2.3 turbo motor

[focuswrc00]

my friend has a old 2.3 turbo motor that i know that he will sell it to me cheap, is their an old car i can put it in and just rip in it?

[willwork4ZX3]

there are tons that you could put it in. People have put them into Pintos, Rangers, Mustangs. YOu could cram it into almost anything that has a bit of room up front. A good place to check is Turbo Ford . The people over there know almost anything. I'm sure you already know that it's a great engine that can get to near 300rwhp without major modifications depending on the year. pnrvegas (on turboFord) has gotten his Mustang SVO to 394 rwhp and it's still streetable. If this sounds a little biased it's because I currently have and 85 Thunderbird Turbocoupe with the 2.3T engine.

[orangezx3]

your best bet is a Mustang or Merkur. here are some sites that can help you...My friend Has a SVO Mustang that has a 2.3 and it is a fun motor. I am looking at using this motor in my future rally beater.

here is a notch mustang forsale: http://ubb.turboford.org/Forum2/HTML/001500.html

here are some people who have done the turbo 2.3 into a normaly asperated car:
http://msvorinich.itgo.com/
http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk4871/
http://www.importbeat.com/mofocus/
http://www.geocities.com/boosted_eine/index.html

people who go real fast in a 2.3T:
http://www.importbeat.com/mofocus/
http://www.rbmotorsports.com/home.html
http://www.alternativeauto.com/cars/turbo_joe.html
http://members.tripod.com/~Red_Header/amsvo.html
http://hometown.aol.com/fourced/index.html

Venders who sell to the 2.3 crowd:
http://modernperformanceinc.com/
http://www.sdsefi.com/
http://www.tinyavenger.com/root.htm
http://www.esslingeracing.com/default.asp
http://www.racerwalsh.com/
http://www.svpu.com/
http://www.sacramento-mustang.com/
http://home.flash.net/~jewhelan/products.htm
http://www.rapidogroup.com/index.html
http://www.turboneticsinc.com/
http://www.spearcointercoolers.com/
http://www.automotosports.com/
http://www.hallmanboostcontroller.com/

Other usefull sites:
http://gt350r.stangnet.com/
http://www.turboford.org/index.asp
http://www.rothfam.com/svo/
http://hometown.aol.com/A23turbo/2342go.html
http://www.nettally.com/silly34/main.htm
http://home.ccci.org/Key_Information...odfreyPage.htm
http://www.merkurencyclopedia.com/
http://www.saabperformanceparts.com/new_page_24.htm
http://members.aol.com/mc2racing/
http://www.merkur23.com/
http://www.autospeed.com/A_0670/P_1/article.html
http://www.egarrett.com/index.jsp
http://r.webring.com/webring?ring=svoautoring&list
http://www.svoca.com/

here is a post from a guy asking a question simillar to yours:
http://ubb.turboford.org/Forum13/HTML/002515.html


fast in a 2.3T
http://www.boostbros.com/


Hope this helps........

[ 04-24-2002: Message edited by: orangezx3 ]</p>

[focusdchaos]

Like everyone else said...

Mustang, Merkur XR4ti, Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, Lincoln Mark VII, Mercury Capri (early 80s) it should be basically drop in in all of those cars.

[madmax1]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by focusdchaos:
Merkur XR4ti<hr></blockquote>

^My personal favorite.^ Next would be a mustang followed by an 87-88 t-bird. My dad used to have a turbo coupe, I thought it was fast, but I was 10 years old...

[Russell]

Convert a ZX3.....j/k but it would be badass to seee one

[DEWbEATZ]

A 87-88 Turbocoupe engine would be in my Ranger right now if California Law didnt suck so much. The install is simple as simple can get and would change my currect 100hp 2.3 to 200. But life sucks, and then you die. [img]graemlins/thumbdown.gif[/img]

[ZX3_Phocus]

orange you da man! i am so checking that out! [img]graemlins/thumbup.gif[/img] woo hoo

[j_latimer]

or you can do what gio_momma did and do this

www.mofocus.com btw it's Joe Morgan's car! and he posts on the jet at gio_momma.