SPECS
quadrant cable
ENGINE
65mm throttle body, BBK billet fuel rails
EXTERIOR
SUSPENSION
INTERIOR
EXHAUST
DRIVETRAIN
with a plain one from an LX. Also
moving over from an LX were the
taillights, which didn’t have the
“cheese grater” covers.
“To freshen up the front, I
replaced the front lights and
foglamps with a perfect set I
found online,” Steve says. His
local Ford dealer color-matched
and resprayed the front fascia and
new trunk lid.
The car was loaded with BBK
parts — cold-air induction, upper
and lower intake, fuel rails and
injectors, custom-fit exhaust with
cats, subframe connectors, and
lowering springs. The distributor
is an MSD unit, and classic-style
finned valve covers top it off.
Despite the numerous
upgrades, the engine ran rough,
but Steve had a connection.
“I took it to my friend Jason
who just opened his own
shop, B & B Automotive in
Lakeland, and let him take care of
the engine work. Jason fine-tuned
the engine, and when he was
done it sounded like it was 1992
all over again,” Steve says.
Besides the lowering springs, a
set of Tokico adjustable shocks
tame the ride. A ’95 five-lug conversion and a set of ’95 17-inch
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