Vehicle Owner

Member ID: pastoolio

Location: Sedona, AZ

Vehicle Info

1997 Ford Thunderbird

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jun 28, 2008

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Mike’s Ford Thunderbird

  • Currently 3.3 /5 Stars.
19 guestbook comments

At the begining of July '05, I had finally got the cash together to get working on the fronts. After contacting another person on the baggedbirds site, I found out that a place called CHASSISTECH.COM made a front "airstrut" for my car, that was real reasonable in price. Now there were a few paths I could have chosen to bag the front. I could have made my own brackets for an AirRideTechnologies airstrut, but being that I don't know how to weld, that choice was scraped, along with copying a design using a conventional bag and shock that the owner of baggedbirds uses. My only other choice was a place called SIC MOTORSPORTS. So after calling them for a week straight and either not getting an answer, or being told that someone will call me back with the info, I gave up and went with these:pastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbirdpastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbird

One plus to these bags is that they have a 1/2" orifice compared to a 1/4" orifice of the ART/SIC airstrut. I added the swivel fitting to these so the airline can move when the car is raised and lowered, because of the orifice being on the bottom side of the airstrut.
So out went the original strut, and 3 pieces where taken off to be put back on the new bags.pastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbirdpastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Here is the bag in the car, with the air line running up into the engine compartment, and a view of the motor with both side's airline sticking uppastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbirdpastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbird

pastoolio's 1997 Ford ThunderbirdAfter getting both sides in and putting the wheels back on the car, I put blocks under the tires and let the jack down to see if the car will lay out when the bags are deflated.

pastoolio's 1997 Ford Thunderbirdthis is looking up at the bag. The only thing that is not good with these type of airstruts is that the hose hangs out in the open, and can be rubbed against or have debris hit it and possibly cause some damage to the line/fitting.

pastoolio's 1997 Ford ThunderbirdThis is where the dump valve is located, right on top of the strut tower. The fill valve is back in the trunk, as there is just not enough room in these engine compartments to put both of them together and still run the line smoothly.

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RyansBird  

Posted by: RyansBird

07/31/2008 09:44AM

nice bird i love it 5 stars

Midnightrider916  

Posted by: Midnightrider916

06/29/2008 02:04PM

the bird is lookin good you and me are in the same boat lol i ran accross baggedbirds.com a few years back and just now getting to the starting of it so far my ass end is laying on the ground and im pricing out slam specialty bags just waiting to get the cash together to get them and the brackets and i to took out my trunk lock so when you get a chance stop by and look at some of the improvements i have done im still working on it but with no garage now its kinda hard but i dont think anything has turned out too bad for the fact i have done everything outdoors and waited for the perfect time to prime the car and not get dust anywhere until it drys lol only thing im working on trying to figure out is how and where to setup some bump stops so when i let this beast down at a fast rate of speed it will stop within like a half an inch before slamming on my rear bumper and busting up the fiberglass work i did well hollar at me and throw some ideas my way

AXISMAX  

Posted by: AXISMAX

06/27/2007 12:32AM

NOW THATS LOW, SWEET SUB SET UP, I WOULD HATE TO BE SITTING IN THE BACK, PASS BY MY PAGE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT U THINK.

blackmetal352  

Posted by: blackmetal352

06/26/2007 02:41PM

nice car. maby you can help me out. i cant find any parts where i live. can you email me some names or places to find stuff. blackmetal352@hotmail.com. thanks

Mc_Eiht213  

Posted by: Mc_Eiht213

12/06/2006 10:42AM

love the rims phat bird. come check out mine when you get the chance

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: pastoolio

Location: Sedona, AZ