1 cam for it.
I'm getting ready to do a similar swap. 89 mustang 5.0 and 8.8 with a Tremec 3550 into an 88 V6 bird
Your going to end up having to repin and rewire quite a bit trying to use the Explorer harness. Your best bet would be to try and find an 88 5.0 bird harness and add the mass air to it. Most of the rewiring you will have to do is for the dash, gages, AC, exc.
I do happen to have an extra 88 5.0 harness that has been sitting in a box for several years. I was going to use it but ended up going with a FAST standalone. PM me if your interested.
You missed the part where I said I have a Mustang mass air harness and ecm. Im dropping in a distributor and putting foxbody front dress on motor. No a/c for now and no p/s since Im putting a flaming river manual rack in. I ordered a Powermaster 1 wire 140a alt to eliminate that mess of wiring and Im not using any of the stock gauges. Im making my own cluster with a mix of Autometer and Speedhut gauges with a gps speedo.
Homie aint playin around.
I thought this was gonna be a simple driver..... :hick:
:dunno: What part isn't simple? lol
"difficult " is sitting in the garage still!
*waves*
Just a suggestion here but I think with an '83 car you would be miles ahead to use a Painless harness to do the injection on this car. I converted my '83 over to carbed and pretty much just deleted all the injection (CFI) wiring and everything else works fine. The Mustang harness is going to require some splicing and what not and its an old harness that can lead to issues down the road with it being brittle. The Painless harness is plug and play, stand alone, and new which are all wins if you ask me.
I also converted my 93 Coupe from a 4 cylinder to an injected 331 using stock harnesses and it was a mofookie getting all of the kinks out due to a couple of broken wires.
Darren
The wiring is no problem for me. I have done tons of efi conversions over the years.