Years later, this thing still looks bad ass. I don't understand why people are sleeping on this engine. The raptor version puts out 500+lbft of torque for almost the entire rev range....that's more power than the old skool Buick and poncho 455 sd's . This setup is a GN killer in every sense. The raptor v6 with a tenspeed 👹oh my god why has no one done that yet!

What a great swap for the TC.... Looks really good. Good to see a VT plate on it as well!

Wow! Great car! Brings back memories as many years ago I had the 86 Turbo Coupe (before the intercooler) and I loved the ride and handling of that car! Good video and great car. Congrats! You just earned a sub😀

Sweet combo!! Hat’s off to you Sir.

Freaking awesome absolutely amazing I love the car and the engine swap. I wish my dad would have kept his turbo coupe. He did a 500hp 351 Windsor back in 1998. It was carburetor ofcourse do to lack of technology back then.

Got to be one of the sexiest Ford cars of all time....dang boy that's a good looking car.

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@amishD69

4 жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 excellent work brother

great work, tbird coupe lookin cool

Very nice conversion!

That is sick. Thinking about swapping my 95.

Wow, thats beautiful man, congratulations!

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Cool ride. Need to finish mine.

Great job buddy love it

Nicely done. 🔥

Beautiful car

great swap

Perfection!!

Love it nice work

So sick!

Damn that’s cool!

Hell yeah

AMAZING 💪😎🤘

Nice aerobird... Honorable mentions for ecoboost swap Mustang svo Escort exp Ford ltd Crown victoria Ranger/bronco 2/ explorer gen 1/2/sport trac/sport Contour/tempo Focus Probe

Never been into the thunderbirds but man that ones looks good and an awesome engine and clean swap

Cool.i like her.

Very nice swap. Any HP or track numbers??

No way! Two of them?!?!

That's a great engine swap, I considered this but wasn't sure that it could be done! Great job... I'm going to try an engine swap with an Australian Barra in-line 6 Turbo😉

@nolanmenne7597

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks....Adam LZ just did a Barra swap in a gt350... lots of info on his channel.

@demetriusraydenjohnson7658

3 жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 Yeah I've been paying close attention to Adam lol 😁. Those are my two favorite engines right now the EcoBoost V6 and the Barra inline 6. I like the EcoBoost with a big turbo conversion and E85... Apparently having a decent fuel pump is one key to those EcoBoost engines. But they're getting well over a thousand horsepower out of those Barra inline 6's with a single turbo which is astonishing, I guess the iron block is key to handling close to 40 lb of boost.

@demetriusraydenjohnson7658

3 жыл бұрын

I love that Thunderbird Turbo coupe that's a cool sleeper car. If I'm not mistaken they were available with a stick too.

@lachlanmartin5573

3 жыл бұрын

@@demetriusraydenjohnson7658 stock Barra internals with upgraded head studs and valve springs will make a safe 600hp-650hp, depending on what condition the engine is in and if its been thrashed or not.

@rondye9398

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly my grandson is faced with timing chain issues in his 3.5 SHO. Unfortunately the engine is stuffed in sideways, so must be dropped out the bottom to be worked on.

I have that 3.5 in my 2010 Fusion Sport that is a very fast powerful engine yet thats a V6! Can take out most V8s honestly

Clean ass fr500s

Ok what’d ya do for exhaust, it sounds really good for a V6!!!

Nice fans

how did you get fresh headlights?

Should swapped a 2.3T that would been a helluva swap keeping it factory spirit swap. Probably gsts up and goes with the 3.5 in it.

I bet this thing goes supersonic

What spoiler is that??. I used a 91 supercoupe spoiler.

What transmission are you running with it? Im looking to do this with a 91 mustang lx. I know its a lot of work but man it looks so worth it. Beautiful car.

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, 6R80 with a quick 6 controller.

@nate2490

4 жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 you have an aftermarket k-member and make your own motor mounts?

Looks great! What happen to the red car? A Turbocoupe in red or blue has always been on my wish list and 3.5 Ecoboost is the prefect motor for these cars.

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

A buddy is supposed to buy it. It is apart.

I have an 87 t bird and I love the turbo sound while driving but I also might consider a swap for a v8 carberateur but if I do that the v8 must at least have 300bhp and I want it to be a manual. Any advice?

@pricim5561

3 жыл бұрын

Hey man my dad did the v8 carburetor swap on a 88 turbo coupe you should have no problem with doing a v8 swap.

@pricim5561

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing I can remember my dad doing was changing the front springs because of the weight difference from the 4 cylinder to the v8

How easy was the swap?

My drivers side door does the same thing Where did you find the body kit? Ive looked for years. Great wheel choice

@Dedecayed

3 жыл бұрын

prob killed some owner for it, this is how rare these bodykits are

@nicholasfrench4374

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dedecayed ultra rare. I’m shocked every time I see one with it. Bucket list item...

What wheels are these and size? Sn95 spindles?

If this comes for sale, I'll buy it from you

Where did you get that body kit? Or skirt or whatever

@smallenginerepair3379

3 жыл бұрын

There very hard to find i have been looking for ever u would of had to get it back in the day they dont make them anymore. Sometimes they come up for sale on ebay rare though or keep your eye out for auto reckers i found one pick in pull website a tbird had it on there but of course when i got there it was gone missed out. WWW.COOLCATS.COM THEY GOT COOL STUFF TBIRD COUGAR CLUB!

What you do with old 2.3t? I need more of them!!

@MrBlackbutang

2 жыл бұрын

Lol boom

How did you get it to work with a automatic transmission?? The control packs will only work on standard shifts?

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

Quick 6 controller

@MrTrevtrev198

4 жыл бұрын

Not being nosey how much you got into making everything work lol I bought a f150 3.5 to put into a ranger yrs back and waited 2 yrs for the control pack to come out and lost interest in the build

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrTrevtrev198 I dont think you could do this swap for less than 10,000 not counting the car. 10,000 would be for all major components just to get it running. You would also have to be a pretty good fabricator, everything is custom, motor mounts, power steering pump mount, exhaust, intercooler and piping,etc. I am over 20,000 with the car and the car has full suspension and brakes.

@MrTrevtrev198

4 жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 that's crazy lol. I'm a welder by trade so that's not a problem but the cost is haha. Hats off to ya buddy one bad ass build on a iconic car at that. I have had 3 turbo coupes love those cars

awesome thats a sexy t bird ford needs to bring back the Tbird or Cougar with a base 3.3l v6 and a 3.5 ecoboost

@greenman2515

4 жыл бұрын

I agree but add the 2.7 in there with the 3.5

Would you think that HP is on this car, I would love to get this setup, I've seen these engines push a lot of torque that's very impressive.

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

Have not dynoed it yet. Probably 420 to 450 RWHP.

@masoncooper103

Жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 who made the harness for you? I'm seriously considering this swap in my 1990 SuperCoupe. Also what tranny did you use and what year motor is it? AC and power steering working?

Do you still own this car please comment back Thank you very much for this video would love to know it's love to know if you still have it this car is sharp

So hard

My thunderbrick looked good but still slow. (255 c.i. v8) 1982

For sale?

@nolanmenne7597

3 жыл бұрын

Not really, but everything is for sale for the right price.

Kick A bird.

Inspires me to work faster on mine.

neckbreaker

Como cuanto vale esa chulada

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

28,000

@elfuerenonunez3729

4 жыл бұрын

28000 pesos lo compro

@nolanmenne7597

4 жыл бұрын

@@elfuerenonunez3729 Dolares mi amigo

@elfuerenonunez3729

4 жыл бұрын

Si lo sabía esos carros me gustan mucho en México no ay y si encuentras uno están bien caros y la verdad si los valen

@criot1124

3 жыл бұрын

@@nolanmenne7597 Wait what 28K for that?