Can you turbo a 2.3/2.5 Automatic Ranger?
I know it's been asked so many times, but I never looked into it much. I was just wondering if you could bolt on a Turbo from a 85 Mustang SVO 2.3 or 85 Mercury Cougar 2.3 without too much trouble? What would you have to do to the stock 2.3/2.5 in the Ranger? Has anyone successfully done it? Could you keep all your accessories, Power Steering and A/C?
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Just buy another truck with a bigger motor. Even if the turbo from the 80's does fit and work, your truck might be as fast as my 02 with a 3.0, It's a waste of time and money. Even if the turbo is free, there's about 100 things you also have to change with it.
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If you want to go turbo then you might as well get the whole engine from a junk car, it would be easier. There's lots of info about the swap you just have to look.
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If you keep the boost down, you can adapt the turbo to a dual plug motor. Otherwise you should probably look into swapping the whole motor. Turbo 2.3L enignes have a different head (larger combustion chamber) and forged low compression pistons.
Sorry to disagree with you Jim, but a turbocharged 2.3L would knock the socks off of a 3.0L. Even if I knock my SVO down to 10 psi boost on the regular fuel setting it is still making 175-180 hp at the flywheel. Since most people doing these swaps don't bother with the octane switch and run full boost all the time, you're talking about a 200+ hp motor stock (assuming its an 86+ enigne). Look on turboford.org, there's someone who is (or was) selling a 2.3T in an 86 Ranger. It still has A/C, power steering, etc. |
A turbo 2.3L will knock off a 4.0L, when properly built up. Maybe even give a 5.0 here and there a run for its money.
A 3.slow = no problem for a turbo 2.3L. Seriously. As noted, it is a waste to run only a few lb's of boost on a N/A Ranger 2.3L. |
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