Rory also added a set of custom shop-built subframe connectors as well as a pair of Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plates. This transmission is pretty much the best T-5 you can get and has several notable features including double-moly 2nd speed, 3rd speed, and countershaft cluster gears carbon-fiber 3-4 blocker rings improved synchronizers and bearings a Cobra-style pocket bearing a 1 1/16-inch, 10-spline input shaft a 28-spline output shaft and a steel input-bearing retainer.īeyond that, it’s all suspension underpinnings with the main star being a complete ’99/’01 Cobra independent rear suspension, along with a full set of SN-95 Cobra brakes and 3.73:1 gears. Not doing much of anything yet with the engine, Rory went the full canyon-carver route instead, beginning by swapping in a new Ford Racing T-5 “Z” ( PN M-7003-Z) five-speed trans with a 2.95:1 low and a. This means it makes considerably less than the 225 horsepower the Mustang-version engines produced.” version as was equipped in ’87-’93 Mustang 5.0s. “It still has the stock 5.0 V8 in it, which is not an H.O. “This car started as just a regular V8 T-bird with an automatic,” Rory related. It corners like it’s on rails and with an extra 200 or so horsepower that will possibly be added in the near future, it would certainly be that much more fun. 5.0 rated at 155 horsepower gets the car down the road for now and is enough to throw it into a corner and hang on. The retrofitted Turbo Coupe interior includes the seats, console, and gauge cluster.

Many builders go hog-wild on an engine first.

88 thunderbird 5.0