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Old May 28, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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I am thinking of doing a turbo install on my '95 2.3L 5spd. extended cab XLT Ranger. The plan is one of two things, either get this '88 Turbo Thunderbird for $800, not sure what condition this engine is in. Or buy a new turbo kit for around $1650 and use the original engine with 120,000 miles on it. Here is the delema, if I use the ThunderBird, everything comes with it. It could easily gernade on me at any point in time, but I would keep the original engine and trans in case this happened. But there could be any number of problems with this donor car. I t could cost more in the long run. I'm told with the engine I have now it would be safe to run up to 5-7 psi of a turbo. On a 114 hp engine will I be happy with this little boost? But I could get the new turbo now and run it like this untill I save up for a new "turbo" engine $1380. Then run the full boost.

Anybody running a turbo on thier Ranger? Got a dynosheet?
What kind of power will this make;
orgin. 2.3L w/ 5-7psi boost?
used 2.3L from Thunderbird at full boost?

Thanks for any help.
Anybody got something like this for cheap?
 
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Old May 29, 2003 | 01:03 AM
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Turbo Ranger

Do a search for a place in California called Tiny Avenger. They know their stuff when it comes to the turbo 4-banger. they built one that I heard of the had over 500 hp.
 
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