Love it or hate it...

[JPlue]

Selling the eta with stock suspension and good parts removed to a co-worker. My next step is swapping in a new T-5 w/ a spec clutch due to the current T-5's synchros being completely blown out (as most 20 year old T-5's are). After the drivability issues are gone, next comes the suspension, wheels, burnout vids.

[TimKninja]

This was on CL forever . Glad to see it went to a good home.

Did you part out the ETA?

[dunebuggyjay]

Nice score! I actually test drove that when it was first on craigslist...way back when. That thing DEF needed a new exhaust...and it REALLY needed a new steering wheel. IIRC you could twist the rubber around the core of the steering wheel. LOL..and of course just a nice clean up of the swap.

But those are all minor things.

I passed only because I really wanted to do my own v8 swap. (LS1 6speed)

Did the PO start working on his other swap yet?

Did you get those black e36 seats he had in the garage too with it?

-Jay

[Supadave]

Call me crazy, but the best sounding v8 to me is a 302. Not even a ford fan but that engine sounds so good.

Throw a twin screw on it and you got yourself a winner my good friend.

[richardkeith97]

That was on cl for soooooooo long. Nice to see it went to a good home

[Simon S]

twisted..

beautifully twisted..

[2mAn]

love it (once its cleaned up) and im surprised nobody else has asked for burn out pics..

BURN OUT PICS NOW!! lol

[Danny]

Do you know what booster setup you're running?

Edit: Just read the above post. Thanks.

[JPlue]

Do you know how the remote booster is activated? Any pics of the linkage coming off the pedal or out of the firewall?

It uses a bell crank setup just like the E32/34 V8s, but required the use of a custom bracket

[Teaguer]

After reading the title I was just going to come in here and post "Hate it" just because. :p
But damn, now I can't and I almost lose it! Can't fully love it since its a Ford..but still.

Do you know how the remote booster is activated? Any pics of the linkage coming off the pedal or out of the firewall?

[hendrixvodu]

its like an m60 b30....but merican

[Mr.SWISS]

IIRC the fox body was loved so because it was light. Doesn't it make just over over 200 hp? Wouldn't you do better with an s50 for power to weight? I do understand its an american v8 so bolt ons are a time a dozen, but but without them s50 has to better, albeit more expensive, but also more fuel efficient. Who cares its still cool! Now Cam, heads, intake and headers!

This is far cheaper hp than milking more from an S5x. If it was all aluminum it may even improve the weight and position since V8's sit a little further back than the long inline 6.

[CrusherCurtis]

Reliable and powerful, sounds appealing to me!

IIRC the fox body was loved so because it was light. Doesn't it make just over over 200 hp? Wouldn't you do better with an s50 for power to weight? I do understand its an american v8 so bolt ons are a time a dozen, but but without them s50 has to better, albeit more expensive, but also more fuel efficient. Who cares its still cool! Now Cam, heads, intake and headers!

[TwoJ's]

i really, really HOPE your's turns out way cleaner. that engine bay is fucking disgusting.

Worst engine bay ever.
Americans make the messiest engines, and ontop of that hideous cosmolined bay......gross

Do you two children care to show us your engine bays? You guys are just a couple of haters with nothing better to do than sit behind your keyboard and talk big on the Internet.

OP: great pick up. I'm sure you'll have it all clean and upgraded to your liking pretty quickly. And I don't understand anyone who hates on an e30 with an american v8 in it... They are reliable, cheap, easy to work on and you can get very, very cheap power out of them. Good stuff!

[MR 325]

Actually I've put a Magnaflow on it since that video and I love the way it sounds now! Held a Flowmaster up to it before that and it was too tinny sounding on this setup (no resonator, no cat). Now it has great tone.

Awesome, we'll need a new video then!

meh, I don't see the appeal.

Reliable and powerful, sounds appealing to me!