1989 Ford Telstar TX5
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:23 pmSo where to begin. I guess about late 1989 or 90, cos that was when I first saw a brand new white and grey 2 tone TX5. It had the Ghia badges and the 2.0i dohc badges on the guards. Back then I didn't know quite what that meant, but I remember thinking that it was a damn good looking car and I wanted one some day. Some of my other school friends had a 626 and I can remember thinking it felt nice and smooth on the road.
17 years later in 2006, I ended up going for a drive in a black and gray 2 tone TX5. Faded paint, stone chips, missing badges, 229,000 km. But it seemed to move. Damn it drove well for an old car. 155 km/h in 3rd gear! I ended up buying it. Then I baked it cos the temp gauge didn't work and a heater hose ruptured. Considered for all of 5 seconds about scrapping it, but then remembered about driving it. So I got it fixed, new head, gasket etc. Was good for a few years, decided to turbo it but never did.
Got a replacement engine from an MX6 which is still in it now. Has the typical clicky lifters, which I want/need to fix but dear not to because I want to grind the cams up to around 276 degrees, dial them in (adj cam gears) And end up going nuts and rebuilding the whole engine. Since I have bored everyone stupid, onto some pics.....
Stock as a rock when I first got it, early 2006
this didn't last long. Resprayed it, lowered it, kitted it, well pretty much changed almost every nut and bolt.
17 years later in 2006, I ended up going for a drive in a black and gray 2 tone TX5. Faded paint, stone chips, missing badges, 229,000 km. But it seemed to move. Damn it drove well for an old car. 155 km/h in 3rd gear! I ended up buying it. Then I baked it cos the temp gauge didn't work and a heater hose ruptured. Considered for all of 5 seconds about scrapping it, but then remembered about driving it. So I got it fixed, new head, gasket etc. Was good for a few years, decided to turbo it but never did.
Got a replacement engine from an MX6 which is still in it now. Has the typical clicky lifters, which I want/need to fix but dear not to because I want to grind the cams up to around 276 degrees, dial them in (adj cam gears) And end up going nuts and rebuilding the whole engine. Since I have bored everyone stupid, onto some pics.....
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Stock as a rock when I first got it, early 2006
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this didn't last long. Resprayed it, lowered it, kitted it, well pretty much changed almost every nut and bolt.
