HMT Mustang
 

I finally convinced my buddy into turbocharging his Mustang, so here I am ^-^

Few questions.. Fuel management, should I bother trying to get him something good or just stick with an FMU for a while? I'm thinking FMU since he'll be running low boost for a while.

What size turbo do you think would be good? IHI RHB5 for now?

Anything you guys can suggest, I'd like to hear it :D

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how many cylinders is his mustang?

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Oh, drr :-\ 4 banger.

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:-X

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Thanks for the response.. ??? It's a four cylinder, oh my goodness, it's not like 95% of the people on here have four cylinders or anything ::)

I've just been doing some looking around and noticed there were 3 cars Ford made that were turbocharged with the parts that are interchangeable, and bolt-on for my buddies car. I'm thinking we'll go that route, if we can. Anyone else have an actual opinion?

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i am pretty sure that you can use the stuff off of the other ford cars. but i would just swap over the entire motor it will allow you to run more boost. there is a write up on doing the swaps into a ranger on therangerstation.com

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4 cylinder , low horsepower, low torque motor in a heavy RWD car=dog turd slow.

As always, I would stay away from the teeny tiny IHI turbos. I'm sure that motor is bigger than the average Honda 4 cylinder so I'm sure it can spool a fairly good sized turbo. I say .48/.60 T3 minimum. Run 6-8psi and call it a day.

List some more information about the car, motor size, tranny, miles....

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:o Holy crap...

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Check out turboford.org too, some of the people are a little snotty there but theres plenty of info there. Also even the n/a motors can take quite a bit so dont be afraid to crank up the boost. One guy, i think he's bhuff30 or something like that over on turboford, was running 15psi on a stock motor and never had any problems.....until he popped a hose of the fpr. And anyways what year is the car? is it mass air or speed density?

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Don't know jack ---- about Ford 2.3's, huh? They weigh about 2400-2800 at most, same as the Pigtegras and the stupidcoupe Civics. The stock block 2.3T holds 400 whp without complaint, and since the 2.3T uses an (ultrasonically checked at the factory) NA block you can imagine how stout the NA 2.3 is.

Best bet is to find an 84-88 2.3 turbo donor car. Mustang SVO, Thunderchicken, Merkur XR4ti. The 84-86 cars had the desireable .60 trim T3, and the 87-88 Thunderbird had the best MAF and ECU. An engine harness from a Merkur XR4ti is your best bet for a clean, easy wiring install as the engine harness threads through the dash and has the ECU plugs, and very simple power/ground hookups. It doesn't have to be spliced and fooled with like the other harnesses.

turboford.org is a great place to check, like mikeflys1 said, and there is also a Yahoogroups mailing list for turbo Ranger pickup trucks... great place to get your need to know info on swapping NA 2.3 for turbo, or just bolting the turbo and electronics onto the NA engine.

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Did I say turbo? Did I say the motor was weak? Did I say it wasn't capable of making ---- for power? Where did you pull that one from? ::) Any motor can make power with a turbo. In stock form it is exactly as I described. Nice try though smart guy..........