Got our new lemon- 88 turbo coupe (Page 1 of 2)

that is no more than a $300 car, but it is a good start. I don't have any idea as to what he is talking about on the rear brake setup, to my knowledge, there is not any electric control for the rear brakes. The upside is that it is a fox platform, so you can adapt most fox and some SN95 parts to it. The downside is they are heavy pigs, so get ready to put her on a big diet.

We cuurently have 3- 302/5.0 motors laying around.  We also have 2- 4.9 straight 6 motors.  Perhaps a turbocharged straight 6???

Strange, all the replies are from TX.

Good to know. I have a fox brake booster/master cyl that I would give to someone that needed it for their car (wait, sell for a dollar and provide a receipt).

shoot me an email with your address and such.  I will ship it, and you can send me a check/money order/giftcard for beer once I know what it cost.

Davidwcrowder@gmail.com

I don't think so, since it's sold.

btp76 is right, it's a cool car, but it will be a turd. I would look at limiting the boost and making sure you keep the engine coolant/oil temps under control at all times or you will blow a head gasket in about .0002 seconds. Neat cars, but a little quirky. Strip all those electronics out and make it as light as possible. It should run forever if you can keep it cool.

Does the transmission from the 4 cyl turbo motor use the same bell housing that fits the V engines? (3.8 V6, 302 V8)

unfortunately, no. 

I'm on a Turbo T bird website and have just offered to swap out the engine and trans for a v8 engine and trans.  This should simplify things a bit.  If I don't get the trade done, my next step is to find out how much I can get a v8 setup for and sell the turbo setup for the same $

If all else fails, we may be blowing up a nice 2.3 turbo motor.

Yeah, the ABS hasn't been working for a while, but the real problem is with the alternator burning up the fusible link.  I'm hopin replacing them both will bring the brakes back to their non abs glory.

Supposedly the active suspension still works.  We'll see tomorrow night!

I have been told the Turbo T5 can handle a V8.  Both cars use T5s.

Since the bell housing bolt on, they could be changed if necessary but I did not think that was necessary.

The 3.8 liter is a 5.0 minus a 2 cylinders.

I've got a 3.8L T5 sitting around that I have planned on putting in a Mark VII.  It is supposed to be longer than the earlier T5s.  In the Mark VII, you are supposed to be able to run a later T5 without replacing the driver shaft.  The turbo is still assembled so I have never had the two transmission side by side to compare them.

The Mark VII project kinda of went to the wayside once we got into Lemons.  Hell, a lot of things went to the wayside once I got into Lemons.

I can't even get my Fox Body nut job friend excited about racing the Turbo Coupe or Mark VII.  So it may be time to do some automotive house cleaning.

Actually, I'm leaning toward keeping the drivetrain, as there's a guy who has done 2 CMP events.  7th place first time and was in first after his first shift second time.  The other 3 drivers managed penalties and accidents to get them back in the 30's.  He said the car was rock solid and the water temps only went above 200 a couple times.  He still hasn't done anything to the stok 140kmile head gasket.

I emailed him for advice and tech stuff that he may have, but so far have gotten an out of office reply.