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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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I picked up a car...

Its an 89 coupe LX, with a four cylinder, and a 5 speed. Its in pretty good shape for a 17 year old car.
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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Awesome!! Alot like mine!
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 02:25 AM
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Nice find.
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
Awesome!! Alot like mine!


Do you know of any turbo kits/superchargers?
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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You'd have to swap in an engine from a thunderbird turbocoupe, or a merkur. It'd probably blow up other wise. Check out stangnet.com and allfordmustangs.com, they both have pretty good 2.3L forums with loads of info.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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Nice Find!!!!
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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mind if i ask how many bones it was?
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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I was gonna swap a turbo 2.3 in my 86 from my mechanic's T-bird but then I found my 87.

If you could do a swap that would be plenty neat. Talk to SVOPaul regarding that.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Knight
mind if i ask how many bones it was?

It only cost $1500, My dad and I had to go to pheonix to get it.
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Dang! Great Price and in my back yard!!!
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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You know... you could do a cool SSP Mustang clone with a turbo 4. That would be really neat! Plus I believe if I'm not mistaken that the 4 swap is easier than a V8
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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Nice car.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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Not a bad price if its in good shape...harder and harder to find as time goes on...
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GT40 2
Do you know of any turbo kits/superchargers?
Are you kidding me? Swapping a 5.0 V8 into a 4 banger notch is the oldest trick in the books! You can even re-use the 4 banger trans and rear end if you want.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Phorty
Are you kidding me? Swapping a 5.0 V8 into a 4 banger notch is the oldest trick in the books! You can even re-use the 4 banger trans and rear end if you want.
Turbo swap is easier....you can keep all that stuff, and not have to rip the 2.3 wiring harness out and change it over to the correct year 5.0 harness. Just repin and go for the most part
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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^^ +1 2.3turbo
Great find by the way !
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