just bought my first 5.0!

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just picked up an 88 lx 5.0 5 speed california car for $2,000. engines stock, shorty headers, flowmasters, rebuilt tranny with cobra internals, rebuilt posi rear, 96,000 original miles, 5 lug conversion up front with 15" pro stars. body is good, cobra body kit, only damage is where the cowl hood came up on the highway and bent up the cowl and dented roof. currently has a primered 86 hood on it. nice navy blue metallic paint job. a/c and heat work. sound like i got a good deal? i wanna start tearin into it but i dont know if theres anything specail bout the 88 cali cars.

 

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pics?

 

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How does an 88 have an 86 hood on it?

 

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sounds like you might have gotten a good deal, but cowl damage can be pretty rough... if you're happy with the car though that's all that matters post up some pics

 

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1988 Mustangs sold new in CA. came with MAF instead of speed density. Congrats on your first 5.0.

 

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Its impossible that it has an '86 hood on it, its shaped differently on the front end. That is, unless its just laying there, haha.

88 Cali cars were the first to receive Mass Air metering, so mechanically, your car is no different from everybody else's 89-93 car (for the most part). Don't quote me on this, but IIRC all Cali cars had a different computer tune, only for emissions reasons I believe.

Dig in, my friend.

 

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PICS!!! Sounds like you got a pretty sick deal.

 

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Posted via Mobile Devicethanks guys. Lol i promise it has a 4 eye hood on it. How do i post pics on here?

 

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25thmustang said:

How does an 88 have an 86 hood on it?

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+1

 

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Posted via Mobile Devicethanks guys. Lol i promise it has a 4 eye hood on it. How do i post pics on here?

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I can only imagine it looks like hell, haha.

Lets see some pics, yo!

You need a photobucket account. Its free, and it generates the code you need for each picture to post. Do it do it.

 

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congrats man, post some pics of dat whip

 

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Posted via Mobile Devicethanks guys. How do i post pics on here?

 

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go to photobucket.com and make an account

 

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25thmustang said:

How does an 88 have an 86 hood on it?

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Ummm, +1. It either has to have a four eye front end, no front end or has a HUGE hood gap...

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congrats man, post some pics of dat whip

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Mustangs aren't whips.

 

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here they are, i dont know why the dude put that hood on? but i got a 93 coupe 4 banger 5 speed that im trying to sell for 1200 or trade for parts so hopefully somebody's got a nice cowl hood for a partial trade??

 

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Wow....that looks interesting.


I say do the full 4-eye conversion. You are almost there anyway

 

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Wow....that looks interesting.


I say do the full 4-eye conversion. You are almost there anyway

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Haha, do something, that hood could probably be pretty dangerous. I imagine it catches a lot of air at highway speed.

Buy a fiberglass hood and just bolt it on. Paint it later. Your next immediate task is 5 lug rear wheels.

 

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86 hood... 5 lug front, 4 lug rear.. thats the definition of not finishing your projects

 

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86 hood... 5 lug front, 4 lug rear.. thats the definition of not finishing your projects

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it was like that when i bought it smart one .......anyways, im definately doin a rear 5 lug conversion next. and im probly just gonna take the hood off my 93 coupe. the car had been sitting in a garage for a couple of years while the guy was doing a cobra conversion on it, he ran into some financial problems and needed to sell it. the cowl hood flew off on the highway and the 4 eye hood was all he had layin around, that would be somewhat retarded to convert to 4 eye lol.