Does anyone know if there is a turbo or supercharged kit for the 300 I6

 

Someone on here did the DIY turbo for his 300-I6. One nice thing about turbos is that you can be under boost at only part throttle.

 

Hey, Blury, can you point me in a direction with info about that part throttle boost?
When I first started researching, I was under the impression that turbo's created boost under part throttle, and to my pea brain they should.

But, in some of the turbo books (the one by corkey bell, in particular) I've been reading, they say that you only get boost at WOT. It just doesnt make sence to me. Maybe full boost at full throttle, but NO boost 'till full throttle?

 

i dont know a whole lot about turbos but i do know that you can get boost at part throttle.... my mustang 2.3T spools up around 2 grand

 

I can't say that I've read any literature about it, just talked to guys (GEN 1 L owners in particular) that run turbos that have verified this on their trucks. The amount of torque a turbo produces makes for a very fun ride.
I run a Vortech SQ on my 94 Lightning now, but the next build will be a stroked/turbo'd 393.

 

A turbo makes its power once exhaust velocity is high enough to spin the turbo up. This generally means power at higher rpm's. The 2.3T engine obviously has a smaller turbo so that turbo lag (waiting for the turbo to spin up and produce usable amounts of boost) will be reduced. Larger turbo's lag more, but create more power due to more boost.

The turbo makes boost at part throttle, but it generally isn't really "usable" boost. Only when the engine gets really going is there enough exhaust to really forcefeed the engine. Despite the fact that a V8 produces more exhaust..it also requires more air anyways.

One way to stop the problem of only having power at high rpm's is to use two smaller turbo's instead of one larger one.

 

Turbos are load responsive too. They'll create boost at part throttle if the engine is working hard enough to produce hotter exhaust gasses. You could be cruising along with no boost and hit an incline then start seeing a few pounds of boost with no throttle increase. Turbos need high velocity and high temperature exhaust gas to build boost.

 

Here is a link to a person who turbo'd their 300 I6.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=250890