Thunderbird turbo coupe?

PiMpIn SmUrF · Post by **PiMpIn SmUrF** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:30 am

hey well there is a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe at a local junk yard here, it looks like its the same engine but with a intercooler like my merk, is there n e thing i should take from it that will perform better?

Black94 5.0 · Post by **Black94 5.0** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:57 am

What year is it?...87-88?

An LA3 EEC/big VAM is worth while.....

PiMpIn SmUrF · Post by **PiMpIn SmUrF** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:57 am

ya its a 88

Post by **John Brennan** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:06 am

'Ya might as well snag the IC while you're at it. Get the bracket for it, as well as the couplers.

Post by **wilky** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:15 am

vchipeur · Post by **vchipeur** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:13 am

nap the tranny, driveshaft, la3, big vam, intercooler, shifter boot, and knob. Also grab the diff and rear axle assembly if you want posi down the road.I wouldn't use the intercooler though, just sell it. But they never hurt to have another one around i guess. Half the battle of your t5 swap is from that car right there.

Post by **John Brennan** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:04 pm

Some people like the IHI turbo, too, for a torquey, down-low power curve.

PiMpIn SmUrF · Post by **PiMpIn SmUrF** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:40 pm

damn i should just snag the whole damn car, the engine is MINT, just the side got smoked

MerkXRTurbo · Post by **MerkXRTurbo** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:30 am

I didn't know that the AC was different.

xrattiracer · Post by **xrattiracer** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:55 am

the a/c is different between pretty much all turbofords.
the ic is a good unit, its just in a bad location.

EastcoastXR · Post by **EastcoastXR** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:57 pm

if you put that engine in, use the TC wiring harness, it would be easier. The O2 sensor is different, the knock sensor, and I beleive some coolant sensor in/below the intake is moved to the back, or vise/versa. I had a hell of a time with that swap

Merkenstein · Post by **Merkenstein** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:18 am

I am fixing to put in my TC enigine too. I was wondering if the pilot bearing from the TC is different since it has the T5 or is it the same as the XR? I am not doing the T5 swap right now and I wanna make sure the TC's pilot bearing will work on the T9. [/quote]

EastcoastXR said previously that the O2 sensor is different, the knock sensor, and I beleive some coolant sensor in/below the intake is moved to the back, or vise/versa.

I guess that means I need to put the XR's O2, Knock, and Coolant sensors in the TC block, right?

xrattiracer · Post by **xrattiracer** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:02 am

EastcoastXR wrote:if you put that engine in, use the TC wiring harness, it would be easier. The O2 sensor is different, the knock sensor, and I beleive some coolant sensor in/below the intake is moved to the back, or vise/versa. I had a hell of a time with that swap

NO! the tc harness is hell compared to the stock xr harness. has all sorts of body wiring in it for lights and such, abs, etc. it gets real ugly real fast. if a couple sensors is all you are worried about, use the stock xr intake, or do a bit of splicing in the harness. dont bother with the knock sensor in any case.
and yes, the pilot bearing is the same.

Chuck W · Post by **Chuck W** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:07 am

EastcoastXR wrote:if you put that engine in, use the TC wiring harness, it would be easier. The O2 sensor is different, the knock sensor, and I beleive some coolant sensor in/below the intake is moved to the back, or vise/versa. I had a hell of a time with that swap

Nah....just use the XR harness. It's not hard to add/lengthen leads if you need to.