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1986 Mercury Cougar “XR7 Turbo”
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About the 1983-1988 Mercury Cougar
The sixth-generation Mercury Cougar (1983-1988) is the aero-bodied Fox platform coupe built alongside the ninth-generation Ford Thunderbird, primarily at Lorain, Ohio. It shares the Thunderbird's 104 inch wheelbase chassis (104.2 inches after a 1987 suspension revision) and rounded sheetmetal but keeps a formal, more upright rear window that makes the two easy to tell apart from behind. Base cars ran the 3.8L Essex V6 with the 5.0L V8 optional, while the XR-7 carried the 2.3L turbocharged four from 1984-1986 before switching to the 5.0L V8 for 1987-1988. A 1987 facelift brought flush composite headlamps and changed nearly every exterior panel.
The story
Installed sequential taillight kit from Cougars Unlimited
9/4/2003-- Just installed boost controller valve from Ric Gillis at http://www.boostvalve.com and I love it
4/1/2006 New headgasket and fuel pump
05/10/2009 after 194,000 miles, the top end of the 2.3L Turbo came apart.
Engine was pulled and in September a rebuilt '89 5.0L H.O. engine was stuffed in. · Shawn Bolton
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