• 1997
  • Ford
  • Thunderbird
  • lx
  • 113,000 Miles
  • $15,000
  • Black
  • 2-Door
  • Coupe
  • 1FALP62W0VH149794
  • Automatic
  • 7/27/2009 10:19:46 PM
  • SOHC
  • 5.0l
  • 8 Cylinders engine
  • Rear Wheel Drive
  • 400 WHP
  • 400 WTQ
  • Gasoline
  • True
  • Supercharged
  • http://img.modifiedcartrader.com/uploaded/TN/2009/07/19397_Ford_Thunderbird_128932244111774964.JPG
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  • No

tbirdsc14

Elburn Illinois

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    I am selling my project car of 4 1/2 years. I don't want to but it is time to move on. It is a 1997 ford thunderbird lx with many performance modifications. Black exterior and dark gray leather interior. Super clean glass like paint with nice clean interior. 113,000 miles on the body and about 3,000 on the engine, supercharger and 4 speed overdrive 4r70w transmission. B&m holeshot torque converter with 2,800 stall. Overdrive is electronically shut off do to an issue i haven't looked into yet. I have another 4R70W (AODE) transmission that comes with the purchase of the car. The first 3 gears and reverse work perfect, no slipping what so ever. The engine is a new ford 4.6L short block stroked to 5.0L with all forged internals, livernois performance cylinder heads with comp camshafts and titanium springs. Vortech polished v2 supercharger, all custom cold air intake routing with a Trick Flow upper elbow and bbk 70mm throttle body, 90mm mass air with a k&n cone air filter. High flow aeromotive fuel rails and regulator with ford 42lb. fuel injectors, bbk 290bph high flow fuel pump with a secondary external vortech fuel pump. Ford mustang cobra water pump with new hoses and belt. Kooks custom fit 3/4 length 1 5/8" to 3" collector headers to 2 magnaflow high flow 3" cats to magnaflow x pipe to true dual 3" custom exhaust to 2 flowmaster mufflers. Nos nitrous oxide system with pressure gauge, bottle heater, blanket, remote opener, and purge nozzle installed but not plumbed to intake and never used on new engine. Ford performance 3.73 ring and pinion with Eaton posi differential. Custom vfn fiberglass 3" gradual slope cowl hood.  Supercoupe 16" wheels with bfg kdws tires in the front and bfg drag radials in the rear. Brand new front and rear ford blue painted calipers, hardware, ceramic pads, Bear slotted/cross drilled decela rotors, stainless steel braided brake hoses. Aftermarket Pioneer stereo headunit, speakers, amp and custom fit sub box with 2 10" JL subwoofers. Optima yellow top battery relocated to the trunck with billet hold down kit. Aftermarket viper alarm with remote start. Custom tuned with superchip software. Autometer volt gauge behind steering wheel, Autometer oil pressure, boost, and d-pic gauges on a-pillar. The complete A/C system (compressor, condenser, lines, drier) has been eliminated along with the wiper blades, arms, motor, linkage, bottle for weight. All these parts come with the car as well. She put down about 400hp and 400 torque mildly tuned at very low boost before the true dual 3" exhaust. Some driveline upgrades to handle the power and you could turn up the boost for an easy 500hp not including nitrous! Don't know 1/4 miles cause i've ever been to the track. These are the basic performance systems. Also, i changed the oil less than a month ago when i took it out for the summer for the first time. I have used royal purple synthetic oil and a mobil 1 oil filter since the new engine was installed. I'm asking $15,000, about half of the value put it. I have invested about $30,000 in the car over the years. Also, i will consider ANY trades plus cash. Unfortunately must sell soon! Any questions please feel free to email me at tbirdsc14@yahoo.com, thank you for looking, brian.

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    I listed the issue with the transmission, first 3 gears work perfect and overdrive is shut off electronically. Another transmission comes with the car. The A/C system has been removed, along with the washer/wiper system for reduction of weight. There is a slight oil leak from the remote oil filter lines at the end near the filter. I replaced the complete system with a new one but it still leaks a little.  There is a tear at the top of the rear seat at the seam of the leather like all thunderbirds. The front bumper has some rock chips in it. Besides that, the car is almost all new throughout. Tons of new parts and garage keep, never driven in rain or snow since ive owned it and only about 3,000 miles put on it in the last 2 1/2 years.

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