Anyone toy with a Ford Thunderbird on the street? 0-60 and 1/4??

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'89 GTA 5.7 TPI bone-stock

 

it shouldnt be hard
i was watching car and driver and the rating were really bad
have you seen the new commericals for them?
a ferrari pulls next to the new TB and they act like they will race.
such a joke

 

i know that commercial is dumb. It's just saying its not fast in a deeper meaning. The car doens't even look that cool.

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Chris
-94' firebird formula(I used to have a 91,thats why im on this site)
-Mods: Hypertech programmer 3, ported and polished MAF sensor, slp loudmouth exhaust.
-Future Mods: slp intake, pullies(have them just havent put them on).

 

but rich preppy people will but it because its almost 50k.
thats allright
us 3rd gens will have to show him a 2500 dollar car can take a 50k car.
not saying all 3rd gens are cheap
just saying you dont have to spend over 5 thousand to get a fast car

 

Unfortuntely no. Anyway I think they would ride on the inside lane of the highway like the Bentleys & Rolls Royces I see. I dont think they know the speed limit is 55 not 35.

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86 SC LG4 305 TBI
T-tops Auto
Hooker AeroChamber Cat-back & some other "go fast" goodies.
Over either 230K.
Custom 15" American Racing Wheels.
Clarion Deck & Jensen 6x9s, & some house speakers in the back.

 

I read up on the new t-bird in a few of the car mags. They are not built for speed, but more as a "cruiser". Personally, I like that the big 3 are beginning to lean towards earlier body styles. t-bird, pt cruiser, ssr; not to mention the Charger concept. I would SOOO love to have one of those!

 

Great Point! Reminds me of the time I bought my friends 82 z28 for $150 to use for the wheels and the intake/carb. I was joy-riding it on the way home(before dismemberment and then scrapping it), and a '01 4.6L GT pulls next to me at a light. Stupid kid revving at me with a backwards hat driving a car his parents probably paid $30k for. The moral of the story is that he got his butt handed to him by a $150 multi-colored junker. Bet daddy got an earful that night about how he needed to buy him a camaro next. -Randy

P.S.- Don't know what an '02 T-Turd looks like, where can I see a good pic?

 

The PT Cruiser is a fugly yuppie car, it's as bad as an SUV... Doesn't say nearly as much as a fully restored '32 Model A with suicide doors... The T-bird looks like a tin wind up toy... Wouldn't mind seeing the dodge charger return, but some of these cars just look like *** . I would love to beat down an '02 T-bird.

 

I would like the prowler and pt crusier a whole lot better if they actual put V8's in them instead of a V6. No one in there right mind builds a hot rod a puts a V6 in it so why did chrysler?
As for the t-bird it could be a cool car if they slapped the cobra engine in it, or better yet come out with a dual overhead cam version of the 5.4l. But that would make to much sense for ford to do. For that kind of cash the car should @ least be faster than a mustang.

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I saw a concept prowler with the 4.7L V8 (from Grand Cherokee) under the hood. I cant say that I would have picked the 4.7 (I'd like to see 5.9 ), but its certainly an improvement over the 3.5 V6. For the record, I am not a fan of all the "retro" styling going on that simply hides the fact that the car you are buying is a piece of sh*t. I think people want something thats "different" so they go out and buy a pt cruiser, or t-bird. Then they kick themselves when they see 4 cars just like thiers on the way home from work. Or more likely next to theirs in the repair shop.

peace

 

The '02 T-Bird is definitely not built for speed. It's got a 3.8L V8, that puts out somewhere in the neighborhood of 230-240 hp. With that sort of displacement, I'd imagine it doesn't make much torque. Personally, I probably wouldn't own one if it was given to me...it's ugly, and it comes riced out straight from the factory.

IMO the PT Cruisers (PT Looooser?) are butt-ugly piles of crap. You might as well just put a lift kit on a neon and make it a minivan.

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1989 Mustang LX 5.0 Coupe
13.29@106.66 - needs more gear and converter

1992 Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible
14.23 @ 95.something - 100% bone stock motor - it's been a while since I've ran this one

1993 LX 2.3L Hatchback - "The Ride to VCU"

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Sorry, I don't want to start a "fire" or anything like that but i have to call BS. A junker '82 z-28 would have a hard time beating a v-6 rustang convertible auto, much less a GT, unless he wasn't trying to race...in which you can't say you "beat" him.



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'87 Red Formula Firebird
-mostly stock LG4 w/cowl induction setup borrowed from '83 TA and T5 tranny

'85 Corvette
-stock L98/4+3 manual tranny
-z51 package

 

Are you sure about that?????

 

Besides who said that the 82 was stock.

 

What's with eveyone here trying to call BS lately? Even if it was stock that doesn't mean the kid in the stang could actually drive.

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'87GTA w/ SLP Cold Air, MSD Coil, Airfoil, Gutted MAF, AFPR, TES Headers, HI-FLOW CAT, Flowmaster Catback, Energy Suspension Master Bushing Kit

 

Look out if you're driving with a girl in the car and you challenge the Tbird to a race. He may just stay at the light and take your girlfriend, haha, right.

Those things suck, a 3.9 liter V8 with 250 hp. 7 second 0-60 for 40 grand? no thanks, I'll take a nice new vette.

 

the big deal with the T-bird is the exclusivity of it...we had 19 at our dealership, all were sold about a year and a half before we even got one! Nice driving cars though, I do have to admit, not much for racing, but the do drive well.

 

Old T-bird verses new T-bird, hmmmm.........


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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels

 

hey i heard that if the camaro comes back... which it will....the styling is going to go back to 60's there is a good drawing of what motor trend thinks it is in the sept 2001 they predicted it would come back in 2004... thats fine with me... the only down side of the article is that there is also the 2004 mustang ahhh $H!t

 

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Ya can't have too many fast Chevys!

 

/me runs for nearest trash can

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1989 Mustang LX 5.0 Coupe
13.29@106.66 - needs more gear and converter

1992 Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible
14.23 @ 95.something - 100% bone stock motor - it's been a while since I've ran this one

1993 LX 2.3L Hatchback - "The Ride to VCU"

Moderator Stangtec.com, SN95.com

Co-Founder, Tri Cities Mustang Club
Amelia and Nic's Twin Terrors

 

Dont you just love those non-functional ram air hoods and wal-mart rims?
At the SEMA car show (pics at motortrend.com) they had a PT Cruiser with the Viper V10! But Chevy brought the Cavalier 220 turbo & 263 SS, and Corvette Tigershark (427 7L LS1 w 740hp/690ftlb!) & Magna Steyr kit. Pontiac brought the 540hp (300 shot of NOS) Firebird Raptor, and Saturn had the 300hp 4cyl SCX. Who said GM aint ready for the future?

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86 SC LG4 305 TBI
T-tops Auto
Hooker AeroChamber Cat-back & some other "go fast" goodies.
Over either 230K.
Custom 15" American Racing Wheels.
Clarion Deck & Jensen 6x9s, & some house speakers in the back.

 

maybe its just me but they look exactly like a 1953 corvette convertible. Everytime I see a picture of a the new T-bird I think corvette.

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'89 firebird formula tpi
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someone needs to post this pic of the "aleged" new camaro... I wanna see it...

thanks ya

 

If my corvette was 32 years older i wouldn't be too happy with that insult. Those t-birds are ugly. I don't understand all the hype around them and the rest of these overpriced retro-style cars. They're all ugly as hell.

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'87 Red Formula Firebird
-mostly stock LG4 w/cowl induction setup borrowed from '83 TA and T5 tranny

'85 Corvette
-stock L98/4+3 manual tranny
-z51 package

 

No you don't want to see it trust me...

 

uh oh
is it really that bad???
I don't know if I can stand another generation of ugly Camaros...

 

I hate the new thunderbird. It doesn't look good; ford's just trying to cash in the success of the retro PT cruiser and to some extent retro new beetle. The thunderbird has no engine, suspension, looks, I don't know what it's good for.

As for that ad for the tbird, who in their right mind would watch that and think to themselves, "I want a thunderbird." I just love how he pulls away at the end like an old man, almost up to 5mph, whoa there!

The pt cruiser is cool. I like it, but in that way where I wouldn't want to own one, you know what I mean?

The prowler would be awesome, if they had a motor. I would love to have one and swap in something real. Forget that stupid jeep motor, it puts out like 235hp. Shoot, Ford can do better than that with 4.7 liters, lol! They had a show version (I think at LA show) that had an LS1 under the hood. Might have been lingenfelter that did it, I'm not sure. Anyway, that would be cool.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RedFirebird:
[B] Sorry, I don't want to start a "fire" or anything like that but i have to call BS. A junker '82 z-28 would have a hard time beating a v-6 rustang convertible auto, much less a GT, unless he wasn't trying to race...in which you can't say you "beat" him.

Don't worry, that comment didn't start any fire, since this is a T-Bird conversation. If I were lieing then I'd at least make my own message. Anyway, the camaro wasn't what most would call a "junker", but that is what we did with it after taking all of it's goodies, because of all the undercarriage rust from Michigan winters. It was a 4.6 GT that we raced, and the moron DID give it all he had. Hate to rub it in but I was not alone in the camaro when we raced- I had two friends in the car who witnessed this.

Thanks for the pic CHVYPWR! -Randy

 

Hey RedFirebird I didnt mean to offend anyone with that comment but look up a 53 vette sometime and you will see what i mean. To me the similarities in the front end are uncanny but maybe its just me

 

Regarding the future of the Camaro... it looks promising that it will be back in 2005, but the concept looks pretty crappy so far... do a search in apearance and detailing, somebody posted a pic a while ago... My only warning is that it looks like it's already been in a front end collision off the drawing board.