My 95 Thunderbird.

[95badbird]

No, it is not an eco car per say....but it is one of my other cars.

Some on here were asking to see some pics of it and another car I have...so, here it is.

Well, it is a 1995 Thunderbird.

It used to be my daily driver, it had a 4.6L with a 75 dry shot of nitrous.

Back then at its current weight of 3,940 lbs, it ran a best of 14.15 @96 mph, while cutting 1.99 60's on street tires.

Here are a couple pics of before....



















Well, after running nitrous to long untuned, it got the best of my engine.

So, out came the 4.6 and in went a 351W and a C6 tranny.

Install was pretty fun. Since no one makes aftermarket stuff for birds, I had to custom make a few things to get stuff to fit right.





First off, to get the engine to fit, I had to cut the rear of the k-member to get the 7 quart moroso pan to fit.

Next, to get any kind of header to fit, I had to make my own steering shaft...









Had to bend my longtubes a bit to make em fit around the C6 tranny...









Still use the OEM in-tank fuel pump for now....but added a low pressure return style FPR...









throttle cable and bracket...









water pump and pulley setup..









New aluminum radiator and 2- 14 inch electric fans...

[95badbird]

And here is a whole engine shot...











Interior is pretty much gutted...


















sheet aluminum door panels..











Exterior is basically stock, I run factory spare wheels up fromt with 165R 15's on them. and Out back are stock t-bird fan blades with 26x8.5x15 slicks.













track pics..















I'm sure I've left something out, but here is a rundown of my mods...



Still running stock heads, cam, and intake 351W from an 85 F150.

Edelbrock 600cfm Carb.

Mallory Unilte Dizzy

MSD TFI coil.

Accel wires.

1 5/8 Longtubes

2 1/2" exhuast(about 12 inches) into dumped Edelbrock mufflers.

2" carb spacer

Electric water pump

4:10 track lock rear

MT 26x8.5x15" slicks.

More weight removal....car is now down to 2,960 lbs.

suspension....up front is QA1 coilovers, speacially made for the car(which means $$$$$$). They are 12 way adjustable 90/10 with 325 lb springs.
out back are OEM springs with 2 coils cut on each spring.
also, still run the stock IRS.



It ran a best of 13.85 @96.42 mph w/ a best 60' @ 1.88, and best 1/8 was 8.79 @ 78.33 mph.





time slips....

[toyobug]

AWESOME pics tbird! you really do pay attention to detail! That steering job you did looked pretty impressive.

[95badbird]

Thanks man, it means a lot.

[Johnny Mullet]

Nice car! I think you did a very nice job on it!

[Chris D.]

very nice, the best thing ya did was ditch that computer controlled smog equipment choked 5.0

[95badbird]

Originally Posted by Chris D.

very nice, the best thing ya did was ditch that computer controlled smog equipment choked 5.0

actually, it had the 4.6L in it.

[bhazard]

I *personally* would love to swap a 32v motor and 6 speed into a '12th' gen bird. Im just not an old pushrod/carb guy I guess.

[95badbird]

Originally Posted by bhazard

I *personally* would love to swap a 32v motor and 6 speed into a '12th' gen bird. Im just not an old pushrod/carb guy I guess.

that can be done easily.....you over on tccoa?

[bhazard]

No but yeah I have seen a couple.

[95badbird]

well, if you ever need any good write ups on the swap, there are some that have done it over there.
come register and join the group.

TCCoA.com - Thunderbird & Cougar Club of America

[BlackDeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by 95badbird

No, it is not an eco car per say....but it is one of my other cars.

Some on here were asking to see some pics of it and another car I have...so, here it is.

Well, it is a 1995 Thunderbird...

You know what? You're gonna think this is odd, but...

I was sitting at the park, a couple of nights ago, watching them play b-ball, and this guy came rolling up in a '95 T-bird and parked across the way from me. I sat there for about an hour, alternately watching the game and looking at this guy's ride.

After a while, I started thinking - dang, that T-Bird looks like a stretched 6Gen Honda CiViC Coupe!!! Crazy!

I was going to see if I could find one on a used car lot, to check it out - but I forgot about it by the next day. Having looked at your pics, I'm more convinced than ever that the concept is basically the same - it's just a matter of scale! Looks like they respond about the same to mods....

I'm definately gonna see if I can round one up for a closer inspection!

[sharon333]

I would. It sounds like a nice project.

[red91sit]

Nice bird, I still miss my Cougar sometimes.

One question, how do you open/close your windows?! I didn't see any switches on the sheet metal door panels.

Other than that, I'll be the broken record, buying another little cheap car would be a much better route to go than trying to get this one to be fuel efficient.

If your looking for something fast, I know how much pushrod guys hate them, but turbo's are a heck of a win-win deal. I get 30mpg and 13's.