sweet turbo 2.9L in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[mr_manny]

It's only a few mins., but very cool.

 

[Jim Oaks]

It's 21 minutes in.

2.8 & 2.9 Turbos were pretty popular in England back in the 80s-90s.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Poor man's sierra!

Was a semi-common swap back then.

Would be interested in what he's using for internals. There was a method of building those engines with Chrysler 4.7l pistons.

 

[Jim Oaks]

That 2.9L turbo would look good in a Ranger.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

That 2.9L turbo would look good in a Ranger.

Was basically my goal when I was working on mine.

Still is, but it's going to be a while before I can do it.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

The 2.9l OHV will readily run over 300 at the rear wheels with the proper amount of engineering done to the engine. Skogenracing up in Scandinavia found the physical limitations the Block in 600s range. Apparently the block itself just gives up and can go to pieces at any point over 500, which does add up to what the physical limitations of the metallurgy are. The dual overhead cam version is much more capable of reliablr power, but apparently it's a complete pain in the ass to build. You essentially need to buy both versions of the dohc and make one very ugly homunculus out of it with two T1 or T2 turbochargers. The computer that contained all of this information went up in smoke a few years ago, or all of this would be posted here along with all of the details and part numbers and machining specs.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I think there's a little difference between the Europe 2.9L and North America. I know the intake is different, but I think the heads are too.

The 2.8L got fuel injection in Europe. You could even get a 2.8L turbo kit from Turbo Technics:

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Another 2.8L Turbo:

Here's a 2.9L Turbo: