'83 Thunderboat Dorm Room Build

[H.ry]

very cool car dude. you should definitely keep the 4 cylinder in it! they have some potential for sure. my dad raced hydroplanes when i was a kid, 2.5 litre class and we ran 2300 fords full balance and blueprint and port work, zoomie pipes etc. those motors would spin past 7500rpm no problem and make power all the way. no water pump on them in the boats either just forced water cooling from the hull!

that aside, i have always wanted a turbocoupe like you have here. Car looks great and you have put a ton of effort into it. its come a long way!

[benz88]

the 2.3turbo can handle more boost then a 5.0 can, I wouldn't bother swapping in a older 5L since the block usually cracks under boost

[Stolzy]

sick car! the center exhaust and headlights look great!

sidenote, your pics on lake washington blvd are right next to my parents house. love it there.

[TheTynosaur]

wow, great turnaround

[DragginWagon]

That's pretty gangster right there. With a hint of oldschool shatokan style. More please.

[Deebo]

Ok, the car is getting new parts finally.. Sorry I was getting settled in at college. It's now a full blown drift slut. Pictures when I get home

[Deebo]

Woah - definitely a really unique build. Yay washington :P Are some of those photos from the kirkland waterfront?

yeah, some of those pictures are on the kirkland waterfront!

[TruTaing]

Woah - definitely a really unique build. Yay washington :P Are some of those photos from the kirkland waterfront?

[Deebo]

Thanks for all of the compliments! More pictures coming soon. Anyone who knows of a good lip that might fit this car, feel free to let me know

[Rubens]

Simply badass

[Deebo]

very interesting choice of platform, personally i think it would be really cool on some old school JDM wheels, super wide Equip 01's would be my choice

I agree with you on the old school JDM wheels! If I find a nice wide set of japanese 15 inch wheels, I'll definitely rock them.

[Deebo]

Get some yellow lamin-x for those fogs.

The car is definitely unique, I actually like it. Thats the only car I've also ever seen with seat covers that match the interior, and not some stupid flame design, or crazy yellow.

I've thought about trying to put yellow film over them but I'm afraid it'll look green since the actual glass is blue...I'll definitely do something about them soon though. Yeah I **** seat covers but I want a really nice set of seats that are out of my budget now so I figured if I'm gonna have to rock the seat covers, I'd put in the time and find a good set online.

Well I'll be damned. See? I'm not versed in the blue oval.

Haha yeah I'm more of an import guy myself. I was forced to learn about fox body fords after buying this car but that's the extent of my blue oval knowledge.

I love that last picture.

I liked the wheels more before you painted them.
Don't black out the trim, it looks classy chrome.
18's are going to be huuggeee.

But I 100% agree on keeping the 2.3 turbo. I've seen those motors make 500hp on a stock bottom end (they don't last forever when pushed that hard) but then if you build a bottom end you can make insane numbers.
It's really unique, so why would you want to take that away by putting a 5.0 in it?

You've done well so far.
I really like this.

I did like the aluminum finish too but like I said, they were wayy too far gone (though you can't really tell in the pictures). I did a paintchop and I'd have to say I agree with you on the chrome. 18's should tuck nicely but I'd rock 17's. I'm just looking to snatch up the first nice wheels I can find for a good deal.
As for the 2.3....I don't mind the engine and I will put some money in universal mods like meth, standalone ECU, and a turbo but I'm not going to get too attached to the engine. A twin turbo'd 5.0 is my dream and goal. Thanks for the interest and compliments!

The chrome around the windows is the only chrome on the whole side of the car. It accentuates the windows way too much.

Black the grille out too while you are at it.

I did a paintchop and the changed the trim to black...it actually turned out not looking that good haha. If this car was a brighter red then I could pull off the black

Haha this is so unique! Props for having the lowest Turbo T-Bird IN THE WORLD.

But what's up with those corner lamps though....

The corner lamp on the passenger's side is fine but on the driver's side I decided to route my breather filter and oil catch can filter through the light so the fumes would stay out of the engine bay and cabin. It actually looks sorta cool in person and it's neat to see the steam coming out of the filters!

[standard125r]

For sure one of the coolest Fords from that era. I love them, when I was a kid I went to Waltkins Glen and saw the Wood's Brother Coors T-Bird promo car. Hooked on them ever since.

[baggedb16sentra]

Awesome this is amazing so cool to see different gets so old seeing all the same cars over and over again. Post more pictures

[Blumagic]

very interesting choice of platform, personally i think it would be really cool on some old school JDM wheels, super wide Equip 01's would be my choice