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four or eight?

Reply #15 –
i have to go for option 1
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Reply #16 –
Quote from: turbo88;112208
Quote from: Birdman;112189


I agree #1 would be my choice although i am bias. . . very few people build up a Domestic 4cyl drag car, and it makes it all worth while after you wax a v8 guy with your 2.3 pinto motor :shakeass:


:laughing: :laughing:

all though i will not argue that a 2.3 can make BIG HP but!! if i want to hear the sound of an egg beater i'll just goto walmart or something and but one.. plug it in and beat some eggs :rollin: :raspberry

so i vote!!









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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

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Reply #17 –
LOL this is getting hillarious! :)  Now just for arguments sake, yeah, my Turbo four doesnt sound like a nicely tuned V8, but it doesnt sound like an egg beater either!1 lOL  Like I said, everybody has their opinions, but like I said I'm biased because I like to be different.  I like going to my car shows and seeing everybody open their hoods..... 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 350, 350, 350,......2.3T??? WTF???  and my car usually gets the attention.  If I wanted what everybody else had under the hood, I'd buy a 5.0 mustang and be unorigional.


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88 TC, Lots of Mods.

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Reply #18 –
Quote from: Blown306Cougar;112242
Quote from: turbo88;112208

:laughing: :laughing:

if i want to hear the sound of an egg beater i'll just goto walmart or something and but one.. plug it in and beat some eggs :rollin: :raspberry :grinno:


If I remember correctly my 4cyl turbo sounded more like a blender than an egg beater.

I vote twin turbo V8... BTW, I have some ceramic coated twin turbo headers with T3 s that I'd be willing to part with if you do go with option 3:D
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Reply #19 –
Quote from: Dogcharmer;112322
Quote from: Blown306Cougar;112242

I vote twin turbo V8... BTW, I have some ceramic coated twin turbo headers with T3 s that I'd be willing to part with if you do go with option 3:D


that's cool.
wow I came here for some clairity, but all this has done is remind me why I can't make up my mind! I thnk every one is right!!!

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Reply #20 –
NO, the 2.3T sounds like a lawn tractor on crack....

My car has been referred to as sounding "Eerie", "Twisted", "You know there's something going on there", "Making all kinds of cool noises" and my favorite "Unique"

http://www.louisvillemustangs.net/upload/Vids/2.3_Hi.wmv (big file..15Meg)

Yeah, the 2.3's can't move.... that car is .004s away from the 8's.  (Season-ending pass was 9.004s @ 148 mph)
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #21 –
Ok... I was not expecting that launch, lol.

What kinda horsepower levels are you looking for anyways?
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Reply #22 –
What's funny...is that wheel stand pass was still a 10sec run....
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

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Reply #23 –
Why not a twin turbo V6?

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Reply #24 –
I'm a big fan of the 2.3l, hence the fact that I have one. or I mean 2. for now aleast. I was thinkin a carbed v8 becouse of ease of instalation. I want to go fast for cheep. as for how fast, does any one say ok I want to be only so fast then I'm done. no I have no end goal. I just want to keep having improvement. I would like to atleast trap in the low 7s in the 1/8th

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Reply #25 –
Low 7s won't be cheap any way you look at it.  It will take a lot of parts to get a 3600+lb Thunderbird to go there.  But fortunately, you can surf DFWstangs to find the stuff you'll need.  ;)

Realize that you're looking at an honest 400+ rwhp to get to that kind of ET and work towards that, and being able to put it down too.
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Reply #26 –
technicaly I have the blue prints for a 400hp 2.3l, and I plan on pulling a lot of waight out of the bird. I just am not sure if the 4cyl is the way I want to go. I already have a 2.3 but I also already have a big block (455 buick:)) so I just need to make up my  mind!

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Reply #27 –
In all seriousness, I looked at building up the 2.3 turbo in my TC before it was totalled and compared the cost with that of a 5.0 build with similar output. The cost of building an honest 300 HP 2.3 was too prohibative vs what it would cost to make the same power in a 5.0. That was the major deciding factor for me going over to the V8 darkside.
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Reply #28 –
I can't imagine the cost of a 400hp 2.3T.  Probably on par with an 800hp 4.6.. and making half the power. :o

Hey, it's your money G.

Dogcharmer, let me know a price on those turbo headers.  I might have a use for them...  ;)
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1984 Thunderbird V8

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Reply #29 –
Quote from: 46Tbird;112368
I can't imagine the cost of a 400hp 2.3T.  Probably on par with an 800hp 4.6.. and making half the power. :o

Hey, it's your money G.

Dogcharmer, let me know a price on those turbo headers.  I might have a use for them...  ;)


some of the guys on stangnet(stinger and 351coupe) have about $1500 in theres. holset, header, fmic, intake, 100shot, and a wide band O2. what would be the caust of a 400hp 351?