Check out these websites for wiring information: http://www.turboford.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi http://www.turbotbird.com/ http://www.rothfam.com/svo/reference/
Thanks Yankee bookmarked those links.The 2.3 stuff has changed so much I can't just step back to 82 and continue where I left off!The blown 2.3 was the motor planned for my T back then I got as far as building the engine and the tube frame and then got into buying a home and raising family. The frame sat in the rafters of my inlaws barn and the motor less the Paxton got sold.Bought up the few 2.3s last summer along with the T glass building the T I planned back in the late 70S now and hopefully I'll finish it before I'm in my late 70s !
tjm73, The 2 2.3s we're building now will feature the newest Magnuson superchargers (Eaton style) available. 3 sided rotors with much more twist = more boost with less heat. It should top out at about 30 lbs. on a 2.3. Same blower on an LS sbc reached 19 lbs. before belt slippage with a 6 rib belt. More ribbed belts (wider) will fix slippage. The M90 can be turned to 20,000 for short bursts (drag race), been doing it for years. I've seen the M90 make any where from 18 to 22 lbs. boost on 2.0 -2.3 engines . They make a little more boost wet than dry. Our new setup is dry when not in boost and wet (alcohol) when in boost. You'll be able to see the 2.3 set up soon, we just recieved our blower friday. Gemini EFI
what mods do you have to run a eaton wet? We need more pics of these little motors your builinding with these little blowers FrankBoss www.PintoWorks.com
If it really has a c-4 behind the 2.3, that is one hard to find bell housing. All the different websites call it the holy grail. I am suprised that no one mentioned it before me. If you ever want to sell the bell housing, shoot me a pm. Wait, did I just shoot myself in the foot about trying to get the bell housing for cheap? Damn
Don't any of you 2.3 guys know how to set up a chat room or special page for us guys other than here.luckily the off topic thread hasn't been closed yet
Leon : At the risk of sounding like a broken record..this link to TurboFord Forum leads to a wealth of info on 2.3's ...I'm using one in my TrackT project & I've learned all I know from the T/F Forum http://www.turboford.org Just my coupla pennies worth of advice Stan
It's not O/T if the info exchanged is of use to guys building cars with this motor. No more off topic than talking about what intake to run on a SBC.
Well My problem with the turbo forums is...I've done the turbo thing is, not all of use are wanting to run turbo..I rather have multi carbs and fat finned valve covers. Bowers and carbs...not EFI... As far as that goes there are Turbo and EFI forums...even stock 2.3L and 2.0l forums but if you try to talk something different you catch alot of crap. www.therangerstation.com www.fordpinto.com www.turboford.org But I rather see what the guys on the Hamb are doing over those other websites. I'm casting my own intakes and welding a few tube intakes with the help of the guys from this place...now thats cool FrankBoss www.PintoWorks.com
I've noticed that is you say "I don't want a turbo, but I want some more power..." you get a little beat up about it and it ends with several people saying "run a turbo". So what are you working on exactly anyway FrankBoss? Did you see the thread on the finned 2.3 cam cover? Any change you might cast soemthing like that? There was some interest here.
I've owned almost every 2.0L and 2.3L manifold and I saw a few voids I wanted to fill...that and I enjoy casting. I haven't found a valve cover I liked. the Find Valve covers from the 70's are ok but the fins are too thin and close together, the turbo ones are fine I own one of each(like the intakes) but I think they could look better. I'm not sure if I'm going to cast a intake or just a bolt one top. Matching the valve covers and intakes with simular designs for fuel blocks and air cleaners from my own use. It's all a part of my back ground in Drag racing Pintos in the 1980's. Even though I was into the little Pinto 4 banger (when it wasn't cool I must add) I always learned more from the rods of the 50's and 60's. I think the little motor has much to give but it looks tacky. Now I'm older I'm going to do something about it, just because. We'll see. I'm also messing with the 3.3L inline six ford as well. FrankBoss www.PintoWorks.com
FrankBoss: This 2.3 V/cover appeared last year on RacinJunk...I tried to find out who made it,with no luck...The seller that had it listed did not return e/m's...Out of all I've seen ,this one really got my blood going....Had to settle for an Esslinger cast cover and it's gonna take a lot of smoothing out
thats very modern looking... not that I havent thought about going this direction. But I never bough the tig.. FrankBoss www.PintoWorks.com
None. Just make an adaptor for the carburetor if you don't use EFI. You will pick up a little more boost wet because the blower seals a little more wet. Gemini EFI
they both weirds me out like sprector fittings. and braided spark plug wires. FrankBoss www.PintoWorks.com
Does anyone remember a Pinto built back in the late 70s by I think Ak Miller that was on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine pulling a wheelie?What I remember was the head was milled .090 and the block was bored .090 .After blowing the Pinto 4 speed on the first or second pass they adapted a top loader 4 speed ,And then blew the pinto rear in the next pass !they then put a ford 9" in it and on that pass they lifted the front wheels .This is the cover shot on the mag I'd like to find a copy of those articles about that car. FrankBoss and everyone else that has suggested a web site for the 2/2.3s to me I have bookmarked each one and will be visiting them often ,But I found you guys here on the HAMB and as long as you don't open the hood on my T it will be HAMB friendly. I'm not so sure they will understand about these mills going into a 1927 car or be able to help with the stuff connecting the two like wiring the fuel injection harness into a T wiring harness
I recall reading about a 2.3's going into Model A in the late 70's and early 80's. I think there are even adapters to put the A tranny on the engine.
Here's an article from the March '81 issue of Hot Rod where they build up a N/A 2.3L in several phases from stock to racer. Stage 1 looks like it would make a better-than-stock street engine for a driver.
You'll need the latest version of WinZip to open it. If you don't feel like downloading it, send an email to eburger@idexcorp.com and I'll reply with the article. Ed
Has anyone installed of these been into a Falcon/Nova? The performance would be a little better than stock and I could see it knocking down 30 mpg on the highway, as Ford claimed 30 mpg in a Fox-body Mustangs that's 400 pounds heavier than the Falcon.
2, 3, 4 and 5 I was able to open, view and save. Those four look like the full article. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing part of it.
The first page was an introduction and a picture of an engine... if you got the other 4 pages, you have everything worth reading. I like how well the engine responded to the bolt-ons. Ed
What intercooler are most of you guys using? I am planning on fabbing a track nose with the intercooler behind it.
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