1988 Coupe

[merc460]

After a year or so of build up I finally get to drive my car It is a 88 Coupe with many mods The engine is a Turbo block hard filled ¾ up with CP pistons crower rods and stock crank. Cly head of course is Bo port Stage 3 with his full valve and spring package finished of with a 2.1 cam, Lower intake is also a Bo Port ported and the upper is a gutted and rotated with a BBK 65 MM throttle body and the front mount I/C with Stinger Performance air to air couplers. For cooling I run Esslinger water pump with a Griffin Rad that also has an engine oil cooler in it. I do not run coolant through the intake or use the stock oil cooler. On the exhaust side I run a Bobs log and right know an A/R 48 T3 [Precision 5457 on order] with Stinger performance oil drain system. The transmission is a V8 T5 pro 5.0 shifter using a Canfield adapter plate and a 10.5 Fidanza aluminum flywheel with a king cobra clutch. The front end is a coil over set up with 400lb springs, D&D SN 95 tube a arms AGX Struts, MM upper plates and 13” baer brakes Steering is a Ford manual rack with MM aluminum bushings and a Flaming river steering shaft, I am running a 86 TC front sway bar with home made end links. The K member is an 86 that has been plated and all the seams welded, also home made sub frame connectors. Rear end is a 8.8 with a 31 spline trac lok 4:10 gears and Moser axles Cobra brakes, J & M weight jacker lower control arms, home made torque arm and saleen pan hard bar with Koni Sa rear shocks, and Fairmount rear springs. For tires and wheels I run a 255 40 17 Nitto on a 17X9 cobra style wheel and a 295 40 17 Nitto on a 17X10.5 in the rear.

[denz]

sweet ride! what did you have to do to run those 10in wide rims?

[Stinger]

Nice looking ride! It should run real strong! I've never seen the timing cover painted grey before. I'd put some LX tail lights on it

What ecu system and injectors?

[merc460]

Thanks guys I had to roll the lip for the wheel wells and BFH the inners a bit and still I had to run a .125" spacer for the tires to clear. The timing cover is a early steel one so it painted up nice. I don't like the LX tail lights. at time of the picture it was the Bama I bought of Mat I sent it to Scott for an MS II update. But it won't fire the injectors so I put the LA3 and Vam back in [ blow through] and I am running CFI 36lbs At 42 PSI

[Stinger]

Did you get back in contact with Scott about the MS2? The blow through vam is certainly a large hindrance for your setup.

[merc460]

I hear you I went to the local 1/8 mile and my best time was a 10.085.

[Stinger]

Ouch!

[merc460]

It wasn't all bad, I raced four times against my friends 38 ford pickup with a carbed 5.0 and I won all four races. but ya I was expecting a high to mid 9 sec.

[Stinger]

How much boost?

[merc460]

15 PSI and a rolling start for three races, once I tried to launch at 4000 rpm and it bogged for a few seconds and then took off like crazy I also was breaking loose shift into second every time.

[Stinger]

Did you get back in contact with Scott about the MS2?

[merc460]

When I first had problems I sent him a Burst file for him to look at but he was very busy and said he would get back to me I will send him a reminder email.