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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 10:13 AM
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I was browsing through old websites, and came across a video of 2 T-Birds dragging.
Check out the takeoff these things have. It looks real good.. There are also a few burn outs..

http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/huffmanneibert.mpg
http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/wade.mpg
http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/mendola1288burnout.mpg
http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/chri...se11.16run.wmv
http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/chri...se12secrun.mpg
http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/mendola1288run.mpg

Damn these sure are nice cars.. I think i might get one
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 02:09 PM
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I forgot this nice brake stand... Check it out

http://www.tccoa.com/multimedia/burnouts/centercap.mpg
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 02:17 PM
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Damn those were some fast a$$ T-birds
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 06:01 PM
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Man those were sweet.... I love the T-Birds as some of you may know and here are a few of the vids I got.
http://russianpolarbear.tripod.com/*...birdvsCorv.mpg
http://russianpolarbear.tripod.com/*...es/TBvsVPR.mpg
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 07:18 PM
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wow those are fast and quiet. were those the v8 ones but i heard a supercharger, did they offer a supercharged V8?
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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Those T-birds have always impressed me...they have unbelievable low end torque ...puts even the supercharged Bonnies to shame. :?
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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Notice what'* running in the left lane? Nuttin' but M90 baby!!!!!

http://www.sccoa.com/multimedia/mendola1288run.mpg
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I've never raced one in the Bonne, but i want to try.. I have a feeling most of us would get our ***'* handed to us... Nice styling in that car too. I love it.

I'LL NEVER SWITCH SIDES THOUGH!!
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I've never raced one in the Bonne, but i want to try.. I have a feeling most of us would get our ***'* handed to us... Nice styling in that car too. I love it.

I'LL NEVER SWITCH SIDES THOUGH!!
Check out Kill Stories...I tried on the other day... :?
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Originally Posted by L27Buick
wow those are fast and quiet. were those the v8 ones but i heard a supercharger, did they offer a supercharged V8?
No supercharged V8, the only models that came with a supercharger were the Super Coupes, I believe were from 1989-1995. I could be wrong on the end year.

I used to have a Thunderbird before I totalled it. It was a Turbo Coupe, the model that Ford put out from 1983-1988, but used the 87 to 88'* as a "spacer" because they weren't finished with the Super Coupe yet. It had a 2.3 liter Inline 4, with a IHI turbo. Stock boost was 10psi, I had a Gillis Valve on mine and it cranked up to 15. The stock numbers for Turbo Coupes are 190hp@4600rpm(Give or take a few hundred RPM), and 240ft/lbs@3800rpm I believe. Pretty quick car, the only downside is that it weighed 3420lbs. The newer generation T-Birds(1989-1997) were 3550lbs though.
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