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So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #60 –
Quote from: martin0660;172105
C'mon Tom give me a little more credit ;) flatheads, BTDT, 312's and such, done them. I actually havent worked on a Mercury/Edsel/Lincoln engine first hand, but have been around the Y block stuff for a long time. I actually grew up with FE's, and myself moved into 351 Clevelands before I found the 2.3T (notice a trend here ;) )
Hi Bob

You know, I was was wondering who posed for this little guy:punchballs:  It's you!! LOL 
Guess I kinda left the Clevelands off the list and those guys have almost as much to complain about as the 2.3 crowd...
Quote from: martin0660;172105
I'm sure not complaining about the situation, I know it, have my parts stock piled, and will go on. When I do win with this thing, its got everyone scratching their heads how a 4 cylinder, turbo charged, 5 speed car just beat them.

That's the beauty of the little motor, being "Jack The Giant Killer"... No doubt it's a great feeling to whip up on the big guns with a sling shot... I have to hand it to you, ain't many guys that can row a set of gears these days... In racing, it's becoming a lost art... This is the first Automatic Hot Rod I've ever owned... I pulled gears for 35 years, sometimes you get tired... IF Ford had a reliable O/D automatic to fit the 2.3, I dare say I'd still have one in my TC... Wanting to drive the car on the highway, makes a C4 unacceptable...

I guess what pulls one into the 2.3T waters, it is just so ed easy to make a few little mods and start making respectable HP... It's  when you want even more, that reliability starts to suffer... Would surely have been nice th have a good flowing aluminum head(at a reasonable cost) Unfortunately there isn't enough interest for, E'brock, TF, etc to tool up and start building them... 
Quote from: martin0660;172105
You probably know this better than a lot here, but Ford performance was NEVER about bolt on's like the small block Chevy. We always had to merge parts, home port, build, tweek, adjust, whatever it took. The 5.0 Mustang changed that as the bolt on king. The magazines are into that scene because there are advertisers to support it. You simply are NOT going to buy parts, bolt them on a 2.3 and go and run the numbers. Every time my stuff hick-up I look at what I could be doing with a simple NA 347, probably going more rounds, surely more reliable, the difference, the cost to start over.

Bob Myers

Yeah us Ford guys envied the "Bow Tie Boys" for a lot of years... Me I'm a old FE guy... While it's parts have never been plentiful, there have been enough around to generally put a good bruising  :beatyoass: on the Chevy guys... Just be smart enough to stay clear of the LS6s, GS455 Buicks, and the 426 Hemis(tho most of those were dogs unless they just finished tuning it up)...

Tom

So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #61 –
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;172113
You know, I was was wondering who posed for this little guy:punchballs:  It's you!! LOL


:flip: lol, I resemble that remark :D

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;172113
I guess what pulls one into the 2.3T waters, it is just so ed easy to make a few little mods and start making respectable HP


Exactly, I crossed that line this year, and its not pretty, I started eating parts. Fortunately, the line is out there further than most guys think it is, but its there for sure, and its a big one to cross, your world changes in a hurry. I'm actually pulling my stuff back as we speak, I like going rounds better than going fast I geuss ( bracket racer) ;)

Bob Myers

So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #62 –
no matter what magazine write what about 2.3l's wont change my mind, its the first car i owned, and i have always had once since i was 14yrs 10yrs now). and i like the fact its hard to find parts, or you have to go searching a parts yards for a part of a ranger, or a 2.3 mustang. and well in my local Tbird club there are only a few of us TC's and mine being the well known one it makes me different and not the same. i have respect for my adoration of my 2.3l turbo 4 cylinder.

i say you complain about the 2.3l turbo engien, just stay away from it. and leave the parts for me and my fellow 2.3l turbo worshipers!

i love my 2.3t    :bowdown:
Brian J Larkin
1988 Tbird Turbo Coupe
1989 Cougar XR7
1995  Ranger Splash

So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #63 –
Anybody ever drive a Turbocharged Sunbird? I've always been curious as to its performance.
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So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #64 –
They actually work pretty good. I think they had around 180 horses in a car much lighter than a TC. Unfortunately that "lighter car" is a J-body...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

So MM&FF gives the 2.3t crowd a resounding "FVCK YOU"...

Reply #65 –
I almost bought a 88 or 89 Buick Skyhawk. About 14years ago.It was 2.2 turbo auto. I would rip pretty good. My T/c would wax it.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
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