Not exactly a dime rocket but close.

Sean Marconette · 07-17-2015, 04:37 PM

Fred is it maintaining boost during shifts? It sounds like you are making progress in the right direction.

Sean

fred goodwin · 07-19-2015, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean Marconette

Fred is it maintaining boost during shifts? It sounds like you are making progress in the right direction.

Sean

Sean it does,but it still has some issues,it miss's/studders and lays down after I shift,then it clears up and starts pulling again, it was in the low 90*s and humid when I ran it so I think it was too rich,10.2 at full throttle on the wideband AFR gauge, im gonna go back out next week or two and play with fuel pressure and some other injectors, im guessing I lost 3 to 4 tenths in that miss because it really lays down and to get that little motor in that big car going again takes some time!

fred goodwin · 01-14-2017, 09:13 PM

well kinda bringing back an old thread with some changes to the program! after doing some research on this combo I realized it was way over factored and looked to make a big change! I found a real clean 35,000 mile 1984 tbird on craigslist and put most of the stuff from the 88 in the 84 car along with a C4 automatic I bought from IHRA stock racer Mike Ismay! ( thanks Mike)

fred goodwin · 01-14-2017, 09:50 PM

here are some pictures of the car now that its together! along with a time slip from the first time I ran the car.

Bob Emery · 01-15-2017, 10:54 PM

Nice job!

hutt1 · 01-17-2017, 11:31 AM

That was my first new car 1985 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe.. I guess that's why I wanted to build a 2.3 stocker.. Beautiful Car fred ,,,

fred goodwin · 01-26-2017, 02:39 PM

thanks guys! still have some tuning issues to sort out but so far I'm pretty happy,I believe this car will go 6 to 7 tenths under with the basic combo I'm running now but I just need to make some passes!
hey Hutt how are you guys making out with the Mustang?

07-17-2015, 04:37 PM	#1
Sean Marconette Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 977 Likes: 796 Liked 275 Times in 76 Posts	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. Fred is it maintaining boost during shifts? It sounds like you are making progress in the right direction. Sean __________________ Sean Marconette 84 Mustang 5060 SS/N

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fred goodwin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: shopville kentucky Posts: 80 Likes: 208 Liked 35 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. well kinda bringing back an old thread with some changes to the program! after doing some research on this combo I realized it was way over factored and looked to make a big change! I found a real clean 35,000 mile 1984 tbird on craigslist and put most of the stuff from the 88 in the 84 car along with a C4 automatic I bought from IHRA stock racer Mike Ismay! ( thanks Mike) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by fred goodwin; 01-14-2017 at 09:39 PM.

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fred goodwin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: shopville kentucky Posts: 80 Likes: 208 Liked 35 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. here are some pictures of the car now that its together! along with a time slip from the first time I ran the car. Attached Thumbnails

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Bob Emery Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marysville, WA Posts: 90 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. Nice job!

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hutt1 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland, Tn Posts: 123 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. That was my first new car 1985 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe.. I guess that's why I wanted to build a 2.3 stocker.. Beautiful Car fred ,,,

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fred goodwin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: shopville kentucky Posts: 80 Likes: 208 Liked 35 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Not exactly a dime rocket but close. thanks guys! still have some tuning issues to sort out but so far I'm pretty happy,I believe this car will go 6 to 7 tenths under with the basic combo I'm running now but I just need to make some passes! hey Hutt how are you guys making out with the Mustang? Last edited by fred goodwin; 01-27-2017 at 08:04 PM.