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My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #75
Quote from: Watchdevil;338669
My 89 was that way too...

As was my '86, so it must be a '97 thing.

Steve, I reckon it's a good thing it's factory. I've not seen very many aftermarket wings that look good on our cars :(

The Xenon spoiler is one of the good ones ...
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't f**k with 'em

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #76
yeah i really like that one cause its got the brake light in it
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #77
I think I have a couple of factory spoilers for those cars in the garage .I have a stack of spoilers I've gathered for whatever reason.LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #78
Well I washed it for the first time since I got it, and boy does she shine! I didn't know those wheels could gloss like that!








And here are my two babies together::D:D:D



And two more:



--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #79
lookin good
Fox-less at the moment

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #80
Thanks!
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #81
You need to look at your wheels, again. You got them half-straightened out, now if you'll just put the wheels from the driver's side onto the passenger's side and vice versa, you'll be cooking with gas ;)
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't f**k with 'em

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #82
Actually mine are right, yours are on backwards. Look it up.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #83
Quote from: sarjxxx;340265
Actually mine are right, yours are on backwards. Look it up.


Oh snap! Jeez Sarjxxx, way to jump on the guy!
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #84
Oh, not at all. I'm just saying...:dunno:
 I actually saw a picture of his a couple weeks ago and meant to tell him, but he got to me first;)

I like them much better this way... When its rolling it looks to me like they're trying to claw up air and asphalt and throw it behind me where it should be:burnout:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #85
Quote from: sarjxxx;340341
Oh, not at all. I'm just saying...:dunno:
 I actually saw a picture of his a couple weeks ago and meant to tell him, but he got to me first;)


I love ya dude, and like giving a fellow bird owner some ribbing here and there, so there's no need/want/desire for me to start a g match on an internet forum, or anywhere else for that matter.

But ....

take off the center cap of the wheel & they are marked. The wheels on the driver's side of my car are marked "LH <-" under the center cap. The wheels on the passenger's side are marked "-> RH" under the center caps. I'll snap some pics for reference.

I'm just glad you have the wheels on each side matched up :tg: :)
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't f**k with 'em

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #86
well I've had some play in my steering wheel for ever since I first go tthe car....

Decided to check out why that was.

Turns out, there is a bolt that goes into the two shafts of the steering column of course. Well, it was, um, how do you say, GONE.

So, pulled one from the JY, tightned the shafts back up, put the bolt back in, steering's tight as a knot!:D
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #87
So, after all the exhaust that I ripped of the cat, I figured I could recycle some of it so, yes, I cut off the ler off the bird and stuck the glasspack on.

Not too bad really. Just a little ricey at low rpm but no fart can. Trust me, no fart can. I hate fart can.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #88
Quote from: sarjxxx;343979
So, after all the exhaust that I ripped of the cat, I figured I could recycle some of it so, yes, I cut off the ler off the bird and stuck the glasspack on.

Not too bad really. Just a little ricey at low rpm but no fart can. Trust me, no fart can. I hate fart can.

 
I had a Thrush glasspack on my '86 Cougar (3.8L) & it never sounded like a fart can. Everybody that heard it, even at idle, thought it was an 8 & wouldn't believe me when I said it was only a 6 :dunno:
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't f**k with 'em

My daily driver Thunderbird: the "Red Bird"

Reply #89
Yeah, thats exactly whats on mine, 18" thrush glasspack.

Thats just my point about it.. No fart can sound. Everybody says that glasspacks on 3.8 mustangs sound like shiznitbox ricers but I really think it sounds good. No ricey sound at all, ecept for at low rpm idle it sounds a little airy, but not bad.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L