New Stang

[wobbyguy]

Hey guys just joined i have a black 1987 Mustang T-top with a 5.0. Its pretty much stock except the owner before me put a Thunderbird rearend in it so it has four wheel disk brakes and i put a K&N Airfilter on it. I wanna fix it up in the future but right now it has some rust issues that i think are a bit more pressing then horsepower :cry: I will post some pics once i get my busted ass computer back from best buy of my dearly beloved but slightly rusted baby.

[slowLX]

Welcome fellow 5.0 owner.

[towelie]

Welcome


Hey man I got some parts that you might want for your stang.

catback, rear LCA and UCA, cold air kit

[Nactall]

welcome to the site man

[TylerGT]

Welcome.
Tbird rear? Is that still 4 lug? Different gears or is disc breaks the only advantage?

[BreBar21]

Thunderbird rear is IRS, I believe.

Edit: I don't think they went to IRS until 89 per Google.

With that said, is yours an IRS or solid axle??

[4348rd]

welcome

[SVT P-Tree]

welcome, i say one of the first things you should do if you haven't yet is gears. :kinson:

[sstony]

welcome--fox bodies are bad ass. hurry up and get some pics up.


tony c:mrgreen:

[slmdLS1]

welcome.

[Davidz28]

welcome aboard

[lsevenl]

welcome

[wobbyguy]

its still a solid axle out back someone told me it was a 7.5 instead of the 8.8 but i havent gotten underthere and made sure. i havent seen any real benefit from the swap the brakes are still pretty crappy, i had better stopping power in my 93 four banger. And yes i think i should switch out the gears but i donno im getting like 20 MPG around town and 27 highway, if i put 373's in there then that will go to shit. How late are u guys usually at sonic? im the vice pres of the wrestling club and we have practice on tuesdays so till regionals i wont be able to make it out but after that im getting super lazy lol

[luv_my_z28]

welcome to the site. What gears do you have now? I'm not all knowing about fox's but i wanna say that most had 3.08s out back and i've got no clue about thunderbirds. 3.73's shouldn't drop your mileage that much though.

I went from 3.42's in my truck to 4.10s and a shorter tire which gives an effective ratio of 4.69 and i only lost about 1mpg believe it or not.

Also in my camaro i went from 2.73 to 3.42 and in my mustang i went from 3.27 to 3.73 and really saw no big effect on mileage on either one of those.

[slowLX]

I believe t-bird rears have 3.27's? They are absolutely 8.8's. I'm pretty sure it's a trac-lok rear too.

I went from 2.73's to 3.73's and did not notice any differance in city mileage. You wind up just being in a higher gear at the same rpm. I still get reasonable enough highway mileage.

[SingleSlammerEX]

welcome aboard

[garbozno1991gt]

Wlecome... Get to modding that thing. I have a whole gang of parts as well if you're interested.