1980 -1982 Thunderbirds

Originally Posted by Fordwiser

Should fit fine, one of those tubular K members would give a lot more clearance around the headers and oil pan and make it lot easier to work on. I still have the factory crossmember in mine, I had to do a little minor trimming for clearance.

Roger is me!

thanks Roger I have a QA1 tubular K member.Tubular A arms and coil overs are on my wish list.Do you know T-bird weight with a 460 and how much HP it would take to run mid 10s.The crossmember is not as wide as 1985 mustangs and my mustang frame conectors did not fit.Will my 1988 mustang 8.8 and aluminum driveshaft bolt right in?

Not sure on the weight, depends how much you gut it out. Mine weighs 3100 with a aluminum headed 351C, still has all the glass, windows roll up and down and has wipers yet, no bumpers other then the plastic covers. I figure mine is in the 550 to 575 hp range.
From what I hear the crossmember should bolt right in, the T-Bird lower control arms are suposed to be around an inch longer, from what I remember the rearend is a little wider also, but the mustang one will bolt right in and give a little more room for tires. The wheelbase is longer, that's why the subframe connectors didn't fit and the driveshaft will be short