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User Rides / a couple of pics of the toys
Quote from: 50tbrd88;308707
Both of your cars are rockin' man!  So which one to you find yourself driving more?
  The cougar seems to win out lately the past couple of years since it's completion. I like the fact it's "turn key and start" LOL. I can fill it @ the pumps, turn on the radio( and hear it) crank up the A/C ,buzz 5800 between gears :D idle on a cruise and drive it home.
  I love the comet as well but with 12.5s, a .620 lift solid cam, and a 3200lb long style clutch, it's a little more "high maintenance" and involved for a cruise....but still a lot of fun!
532
User Rides / a couple of pics of the toys
Quote from: 50tbrd88;308310
Your Cougar is very very nice.  I am at work and when I saw that 1st picture I said "!" outloud.  lol.  The grey painted Cobra's work perfectly with that paint color.  A few months ago their was an exact twin to that car at a local car lot (except stock with V6)...I wanted it but the wife said no.

What size tire are you running on the Cobra R's?  Are they 16's or 17's?  I am going to go with a taller/wider tire on my 'bird and I like the way yours look!

Oh one more thing; MORE PICS please!


The tires are 255/50/16 rear and 225/50/16 front...as far as more pic's, let me root through my files and see what I can scrounge up.:D
533
User Rides / a couple of pics of the toys
Quote from: ZondaC12;308266
Wow. I'm finicky with the 83-86s...and that first pic is BADASS. Wow. Something about that whole combo is just awesome. Seems like everyone rocks the Cobra R's but ya know....they work! Love the comet too, looks like a lotta fun no matter which set of keys you take. :D

 Thanks, the fun factor is there. The comet has a top-loader/5.43s and the cougar a HO/ T-5/4.10s....real cars have 3 pedals.:burnout:
534
User Rides / a couple of pics of the toys
" SMALL-BLOCK MADNESS"  We built and raced the car in the early 80s and retired it to the street for the odd sat night/sun cruise after it became a conflict with our business (farming and electrical contracting) which ate up the summer hrs.
536
Suspension/Steering / rear swaybar
Quote from: 1986Élan;296826
i was pretty sure using the eibach kit (front and rear swaybar)for the 79- 93 mustang would work    now comes how much milimeter to get as different mustangs models had different bars  like the cobra for example

could it be as simple as saying  adding a thicker front sway bar and adding any mustang rear swaybar will be just fine  or theres more to consider
I bought an 88lx for the motor and ended up using the sway bars, front spindles,rotors, short block(swapped to a carb), pedal assembly and T-5, rear end (8.8) etc,etc. Now to really stir things up contrary to popular methods, I used front and rear springs from an 86 GT hatch which lowered the front 1 1/8" and the rear 1 1/4" to give me a nice stance with excellent handling when combined with the sway bars.:D  BUT remember, no 2 cars are alike. I tried to post some pics but the files are too big...sorry.
537
Lounge / Dropped off the heads......
STAY AWAY from the scorps as they tend to break around the trunnion area when rpm and open pressure comes into play.
538
Suspension/Steering / rear swaybar
Quote from: 1986Élan;296822
sorry im not sure i got that Quick shift  did you mean the bar is 1 inch narrower?


YES. As an example using hypothetical #s, the cougar bar is 52" ctr to ctr while the mustang bar is only 51"
539
Suspension/Steering / rear swaybar
Quote from: 1986Élan;296811
and what about the end links? you kept the bird ones or you went with 88 lx mustang as well 

arent the ones for a bird longer than the ones from a stang?


I used the metal part from the cougar that houses the bushings and upgraded the bushings with a part from ENERGY suspensions but retained the stock cougar end links as they were new. I did notice the distance from ctr to ctr on the bar ends to be approx 1" narrower than the stock cougar bar but it works fine and checked good during alignment.
540
Suspension/Steering / rear swaybar
I used a front and rear bar from an 88lx (mustang) on my 84 cougar to replace the stock V8 ones and the difference was noticeable in that there was less body roll in the corners. The rear bolted right in but the front needed the bushings from the 88lx as the bar is thicker.