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01-01-2015, 10:28 PM | #1 |
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Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
As some of you may know I bought Ken Robinson's 88 turbocoupe stocker,I made it out to the track once before it closed for the season, it only went 14.80 @just a weak 88 mph! not very impressive but it has tons of potential,im changing a bunch of stuff over the winter and hopfully i can get it to run the R/S index of 13.95, so far I took the head off and had a stocker valve job done along with some new valve springs and retainers.,a new 3" down pipe and a header, I think it will a fun project for now im going try and run the index on the cheap and see what happens.
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Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
Good Luck with the new ride, Fred! Looks like you're going to be having some fun this year!!
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Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
Looks like fun, love the pic of the driveway and all the fords! LOL!
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Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
Fred,
Running under the index shouldn't be much of a problem for a turbo car. What are you using for a transmission?
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01-02-2015, 12:08 PM | #5 |
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Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
T5 for now mark,but I had my eye on some of that 2.3 C4 stuff on your page ! maybe next year.
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Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close.
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I started with a T 5 out of T/C (3.95 low), in the Mustang. First problem was the syncros wouldn't let me power shift it over 6 grand. So I bought a Harbor Freight Dremel copy and slick shifted 2,3,4. Then took 5th gear completely out of it. I had to make a shifter blocking plate so I couldn't go from 2nd to 5th. The 3rd gear slot was a little narrow and hard to find while pushing away from you. After that, I never had a shifting problem for the two years that I ran the stick shift.
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