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<blockquote data-quote="DOHCavanti" data-source="post: 14482613" data-attributes="member: 43159"><p>Wow, flashback. I bought a black 1987 Turbo Coupe brand new and quickly put 100k miles on it and only failed an alternator (of course I replaced the timing belt and tensioner before it failed). I loved it and even though it was the lower horsepower automatic, it provided great mileage and highway manners. If you wanted to pass, it just went. When the stock tune and no boost modifications, I can't imagine a more well rounded daily driver. If you start bumping the boost and fill the engine compartment with ricer parts, you will lose the reliability you probably want. </p><p></p><p>I bought a few more after that: a metallic red '88 auto, a black '88 5 speed, a blue '88 5 speed, a sandalwood?/gold '87 auto, and finally a blue '87 auto that got a 351C and a complete Pro Street custom treatment. I finally gave up on them in 2003, but only because every car was rusted out in my area. </p><p></p><p>Problems on the Turbo Coupes are age-related at this point. Back in this era, if a car made it to 100k, it was pretty much worn out. None of the ones I bought used had a trouble free life like the new one. I had alternators go on all of them. The Anti-Lock system was a constant mess on the used cars too. Some had timing belt failures due to nobody ever changing it (just better to change it and the tensioner setup right away). The 5 speed cars all had typical T-5 issues with bent shift forks/blown out synchros, etc. (the T-5 is well documented on line).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOHCavanti, post: 14482613, member: 43159"] Wow, flashback. I bought a black 1987 Turbo Coupe brand new and quickly put 100k miles on it and only failed an alternator (of course I replaced the timing belt and tensioner before it failed). I loved it and even though it was the lower horsepower automatic, it provided great mileage and highway manners. If you wanted to pass, it just went. When the stock tune and no boost modifications, I can't imagine a more well rounded daily driver. If you start bumping the boost and fill the engine compartment with ricer parts, you will lose the reliability you probably want. I bought a few more after that: a metallic red '88 auto, a black '88 5 speed, a blue '88 5 speed, a sandalwood?/gold '87 auto, and finally a blue '87 auto that got a 351C and a complete Pro Street custom treatment. I finally gave up on them in 2003, but only because every car was rusted out in my area. Problems on the Turbo Coupes are age-related at this point. Back in this era, if a car made it to 100k, it was pretty much worn out. None of the ones I bought used had a trouble free life like the new one. I had alternators go on all of them. The Anti-Lock system was a constant mess on the used cars too. Some had timing belt failures due to nobody ever changing it (just better to change it and the tensioner setup right away). The 5 speed cars all had typical T-5 issues with bent shift forks/blown out synchros, etc. (the T-5 is well documented on line). [/QUOTE]
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