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Is it possible to mount a 2.3 turbo on to a 2.9???
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2.3 turbo to 2.9???
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With enough time, money and desire you can turbo anything.
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Yes, provided you have a means of routing the exhaust to the turbo, the piping for a new intake, running your own oil line, extensive engine management modding, and there's plenty of other minor stuff that will add up. The 2.9L heads are notorious for cracking and there are lots of other engine related problems that make the 2.9L a poor candidate for forced induction. Your truck is a perfect candidate for a 4.0L swap. Look into that. It will be WAY easier AND cheaper.
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Actually the 2.9 does have a plus...a stronmg bottom end. its hard to break the bottom ends on the 2.9L/4.0 motors. Many people have broken 15 psi on both multiple times. You can flip the oem manifolds on the 4.0s and Im pretty sure you can on the 2.9Ls as well. As for cracking heads when they do there are NEW cylinder head replacements that are dirt cheap fully assembled.
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where do i find these replacement heads?
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world products at one time had an upgrade head that is what you want when demonizing a 2.9.
a turbo 2.9 will definatly be fun.
a turbo 2.9 will definatly be fun.
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Good luck on tuning it.... That's probably the biggest reason you don't see many forced inducted 2.9s running around.
EEV-IV with a MAF is bad enough to tune. EEC-IV with speed density is virtually untunable short of megasquirt (but that's replacing, not tuning)
EEV-IV with a MAF is bad enough to tune. EEC-IV with speed density is virtually untunable short of megasquirt (but that's replacing, not tuning)
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actually thats replacing and tuning which i will be doing on my 3.3 turbo. it will be a pain from what im reading but in the end i think the 300 hp at 15psi will be worth it. if you feel like taking on the challenge of boosting a 2.9 go for it, as far as the heads are concerned i would def look into some replacement heads just in case. 8 or 9 psi should be feasible to do w/ less worry on those heads.
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you need to upgrade to maf 2.9 or maf 3.0 setup to stay in the 700 range
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