Vehicle Owner

Member ID: HaesMan

Location: Hudson, NH

Vehicle Info

1988 Mercury Cougar

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed100mph
  • HP300
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Custom Gauges 
  • Hurst Shift Knob 

Exterior Styling

  • Cooper Tires 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jul 26, 2006

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Chris’s Mercury Cougar

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HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar


HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar


HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar


# Motor and Transmission
- 289Ci V-8 with 302 heads
- Edelbrock Performer 289 Intake
- Holley 600 cfm 4 barrel w/ vacuum secondaries
- Thunderbird Turbo Coupe twin electric fans
- Flexalite fully adjustable electric thermostat for fans
- Edelbrock air filter
- 4 spd manual transmission

HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar

# Exhaust
- Heddman 3/4 length headers
- Flomaster custom system

# Suspension/Rear End
- Front Springs: Ford Motorsport "sport" Springs (B2300)
- Rear Springs: 1998 Mustang GT rear springs
- New Struts and shocks in front and rear
- Thunderbird Turbo Coupe 8.8" rear axle
- 3.73 Gearing
- Track-loc
- Rear swaybar
- Disk Brakes
- Summit Racing Fully Adjustable Proportioning Valve

# Interior
- Thunderbird Turbo Coupe Gauges
- Chrome overlay for gauges
- Hurst 4-speed T-Handle (I replaced the B&M with a Hurst)
- Custom console cover with switches for Master, Ignition, Auxilary Radiator Fan, and Reverse lights...LoL

HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar

# Audio
- Alpine cd player (AI net compatible)
- Clarion EQ
- Infinity Reference 3.5" speakers (Dash)
- JBL 6.5" Speakers (Doors)
- Infinity Reference 6x9" 3 way speakers (Rear Deck)
- Infinity Reference 12" woofer (2)
- Bazooka 300 watt amp (woofers)
- Bazooka 150 watt amp (6x9's)
- MTX 100 Watt amp (doors)
- 4 Gauge wiring throuough amplifier system
- Custom Woofer/Amplifier encloser

# Exterior/Appearance
- Thunderbird Turbo Coupe hood with scoops
- Black Tint brow

Basic overview of the car and I even got a baby drift in there...

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HaesMan's 1988 Mercury Cougar

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tg2theman  

Posted by: tg2theman

01/17/2007 10:44PM

YOU GOT GOOD TAST IN CARS IAM A FAN OF COUGERS DO YOU RACE IT? AND WHATS THE HORSE POWER.

Carl_The_Legend  

Posted by: Carl_The_Legend

07/21/2006 02:17PM

Nice Cat! 5 Stars.

HaesMan  

Posted by: HaesMan

06/27/2006 08:25AM

3 stars? c'mon guys, if you're gonna rate, comment or something.

fiveolowbird  

Posted by: fiveolowbird

06/22/2006 08:06PM

Nice looking Cougar. Excellant list of mods. Very impressive. Check out my Bird sometime.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: HaesMan

Location: Hudson, NH