1976 Ford Thunderbird
| Owner: |
Ryan Power (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
| From: |
Guelph, Canada (Other registries outside the U.S) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1976 Ford Thunderbird (Other Ford Thunderbirds) |
| Avatar: |
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| Nickname: |
T-bird |
| Mileage: |
56600 |
| Engine: |
460cid (385-series) big block. Stock internals. Edelbrock Performer 1411 750cfm carb, Performer 460 intake. MSD 6A ignition with factory Duraspark distributor. K&N 14x3 in modified factory breather. |
| Drivetrain: |
Stock C6, 9" rear end with 2.75 open gears |
| Notes: |
Bought by Ron Y. from Sebringville Motors near Stratford, Ontario in August 1976. Driven to 41000 miles before it was transferred to his son Dean of Guelph, Ontario in 1998 who drove it to around 53000 miles when it was purchased by Jeff S. in the fall of 2005. Jeff only clocked 1500 miles on the car in his ownership before I bought it in May 2008 at 54800 miles.
I have a spare motor and am doing the following build over summer '09:
0.030" over
KB hyper. flat-top pistons
FRPP rods (CJ)
stock crank
Lunati 61602 cam, 262/268 @0.50", .540/552, power range 1400-5800
Lunati 65014 lifter/spring/lock kit
D3VE heads ported per Scott's guide at reincarnation-automotive.com, 3-angle valve job
2.19" intake/1.725" exhaust valves
Headers by Hooker or Mad Dog, 1.75 primaries into 3" collector
3" stainless exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers
According to the builds documented on 460ford.com this should be good for around 450hp and 550lbft.
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| Last Updated: |
5/27/2009 |
| Hits: |
2623 |
 tbirdsept272008.JPG
532 hits | 55.24 KB | Posted: 2/27/09
The Thunderbird on September 27, 2008. Running better at this point but still with the junk Motorcraft carb.
tbirdsept272008.JPG
532 hits | 55.24 KB | Posted: 2/27/09
The Thunderbird on September 27, 2008. Running better at this point but still with the junk Motorcraft carb.
Maintenance & Modification Logs
| Date | Type | Mileage | Title / Description | $ Amount | | 05/27/09 | Maintenance | 56650 | Replaced distributor
Picked up a reman distributor. Will recurve for low 30s all in by 2500. | 105.00 | | 03/10/09 | Modification | 56500 | Picked up Edelbrock 1411 carb
Bought a very lightly used Edelbrock Performer 1411 carb. To go on after the rebuild. | 300.00 | | 10/30/08 | Maintenance | 56500 | Oil change for storage
Changed oil/filter just before storing the car for winter. Put away with a full tank of gas. | 36.00 | | Total | 441.00 |
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