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Number: 4055
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Tue Dec 2, 2003  11:22 pm
Subject: Re: 85 coupe questions

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Re: 85 coupe questions

The tire size (50 series) is correct, OEM size. The Toe Rod Tips are
from the 1985 T-Bird Super Coupe.

Had to laugh about the school's speed bumps. Kids at my son's
college are complaoning badly about the new - over the past summer -
installed "mini mountains" Some kids have sent the school bills for
wheel alignments and other things. I think they may remove them next
spring. I have come to the conclusion that many colleges simply HATE
cars! There's a club on his campus for everything under the sun,
but No car clubs! 15 pages in a booklet of clubs - NOTHING even
remotely car related. A group of like 20 corvette owners wanted to
get a zoned off parking area, so nbody would ding their cars, school
said NO. Most of the professors make in excess of $100,000 a year
there. Faculty Parking Lot? Hondas, Toyotas, Mitsubisi's, Old
Volvos, and many Hybrids, like Honda Insight & Toyo Prius. No
Lincolns or Cadillacs, one or two BMWs and 1 (ONE) Mercedes C Class.
They Hate Cars!

S A N D Y



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> My 85 coupe (and alot of others) have the 85 MPH speedo. It was a
> hit or miss thing in 85.
>
> I don't know about my tach...never checked it.
>
> My car also came with the single "Y-Pipe" exhaust that was standard
> that year for that car. I firmly do not believe that my car ever
> had duel exhaust. There was every sign that the drive train was
> never touched in that area. Your car only helps confirm this for
> me. You would need to scrounge another 85 V8 YPipe system in a jy
> to put it back since that was the only year they had it and Ford
> does not have those parts available anymore. Or for better
> performance and probably cost get the double hump for now.
>
> The tie rod tips would be a Ford item from the TBirds of that era
> that had a turbo engine. But its a good question on the year, I
> don't know if there were any changes during the years for that car.
>
> The tires you list should be correct. Asc went with very low
> profile tires. When I got my car I think they were wearing:
> P225 60 R15
>
> Which are higher and make your speedo off.
>
> -Mike
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "tfs2121" <tfs2121@y...> wrote:
> > ok so i read over the info in the files section...
> >
> > 1 my car has no 140 speedo mine goes up to 85
> > 2 if the rev limit was incresed to 7000 RPM why does my tach red
> > line at 5400 RPM
> >
> > also i took my care in for some repairs on the exhaust (it fell
> off
> > cuz of the speed bumps at my school are so huge if i barly roll
> over
> > them it scrapes everything) the other day and my car curintly has
> a
> > true dual exhaust but i have a single hump trans cross member so
> > one of the pipes was crushed to clear the cross member on the no
> > hump side. he says i have the wrong size tires on it and that the
> > car is rideing to low to the ground and that the fact that my
rear
> > shocks are shot has nothing to do with ride hight(that part is
> > true). the guy told me to buy a dual hump cross member and he
will
> > build me a system that will fit up nicely under the car... id
like
> > to know if the car origanly came with a dual hump trans cross
> member
> > and a ture dual exhaust or if it had a Y pipe after the headers
> then
> > a cat then another Y pipe
> >
> > are the corect size tires P225/50x15 VR-Series? (for the 85 coupe)
> >
> > about the thunder bird turbo tie rod ends what year thunder bird
> did
> > they come from? or is thunder bird turbo a company name...
> >
> > thanks for helping clear up some questions its a new suprize
every
> > day with this car you never know whats next!
> >
> > ~Peter Shear