{"id":91901,"date":"2022-10-21T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T22:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91901"},"modified":"2022-11-04T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T00:37:12","slug":"1988-thunderbird-with-a-7-3-l-godzilla-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91901","title":{"rendered":"1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=91905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91905\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=91905\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C783&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,783\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C671&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evan Smith from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8JwGUQXvRcXaRAW08yn6Rw\">REVan Evan<\/a> caught up with Dave Henderlong at the NMRA World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky to talk about Dave&#8217;s 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. It is powered by a 7.3 L Godzilla V8 featuring Willis Performance heads, upgraded camshaft and stock valves, throttle body, and intake manifold. The motor is paired with a Powerglide two-speed transmission with a 5600 stall converter and 4.10 gears. Dave revealed this combo resulted in a 10.23 sec quarter-mile at 129.5 mph. At the end of the video there is an update with Dave showing he&#8217;s made changes and improved his time to a 9.921 sec at 132.25 mph. Read more about the project in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hemmings.com\/stories\/godzilla-thunderbird-runs-9s\/\">Evan&#8217;s Hemmings article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S9J9a-lK3AY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=91906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91906\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=91906\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?fit=1400%2C783&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,783\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C671&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1988-Thunderbird-with-a-7.3-L-Godzilla-V8-02.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8JwGUQXvRcXaRAW08yn6Rw\">REVan Evan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Smith from REVan Evan caught up with Dave Henderlong at the NMRA World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky to talk about Dave&#8217;s 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. It is powered by a 7.3 L Godzilla V8 featuring Willis Performance heads, upgraded camshaft and stock valves, throttle body, and intake manifold. The motor is paired with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91901\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1988 Thunderbird with a 7.3 L Godzilla V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thunderbird"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86294,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86294","url_meta":{"origin":91901,"position":0},"title":"1955 Thunderbird with a 978 hp Jon Kaase V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian and Eric Smith built this 1955 Ford Thunderbird at their company Smith Bros. 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