The market was fast pulling out of its early decade slump, and T-Bird shared in the renewed prosperity with some 170,500 sales for 1984. Changes that year were modest but useful. The V-6 discarded its carburetor for throttle-body injection that gave a slight power increase, and both it and the 302 V-8 took on Ford’s EEC-IV electronic control system, as already used on the Turbo Coupe engine.The Turbo Coupe itself was unchanged save newly available three-speed automatic transmission. Heritage was renamed Elan, and a new Fila “designer” model was added with special colors and trim inspired by the Italian sportswear maker.
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