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Another fox body in my family!!!

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WilwoodFiveO

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Sorry didn't know if this was for tech or talk.

Hey guys my girlfriend just bought a foxbody for herself (its her Daily Driver). It's a 1987 dark blue coupe with the 4cyl and AOD with 96,xxx miles on it. She loves my 5.0 and loves how foxbodys look. So since it has the AOD i was just wondering how i could make it more of a reliable car. I know that i should give it a tranny flush and the person she bought it from just put new brake pads on.

So here is what i was thinking that i should do
*tranny flush
*oil change
*oil filter
*new spark plugs
*new battery (it looked pretty beat up)
~also did they come with E-fans because hers has one?
She wants to paint it white or black what do you think? I say dark blue again.
*im giving her my old ponies
*shes going to get my 6 piece clear headlights when i get my 1 piece ones
* taking out all her seats and cleaning the interior.
*giving her my white face guages

If you guys can think of any cheap mods that i could do for her than please
list them we are both tight on money and want to make this car nice.

I will get pics up when she comes back to VA she is in MD with her rents.

Thanks in advance
- Cody -
 

RsStanG1987

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your guages will not work since the tach goes to 7k in v-8 cars
 
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WilwoodFiveO

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Thanks for the info Rsstang1987
can anybody think of cheap mods?
 

grey5.0beast

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no mods really for a 4 cyl performance wise, unless you want to swap in a turbo2.3
 

grey5.0beast

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they come stock with 3.73s in the auto and 3.55s in stick, that or its 3.55s auto and 3.27s stick
 

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you replacing all 8 sparkplugs like mine had?
i loved that... hehehe... oh old cars... love em
-a
 

stykthyn

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watch out for the driver side plugs, they'll take the skin right off your hands
 
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im not looking for performance really im just trying to make it more reliable for her. then when she absolutly loves it then comes a nice blown 306 with a Gforce.
 

glowstang93

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3G alternator = Reliablilty.​
If you want to do it, I can give u a list of several Ford Trucks or vans that have a 95 or 130 amp 3g that will fit in our application. You still have to do the 4 awg fused power wire and 4 awg ground wire upgrade to do it right.
 
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