Anyone know if there has ever been a 2.3T 83-88 S/S T-Bird
 

I am looking to find out if (since 1983) if there has ever been a 1983-1988 Turbo 2.3 Thunderbird entered in Super Stock ? (IHRA or NHRA)

I'm not interested in the GT class entries with V-8's, but rather a 2.3 Turbo car.
I know there were 2.3T Mustangs, but curious if any member here remembers a Thunderbird with that engine ?

Thanks

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Ken Robinson has a 2.3 turbo t-bird for sale.

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AL ;

If you are in Q/SA..
Think you can run SS/PA?

D

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It's a stock eliminator car right now.

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Yes Dan. At least that is the plan.
SS/PA index is 12.65 and my car (at SS/PA weight) usually runs 12.40's. (in stocker trim)
I'm just a roll bar away from SS. :)

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True.
He has a '87 or '88.
And 87-88 Turbo Coupes are not currently allowed in SS.

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It's and 88 him and I built it.

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The 1988 T-Bird Turbo Coupe is listed in the guide with a HP rating of 190, but with no notation that it is a Stock or Super Stock factor. Does that automatically make it a Stock Eliminator combination only? Interesting omission!

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I remember seeing a T-bird at the Ford Motorsport Nationals back in the early 90's at Maplegrove and it was match racing a new 351 crate motored car (Super Ford project car) and it had a ss class designation on it but I can't remember the class off hand. If I remember correctly the car was black in colour. I think the Bird won 2 out of 3 races and it was running in the 11.70 range!

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There was a guy out of kanas that ran a mustang turbo car back in the day in SS but don,t remember his name. Tom

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John, that was Tom Reider - don't think it was a Sportsman class car. :cool:

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Mark Walton ran the SS Mustang

Sean

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Here's how it was explained to me several years ago by a techman. When there is no notation that it is either Stock or S/S, it means that the horsepower is the same for both.

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How can a car be allowed in stock but not superstock?
I talked with NHRA years ago about a FWD turbododge in superstock and they said it would run SS/PA

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I might have been in error.

This is what threw me off:
Most of the SS combos in the classification guide have 2 asterisks above the factory hp number.
As the screenshot posted here shows, there is not any.

The 302 for the T-Bird has the same hp for both the stock factor and the ss factor.
That's what made me think the 140 was stock only.


However, as Crew Chief posted above, maybe not designating one or 2 asterisks means it has the same h.p. for both stk. and SS ?

So...would that mean it is legal for SS ?

http://i44.tinypic.com/2py1ezp.jpg

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Years ago when I got ford to send the engine specs for the turbo motor for stock I never asks them about S/S.

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Does anyone know what the intake and exhaust cc's for the various '84 - '88 heads? I know that people have run these combinations in SS over the years, I was wondering how they did this without the cc specs being documented. If anyone has the numbers, please contact me.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019
(503) 981-5363

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I remember seeing a 2.3T in a Fairmont Futura with a stick, neat car and light.