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A few early shots, a couple of group shots, my exhaust photos and a few other parts

Discription of my 97 Alpine Green Bird:

Interior:
150MPH Taurus SHO speedo
8K Taurus SHO Tach
Custom SVT Simulated Carbon Fiber Scott's Gauges
Gray gauge cover
Red SHO gauge needles
Factory Premium Sound AM/FM/CD
Factory Premium Sound Amp
Kicker KS680 5x7/6x8 2-ways front and rear
Iron Cross Pedals
Chrome Skull door poppers
Original KARR Ford Dealer installed alarm
Auto Dimming Rear View Mirror
15% Tint All around with glare strip
Gray leather 93 SC fold down backseat with 97 LX bottom half
SC fold down trunk transition carpet
Black Aftermarket Carpet with Mass Backing
Lotek triple gauge pod
Auto Meter short sweep electric gauges:
Oil Pressure
Volts
Coolant temp

Engine:
Stock 97 Bottom end
Ported and Polished 97 NPI heads
02 PI cams
02 PI intake
Livernois PI intake manifold adapter plates
Custom coating *spec not up for release* done to the bowls of the heads and the pistons
Royal Purple Synthetic 10w40
Transdapt Dual Filter relocater kit
2 Motorcraft FL-1 oil filters
K&N panel filter
Removed air silencer
Motorcraft Platinum Plugs
Blue Roush spark plug wires
Motorcraft coil packs
180* Hypertech T-stat
Lokar oil dipstick
Black Roush Under Drive Pulleys
Gatorback serpentine belt
Royal Purple Purple Ice Added to coolant
Mark VIII Coolant Fan
Cold Air Intake
DEI thermal wrap on intake.
Air/Oil seperator in line with PCV.

Exhaust:
My 2 1/4" dual exhaust in detail
This setup starts right behind the rear o2 sensors.
I had the 3rd cat cut off, resonator removed, factory mufflers thrown out, basically all new behind the rear o2's. Its starts with some 2 1/4" pipe into a dual in dual out magnaflow midmounted muffler with the built in x-pipe. Than two pipes snake around the gas tank with plenty of room between the pipes and the heatshield and end right under the pumpkin, two more pipes are welded to those going up at about 45 degrees than chrome tips, I used to have dynomax mufflers on the back as well but decided I wanted something loader and ditched them.
To eliminate any and all catalyst efficiency errors I have also installed a set of rear o2 sensor eliminators.
I suspect it may have a "lazy" rear o2 but I plan on switching to highflow cats or a catless system soon anyway.

Drive train:
Rebuilt SC 3.27 Trac-Lok Diff
Royal Purple 75W90 Diff Fluid
Ford Limited Slip "Friction modifier" Additive

Suspension:
SC L braces
Boxed V brace
Auto Ride Control "ARC" Shock tower covers
Rear Torsional Load brace by Ron aka Cougar xr/7
Rear shock tower brace by Ron aka Cougar xr/7
Moog Greasable Upper Control Arms
TRW front sway bar end links
Energy suspension polyurathane tie rod end boots
Prothane polyurathane rear spring insulators
Tokico advanced handling suspension kit 1.25" drop
New upper shock mounts
Energy Suspension rear short sway bar end links with polyurathane bushings

Wheels:
17" MB Motoring 5 spokes
Riken Raptor 245/45/ZR17s
short aluminum valve stems
chrome valve stem caps with o-ring seals

Exterior:
Alpine Green SR
Dented passenger fender
Clear Corners
Silverstar headlight bulbs
Silverstar Mirage Turn signal bulbs
Silverstar Mirage Headlight inner marker bulbs
Billet Aluminum Suicide Locking Gas Door

Future Upgrades:
I have a new fender I need to have painted
Need to put on repaired JBA headers
Upgrade exhaust with flex braids and high flow cats
Addco Sway bars
Built Darrin trans
Dynotech 3.5" driveshaft and u-joints
Dirty Dog converter
13" Front brakes
12" Rear brakes
New lash adjusters for the passenger side cylinder head
Re-covered SC seats
LE style stripes
Front shock tower brace
SCT X-cal 2
Griffen Radiator
Etched Aluminum Door plates

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First few pictures of her, still covered in dust, blow headgaskets and all

stock cats, and the beginning of the rest of my exhaust

exhaust at the pumpkin and around the tank

My Alpine Green Bird and a rare shot of Project Phoenix

detail pic of coolant temp and fuel level

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08-19-2007 03:07 AM

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07-17-2009 06:48 PM

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Comments

Author	Comment	Date
Earl	No photos of the 95 in your gallery yet?	10-16-2009
mightymikes1	i got a question for you how do you get the taurus sho cluster to work in their? my dad has a 95 and as you know the tbird cluster always have problems with oddometer and trip meter...and that looks really good in there	08-07-2009
Chris_Murder	I thought I explained it pretty well underneath the Exhaust Section of this page.	07-14-2009
Tbird1997	what kinda exhaust set up you got there? i can see true duals but thats about it.	07-14-2009
Mark8Thunder	thanks	12-06-2008
Chris_Murder	On this website under the search button type in Mark VIII motor swap or 32 valve swap.	11-26-2008
Mark8Thunder	idk what to search or what website to look at lol. Got any?	11-26-2008
Chris_Murder	Yes the motor can be swapped do a search.	11-25-2008
Mark8Thunder	I got a question... do u think a Mark 8 lincon motor could fit into the thunderbird? I have 1 mechanic that works on my car n he says it can but im a lil sketchy about it.	11-25-2008
Mark8Thunder	Nice lookin factory eats lol i got the crappy gray soft seats lol there all falling appart. But ya ur right about the color thats the color i use to have on my t bird. Looked blue but it was green but now i have it where at night it looks black n in light it a dark forest green on the bottom half n on the top half its metalic silver it looks sexy ;] lol. if i can get pics up then it would be easier to see	11-25-2008
Chris_Murder	Alpine Green paint code SR is a color that looks blue in a lot of light and green in direct light, definately one of my favorite colors for thunderbirds. Those seats are factory gray leather 97 seats. I hope to upgrade them someday to SC seats. I have a better camera now, but I still need to take more photos.	11-20-2008
Mark8Thunder	Done quite a few things i c. U need a new camera/ pics lol. that first photo looksl ike ur car is blue? when u said it was alpine green. Like the new IPC. n wat kinda seat r thos?	11-19-2008
Chris_Murder	Thanks for the kind words.	11-19-2008
Splattered	Pretty long list of work done. I'm impressed with what you've done. And living in Phoenix I get the white haze from the ultra bright sun when I take pics. I either wait til later in the day or try to do my best in the garage shade. Post some more pics of your other project cars too	09-15-2008
Trunk Monkey	You should add "New Camera" to your mod list. Nice car.	06-02-2008
supergordo	Dude, we need to get you a new camera. The white haze is crazy.	08-25-2007

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