8/31/2023 0 Comments 88 turbo coupeOK, the Turbo Coupe in question was borderline abandoned, but it was a 5-speed and I thought I’d absolutely want one. I had a couple of restless nights grappling whether I should buy one of these in very deep project car territory. Find it here on eBay with a Buy-It-Now of $16,000 and the option to submit a best offer. This Turbo Coupe is equipped with a power moonroof, 3.55 Traction-Lok rear axle, adjustable suspension, four wheel disc brakes, and more. Aside from the performance benefits, the Turbo Coupe looks sharp courtesy of its unique alloy wheels and special black and red trim. As a later Turbo Coupe, it has full boost in all gears, as opposed to the early cars that excluded the first two gears from max boost pressure. The more info the better.This 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe is a gorgeous survivor, with just over 41,000 miles and equipped with the preferred 5-speed manual. As good as the VMF is, we aren't the only Ford or Mustang site around. I suggest researching "5.0 engine swap" before you settle on a particular engine. There's all sort of little hints and gotchas to such a project though. If you plan on running a carburetor engine selection is a lot simpler. The more correct ones that come with your donor engine, the better. Some of those bits and pieces can be hard to scrounge up. If you are planning to go with an EFI HO setup like a '90's Mustang you'll want to choose your engine carefully. What pistons are in it I don't think should be a big consideration in an engine that is 10-15 years old. Some folks go on about 5.0 Mustangs getting forged pistons in the same years. Some leftovers have been found in early '87's but mostly '87 and up got the very much better "E7TE" heads. They had what are widely considered to be the worst small block heads ever. 1986 will also work but '86 was a bad year for 5.0's in general. Look for 87-91 engines in Crown Vic/Grand Marquis cars. Use whatever cam you like (roller cam) and arrange your spark plug wires to the same firing order. If you are going carbureted, it doesn't matter at all. You can change the cam and injection setup and it will work fine. An HO computer setup will not fire a non HO engine correctly. The main problem with this is that the HO's use a 351W firing order and no HO's use the old 302 firing order.
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