88 TC tuneup

This is my first time posting on here. I bought an 88 TC about 2 weeks ago and it needs some minor odds and ends. As far as I know its bone stock,and being a noob to these cars I wanted to hear some of your opinions. I'm going to be buying new plugs, wires, o2 sensor (probably a wideband), changing all the fluids and various other little parts. I was wondering if anyone has pimped a stock TC, and how much it made a difference. Also if there are any other cheap upgrades that will help performance. I know about stingers products, but don't want to go that route just yet. I did get another engine with the car, so I can have that rebuild into a nasty engine later on
Thanks, Shawn

Welcome to the Board!

Use Motorcraft wires and plugs for a bone stock engine. Same goes for the cap & rotor. Getting it running good is the first consideration, then you can start with some minor upgrades. As for a PiMP with a stock or very mild mod motor, it will make a world of difference, like night & day. But now is a good time to get used to everything on the stock engine first.
Also, let the Suffolk County Police and Troop L guys admire the car for a while before they have to stop you!

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Welcome.
You can find part numbers for the plugs and wires in the Part Number Forum: http://natomessageboard.com/ubbthreads.p...=11&page=1


Here is a link to the basic modification that are needed first, to get the most out of other mods you may want to do later.
http://turbotbird.com/techinfo/Mods/Mods01.htm

Thanks for the help, I'm going to have a nice order in at ford on monday.The biggest pain is going to be changing the rear parking brake cables, or just finding them first.
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Buy your Motorcraft tuneup parts from Rockauto, not Ford!! Example: dealer will want $60+ for the plug wires. Rockauto has them for $19. Same for other parts.

Buy your Motorcraft tuneup parts from Rockauto, not Ford!! Example: dealer will want $60+ for the plug wires. Rockauto has them for $19. Same for other parts.

Speaking of Ford Wires..I cant find any of the Motorcraft spark plug wires on Rock Auto do you know if they are on there under a different car?

Welcome to the Board!

As for a PiMP with a stock or very mild mod motor, it will make a world of difference, like night & day.

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Yeap can confirm it does make a decent difference. And I believe its easier to tune a stockish car and slowly mod it and re tune as go. Vs tuning a beast that never ran right on the stock ECU.

Found motorcraft wires that should work on our cars for $25 bucks shipped from late model resto..can somebody confirm

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item...Plug-Wires

Rockauto has them..... use their search function for Motorcraft WR4011C plug wires