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Ozer1980

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Just joined, will be doing lots of research and hopefully get answers from you all.
I have a 88LX 4 cyl that I'm going ham on. New motor trans, suspension, driveline, wheels.. Everything this winter.

My main question currently is what wires I leave in after pulling the motor out and putting a carbureted 331 stroker. No AC no smog. Trying to keep engine bay clean as possible.

 

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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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Moved this to the fox forums, a member will be along to give you some advice or tips or generally tell you how to spend money.
Good luck and welcome to
BTW good look'n ride

 

Rdub6

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Well…… I guess I’m officially getting old, because my first thought when seeing this nice automobile, was “wow, that’s a really clean, original looking car….. have to keep it that way”.
But then I saw the picture of the 331, and it snapped me out of it!!!
Cool project for sure!! Good luck from a fellow New Yorker!

 

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AeroCoupe

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Remove the ECU and harness. There will be two plugs down by the brake booster and one at the ECU that will have wires you may want to use. Post #2 here:

black and grey connectors on driver side harness

Im in the process of doing a 4cyl - 5.0 carb swap. I know it's not really necessary to know what all the wires mean but i would really like to know. i broke some wires when i was relocating the harness. what i need is a pinout for the black and grey connectors....what is each wire for...

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Ozer1980

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Rdub6 said:

Well…… I guess I’m officially getting old, because my first thought when seeing this nice automobile, was “wow, that’s a really clean, original looking car….. have to keep it that way”.
But then I saw the picture of the 331, and it snapped me out of it!!!
Cool project for sure!! Good luck from a fellow New Yorker!

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Haha forgot to mention it has original 25k miles. It was truly an old ladies car that she drove to church and grocery shopping. Interior is spotless and all original, it will stay that way minus the 5spd swap. Color is also staying same, it's rare and I love it.

 

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Ozer1980 said:

Haha forgot to mention it has original 25k miles. It was truly an old ladies car that she drove to church and grocery shopping. Interior is spotless and all original, it will stay that way minus the 5spd swap. Color is also staying same, it's rare and I love it.

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I just thought I would mention that LMR has staggered and non staggered sets of those wheels in 17"!




They have these in 5-lug if you go that route: https://lmr.com/products/1979-1993-17-10-hole-mustang-wheels

It won't take much for that 347 to overtake some OEM sized Cooper Cobras.

 

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Potomus Pete

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I love that color too. I dont think they sell anything that color at LMR. You can look up how many of that color was made. Anyway keep up the good work. I hope to see more of it.

 

Ozer1980

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Potomus Pete said:

I love that color too. I dont think they sell anything that color at LMR. You can look up how many of that color was made. Anyway keep up the good work. I hope to see more of it.

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I did, 136 was made for year 1988 and only comes on the LX trim.
I'll make a separate build thread with progress and pics once I start.

 

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Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

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Ozer1980 said:

Haha forgot to mention it has original 25k miles. It was truly an old ladies car that she drove to church and grocery shopping. Interior is spotless and all original, it will stay that way minus the 5spd swap. Color is also staying same, it's rare and I love it.

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Wow, that’s awesome. If you have the room, I’d be squirreling away that motor and trans. The way these low mileage originals are going for crazy money these days, you may want the option of going back at some point.

 

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Kabuki_notch

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Nice to see another fellow Rochester resident here welcome!

 

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