Lift, rear suspension separation, with the accompanying weight transfer to the rear, is what plants those back tires hard and gets the business done
Lift, rear suspension separation, with the accompanying weight transfer to the rear, is what plants those back tires hard and gets the business done
Mike
1986 Mustang convertible ---> BUILD THREAD
Past Fox-chassis "four eyes":
1983 Mercury Cougar LS
1986 Ford Thunderbird ELAN
1980 Capri RS Turbo
Work in progress website ---> http://carb-rebuilds-plus.boards.net/
T-tops rule!
Originally Posted by tiretread
T-Tops LEAK!
Mike
Remember, "Drive Fast, Turn Heads, Break Hearts!"
1995 Ford Powerstroke F350 "Centurion" STRETCHED Crew Cab Dually
I like "Cut & Coach Built" vehicles!
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Guess I'll be finding out first hand, yea or nay.
Mine do not leak. As I said, I do get some wind noise after 55 mph. I do have new weather stripping.
When the T-tops are off, I don't get any leaking wind noise
My T tops never leak but have plenty of wind noise because I never take the car out of the shop unless the tops are out so ALL I hear is wind! They never leak because I don't take it out in bad weather. If you need to USE the car for transportation they are probably not worth all the trouble. They ALL leak period. They ALL whistle if you drive it with the tops in and the windows up PERIOD. But if it's an occasional good weather driver I don't think you will be disappointed. They ARE AWESOME.
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July 7, 1775
Just make sure you can handle the freedom that comes with T tops. They're not for everyone.
Hell, I'd T-Top my Fairmont if it was possible...
1985 Mercury Marquis LTS... "The Unicorn"
1978 Fairmont... 306 and a C4.
My 82 GT t-tops don't leak and my 83 CC T-tops never leaked.
I would think it would be, with a donor mustang. Be interesting to find out---
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
Take some measurements!
I'll bet ya you could make a Mustang T-Top setup work in a Fairmont.
Mike
Remember, "Drive Fast, Turn Heads, Break Hearts!"
1995 Ford Powerstroke F350 "Centurion" STRETCHED Crew Cab Dually
I like "Cut & Coach Built" vehicles!
www.musclecardeals.com
-what are these T-tops you speak of???
'87 Turbo Coupe - 660 mile original
'86 Turbo Coupe - 74k mile stripper
I have 2 t-top vehicles:
2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
1985 Ford Mustang
I only drive T-tops LOL.
Truth be told, I'll never remove the freedom top on the jeep. No interest. It's my daily driver and it's used to get me places that a regular can't. Hunt camp, haul the boats around etc. etc.
2 great things about the T-tops:
1. Convertible feeling without the wind (ie. when they are on).
2. Convertible feeling with the wind (ie. when they are off).
I enjoy both scenarios.
A bit of wind noise at 70 mph. Took a while to get everything adjust properly. They don't leak (minimal when washed, nothing when it rains).
My AC works luckily. Great summer driver too.
They are hot in the summer, and leak terribly. Sunny day car, only. If yours don't leak now, just wait cause they will. The way the door was designed was for a frame to hold the window in place, not hack off the support. At speed, the glass gets sucked outward, revealing crevasses for water to get in. My vert does the same thing. Just a half baked retrofit, on Ford's part. With saying that, I would still like to add a t-top coupe to my collection, one day.
I have a saying. " I have a torch, welder, and grinder. I can make anything fit anything. "
Just haven't seen it mentioned, you have a sunroof car, right? That means you have window frames on your doors too, if i'm thinking correctly. I'm thinking you'll have to modify your doors for this conversion. There aren't frames on ttop/convertible doors.
The window for ttops and convertibles is larger/taller to fill in the gap since they have no window frame on the door.
I will be disassembling my '83 ttop doors soon. I have a convertible glass that i will compare directly to a ttop glass to see if they are the same size.
They suck. Leak, flex, etc. That's why I abandoned my McLaren project. I wanted solid roof.
2017 Lincoln MKZ AWD
2003 Town Car
2017 GTI
Currently Foxless
Just remember to keep an eye on the sky in the summer time for fast approaching thunder storms! I have gotten pretty fast at putting the tops back in when that happens.
My dad's is a straight hatchback and he'd kill for a sunroof lol. But he's not a fan of what comes with having ttops.DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!
Seriously, I think I would rather have either a solid roof or T-Tops over the sunroof I currently have.
Just be like me. Go the convertible route
All the sun, none of the rattles
but you still get leaks, and the wind noise will make you go deaf at 22, and my neighbor has cut both of my convertibles and and and
Mine 85 gt t top, do not leak, or make any wind noise. and its now spend most it life out side, until I get my garage situation figure out.
Always Stay Humble. -Sinister-
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