This meesage was make by my friend in a different forum.
"So I've been stuck driving around my wife's '89 T-Bird lately. The POS has 198k miles on it, the tranny is goin', and the interior is crap.
So I'm thinking, since she's getting a new(er) car or something soon, I could claim this bird as my own.
Heres what I'd like to do. Swap out the old 3.8L V6 for a carburated 5.0 Mustang engine and a tranny to support it. Then I can scrap all EFI and computer controlled crap.
Also I think it needs a blower/supercharger. eh...a big one.
Then I want to take out the A/C, ABS, and Power steering. (Might keep ABS, but I dunno).
Lastly would be cleaning the interior, redoing the dash w/ normal mechanical gauges, cleaning the carpet, etc.
What do ya'll think. Also what type of engine and tranny would (should) I use. The '89 Mustangs and T-Birds shared the same engines, so the EFI engine would be a direct swap, but I dunno about a Carb."
"So I've been stuck driving around my wife's '89 T-Bird lately. The POS has 198k miles on it, the tranny is goin', and the interior is crap.
So I'm thinking, since she's getting a new(er) car or something soon, I could claim this bird as my own.
Heres what I'd like to do. Swap out the old 3.8L V6 for a carburated 5.0 Mustang engine and a tranny to support it. Then I can scrap all EFI and computer controlled crap.
Also I think it needs a blower/supercharger. eh...a big one.
Then I want to take out the A/C, ABS, and Power steering. (Might keep ABS, but I dunno).
Lastly would be cleaning the interior, redoing the dash w/ normal mechanical gauges, cleaning the carpet, etc.
What do ya'll think. Also what type of engine and tranny would (should) I use. The '89 Mustangs and T-Birds shared the same engines, so the EFI engine would be a direct swap, but I dunno about a Carb."