Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear

[CarMichael Angelo]

Driving and painted, sounds like a good plan.

I really don't have the money for the drivetrain upgrade anyhow.

I will pull the mighty Essex out of it and clean it up. Change out a few of the worn parts, maybe paint the block, then I'll be riding high on 108 ponies at the crank!

After I'm driving it, then I'll be able to focus money on a drivetrain upgrade.

A 250 I-6 made 126 HP on it's best day. As the years eroded that power due to emmissions regs, that power fell to 99....

99 freakin HP from that lazy load layer. I think it made like 125 ft lbs of torque.

But,......

Change out a few things here,..add a little JB there,...bolt on a wheezer,....and WHOOM!!!

Maybe 350-400 HP, and like 400-450 ft lbs of torque....out of the same engine architecture???

89 Super Coupes used the same engine Dave,...and I don't think there is one damn thing different except maybe the camshaft from the one in your car..

Factory rated them at 210hp/310tq on 12 pounds of boost,...but with a die grinder,..a few sourced aftermarket pieces,...and some sweat equity,..

I'd bet I could make that engine show 300/400 w/ a turbo...

How much more power than that does anybody really need anyway?,....And why sell your soul to the belly button devil when you have a decent platform that isn't the same old peanut butter and jelly sandwich that the rest of the class is eating?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Righ now, I'm just excited because it's getting close to the time to finally take the blue bastard out of the yard!

I'll get a kick out of making that little turd run too.

 

[a91what]

Hmmm.... If you can find the engine dress for it.... I will donate an intercooler and piping/couplers... along with my highly modified m90 and a few different pulleys to play with boost levels.

With my blower that 3.8 could see 20psi...

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Hummmmm....

 

[95BlueStallion]

^That sounds like the ticket.

 

[mikestang63]

Do it Dave. What do you have to lose?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Might be the baddest little essex in town.....

 

[General karthief]

Get a couple stickers of this and put them on the fenders

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Think about that Dave,...How many Fox Mustangs do you see w/ a SC (Super Coupe) engine running around?......


Uhhhhh that'd be a zero.....Ghost Rider.

You'd have potentially a 300/300 combo that makes "that noise"....and a singular personality that'll match how clean and flat out gorgeous the rest of the car is turning out to be.

 

[Mustang5L5]

That would be unique for sure

 

[Davedacarpainter]

I would run into similar problems like an efi 5.0.

Wiring harness, computer, fuel system, etc....

 

[90sickfox]

That 3.8 would be cool super coupe style. All you need is a donor car to strip.

 

[90sickfox]

Or you could find one of these... Wish you were near Maryland. This was posted today and a complete car...

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

I would run into similar problems like an efi 5.0.

Wiring harness, computer, fuel system, etc....

1. Mega squirt.
2. Mega Squirt.
3. Mega squirt.
etc.

Buy the MS stuff as a kit,..I'll build it for you for free, and I'm sure that "somebody" around here could send me a base tune that'll get the thing running straight away....
Aftermarket F.I. laptop tuneable,...

Welcome to the 21st century Dave....

 

[General karthief]

I don't know, the twentieth century was a lot of fun.
Gas $1.35 a gallon in the 1990's
Polyester, disco, gabriel hi-jackers, carburetors, epa rules rampant, watergate.
Wait, maybe not.

Yea, ms3 Dave, scew the twentieth century.

 

[Chuckman]

Fwiw I say stick with a basic carbed 302 or 351 (at least as an end goal), there's probably quite a few later model trucks in the yards with a w for cheap, and basic swap parts (if you're not going crazy like I am) are plentiful and fairly inexpensive.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Alright, let's say my interest has been tweaked a little here concerning a super coupe engine.

I texted Danny (the yard owner where my blue car sits). I remembered he had at least one super coupe t-bird there. I asked him if he might be willing to part it out.

He got back back to me and said he has several and has one with a blown head gasket that he might part out!

So, I have a donor car.

He hasn't quoted a price for the drivetrain yet, I might ask him how much he wants for the whole car. If I remember correctly, didn't they have four wheel disc brakes?

Fact is, I think they had IRS. I need to do some googling.

 

[Chuckman]

MN112's did indeed have 4 wheel discs, but yes, an irs (which AFAIK is unrelated to the cobra irs).

Turbocoupes are the ones with a rear disc that will fit a fox.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

1. Mega squirt.
2. Mega Squirt.
3. Mega squirt.
etc.

Alright, let's say my interest has been tweaked a little here concerning a super coupe engine.

I texted Danny (the yard owner where my blue car sits). I remembered he had at least one super coupe t-bird there. I asked him if he might be willing to part it out.

He got back back to me and said he has several and has one with a blown head gasket that he might part out!

So, I have a donor car.

He hasn't quoted a price for the drivetrain yet, I might ask him how much he wants for the whole car. If I remember correctly, didn't they have four wheel disc brakes?

Fact is, I think they had IRS. I need to do some googling.

Do not confuse Super coupe w/ Turbo coupe. One is a Fox and the other is a MN12 Chassis. Big, wide, and stupid. I cannot see anyway in hell that any part from that car would fit your car,..and even if they had an IRS, it's not gonna be the coveted Cobra IRS.

Engine harness/ECU/ accessories and the related bracketry to drive the huffer,..the rest of the car is unusable I think.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

He actually has both out there, but I don't know if he'll part out the turbo coupe as well.