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Member ID: TheHawk05

Location: HELL, UN

Vehicle Info

1987 Ford Thunderbird

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-604.2sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP500
  • Weight3600lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Auto Meter Gauges 
  • Custom Shift Knob 
  • Recaro Seats 

Exterior Styling

  • BFGoodrich Tires 
  • iFORGED Wheels 

Car Audio & Video

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    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Sep 12, 2009

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Hawk’s Ford Thunderbird
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PAXTON NOVI 2000 SUPERCHARGER

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EDELBROCK PERFORMER 5.0 INTAKE, Paxton FPR, Pro-M 80mm MAF, BOSCH 42lb/hr Injectors, BBK 70mm TB

TheHawk05's 1987 Ford Thunderbird

AFR HEADS

Here's some pics detailing the AFR Heads that will be used. These are AFR 165cc heads with 61cc chambers.

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Detail of the CNC port work of the ports and chambers...

Intake & Exhaust ports...
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Combustion Chamber...

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Scorpion Stud Mount 1.6 Ratio Roller Rockers

These rockers are a great value for the money. They're quite a bit cheaper than buying Crane Gold and are easily just as good, if not better. The build quality is top notch. AFR highly recommends them and I can see why.

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CRANE HI-6 Ignition,PS92 Coil & BBK Headers

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EFI Systems/Anderson Ford Motorsport PMS

The PMS connects between the main computer harness and stock computer via it's own harness. It allows you to do the following: .

-Air/Fuel Mixture fully adjustable
-Idle Mixture and Timing fully adjustable
-Programmed Rev-Limiter up to 9,200 RPM
-Total spark and rate-of-advance fully adjustable
-Two progammable RPM/Throttle output accessory control switches
-Tuneable Nitrous Oxide Adjustment Table
-Tuneable Turbo or Supercharger Boost Adjustment Tables
-Three Data Display Screens let you monitor fuel/air mixture, spark timing, injector function, oxygen sensor, manifold pressure/vacuum, boost or nitrous
-Monitors and displays actual air-flow in lbs/hr or CFM (Mass Air Only)

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Innovate Motorsports LM-1 Wideband Air/Fuel Ratio Meter

This is a fairly new piece to become available to the market. It's a fully digital A/F Meter. A key tool to have when tuning a forced induction engine. For more info go to Innovate Motorsports

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TRICK FLOW Main Girdle

The Trick Flow main girdle is a support system for the engine's main bearing caps. It fastens directly on top of the main bearing caps with ARP Main studs. It's purpose is to tie all the main caps and engine block main webbing together as one unit to eliminate flex. The other ARP Hardware you see is the Head Stud kit and Rod Bolt kit.

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POWER PIPE & Pro-M 80mm MAF

The power pipe's design is twofold. First off it locates the mass air meter and air filter inside the fenderwell, thus giving it access to cooler air and therefore a denser air charge. Secondly, it's large 4" diameter provides unrestricted air intake for the supercharger. Power pipes have been dyno proven to provide an additional 2-3 pounds more boost compared to the box stock set up provided in most supercharger kits. Every pound of boost is generally worth 12-13 horsepower at the wheels. It's not uncommon for the addition of a power pipe to increase horsepower by as much as 40 HP. When you consider you can buy one for $150.00, that's a pretty cheap modification for the power increase.

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Northern Race Pro Radiator

Not a speed part obviously, but a key component to keeping the engine cool and happy. The car ran a little on the hot side for my taste with the 3 core copper/brass rad I installed that I originally used with the 2.3. I found this through a vendor on Ebay. It's a universal model that measures 19" x 31" (HUGE!)with 2 rows of 1" cores. The engine never gets above 185* on the hottest of days sitting in traffic since I installed it, compared to the 200* it used to get up to.

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Coolingmist Water/Methanol Injection Kit

The benefits of water/meth injection have been well documented in recent years on power adder cars, most notably the increases in horsepower that are attainable thanks to the cooler intake charge and increased octane in the combustion chamber when methanol is used. These factors work together to allow you to run more aggressive ignition timing advance and actually run a leaner Air/Fuel mixture, all of which equals more power. I decided to install one primarily for combatting heat soak and a safety measure against detonation.....especially on those hot days during the dog days of summer (think of it as a chemical intercooler) I left my tune untouched because I wasn't looking to gain 40 or more rwhp since I'm already at the limitations of the production block. Currently I'm running straight distilled water in the tank (no methanol)and the car feels great.....it pulls just as hard every pull no matter what (unlike before when it would pull hard and then you could feel the power "soften" due to heat soak. I'm using the Coolingmist Vari-Cool kit (using my factory washer fluid resivoir) which uses a fully programmable digital progressive controller. A very high quality kit I can safely recommend.

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1bad88tbird  

Posted by: 1bad88tbird

11/10/2009 06:44AM

Hi, Beautiful T-Bird!! I love what you've done with it.

morris234  

Posted by: morris234

11/03/2009 11:40AM

cool blue thats her name.i give her a 10#

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Location: HELL, UN