First of all, thank you to the members of this forum for sharing your knowledge. I've used that knowledge to upgrade my TC. I bought it last fall and have spent the winter upgrading the suspension (lowered, poly bushings, Koni's, Eibach rear sway bar), SVT Cobra R wheels, fuel pump (255lph Walbro), fuel lines, brake lines/hoses, e-brake cables, and lots of cleaning and painting underneath. I've now completed the engine and thought I'd post some photos while it's still on the stand (these are the kind of pictures I look for when working on a project). Upgrades listed below.
Bottom-end and head are stock. I just cleaned, painted, and re-gasketed everything (plus ARP head studs). Garret T3/T4 50 Trim .63 A/R with 2.5" V-band outlet Gnari manifold w/EGR delete Tial 38mm wastegate with a 11.6psi spring (the dump pipe still needs work; will use Gillis to control) 3" shorty elbow for downpipe and a 2.5" to 3" coupler to be welded to V-band fitting Manifold and T3 painted with VHT header paint and baked in oven I re-used the factory oil feed and drain line
Next steps- Install SPEC Stage 1 Clutch Kit SF721 Install the Stinger 3" to dual 2.5" exhaust (Magnaflow) plus AEM WB O2 sensor Install Stinger FMIC and a Tial BOV Install Stinger PiMPx ECU Tune it, drive it, tune it, drive it, tune it...
Beautiful job Brad. I'd like to suggest that you do not reuse a used factory oil supply line. Dried oil shellac can break loose from the tube walls and travel down, into the turbo where it can lodge in the turbo oil circuit and starve the bearings. BTDT.
(03-03-2021, 03:12 PM)Pete D Wrote: Beautiful job Brad. I'd like to suggest that you do not reuse a used factory oil supply line. Dried oil shellac can break loose from the tube walls and travel down, into the turbo where it can lodge in the turbo oil circuit and starve the bearings. BTDT.
Thanks everyone and ouch Pete. The line does have a trap designed into it so I suspect that's where the build up may have occurred. On mine, I removed the trap when I re-bent it and shot brake clean through it. We'll see what happens.
Brad, while coping with my cabin fever a couple months ago I started checking out all the goodies Stinger has, which got me dreaming of most of the upgrades you are doing. That motor looks sweet, keep us posted on how it works out.
Wow, has it really been 3 years since I posted here???
Chas K
Current setup - 88 T-bird, 5 speed, vacuum assist master cylinder, T3/T4 50 trim turbo from Bo-port, oil feed & return lines, 3” turbo down elbow, 3" to 2.5" dual exhaust and PiMPx from Stinger 255LPH fuel pump, CD, trip-minder, RR , K&N, 140 MPH speedo conversion (thanks Jeff K).
You may want to ditch the blue felpro valve cover gasket now and replace it with the ford valve cover gasket. You will most likely have leaks if not immediately, then within a short period of time.
1987 TC, 5sp, Boport Stage 3 Head/2.1 Cam
1996 Impala SS, DCM, Borla Cat Back, too much other stuff!!! (SOLD)
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP 6M, 6.2l LS3, Kooks Long Tube, Hi Flo Cats, Mild Cam
