Project: Thunder Kiss '89

[Burton58]

turning into a Stupid Coupe

[Lycaon]

Doesn't swapping in a 351 defeat the purpose of buying a Super Coupe?


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no, the supercharged v6 wasnt the only thing the car had over the base model and lx. the 5 sp, the 4 wheel disk brakes, the 4 wheel abs, the VMM system, ECS shocks, heavier stabilizer bars, lower ground valences, premium sound package, etc things like that were part of the super coupe package. and besides, if i ever to end up putting the 351 in and its not enough i could always add a supercharger down the road

(edit: basically what im getting at is that the SC is a better candidate for this swap over a base or lx)

turning into a Stupid Coupe

why do you say that?

[Burton58]

Boredom mostly

[Lycaon]

ah i see

[Lycaon]

ok im ready for the abuse; heres the R spoiler!!




and heres a very rough idea of what itll look like with the new springs and cobra setup:

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

no, the supercharged v6 wasnt the only thing the car had over the base model and lx. the 5 sp, the 4 wheel disk brakes, the 4 wheel abs, the VMM system, ECS shocks, heavier stabilizer bars, lower ground valences, premium sound package, etc things like that were part of the super coupe package. and besides, if i ever to end up putting the 351 in and its not enough i could always add a supercharger down the road

(edit: basically what im getting at is that the SC is a better candidate for this swap over a base or lx)

I didn't know there was that much difference. Carry on.



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[Lycaon]

I didn't know there was that much difference. Carry on.



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yes and my favorite feature of all is my leather 10-way power seats, om nom nom nom comfort

[DizzDizz]

That is by far the ugliest Wing ever.

[Lycaon]

[Lycaon]

took the nice day today and got the new manifold installed, put the engine compartment back together, ran the car for a minute to circulate things a bit then installed the new walbro in the new tank. ended up going with the 190lph instead of the 255lph to save a few bucks.



just waiting on the new downpipes and xpipe to come in on wednesday

[Riot]

[Lycaon]

front half of the exhaust came in a few days ago, got everything lined up on the bench, waiting on some stainless lap joint clamps to come in tomorrow then ill get it all installed up to the xpipe, next commision check brings the rear pipes and mufflers and im back on the road!!




spent this afternoon installing the late style tank with the new pump in it, filled it up, keyed on and everything fired up perfect the pump is nice and quiet too, quieter than the stock one

[Lycaon]

mock up and loose install last night, waiting on more band clamps to come in this afternoon, then propping it up and welding in the hangers

[Lycaon]

got the system up on temporary hangers and drove it around a bit, decided that the 2.5 system is too big and the xpipe with packing mufflers dont cover interior resonance at all. aside from that the pipes are wide enough that they contact the body in all the major bend areas so i decided to request an exchange for the system to the 2.25" setup, and ordered some flowmaster super 44s in stainless and a dual in/out stainless 50 series to replace the xpipe, the chambered mufflers will respond much better to kill the resonance but should still keep a nice exterior tone....

...now to deal with all these returns

[hoggie101]

Hump