2.3 Liter improvements?

[rangerbum]

Hey ive got a 97 2.3 and i would like to know about anything any other 2.3 owners have done to increase power successfully. all ive done is replace my intake tract and opened up the exhaust a bit. i just need more power.

 

[Mechanickid]

http://www.esslingeracing.com/ they make all kinds of performance acc. for the 2.3

 

[crbnunit]

Yup. All kinds of parts out there. I used to have an SVO with a 2.3 turbo that put out 205hp stock. That little Fox body would scoot and was far from stock when it was totaled. Miss that car!

Look out for a Merkur or a Thunderbird turbo coupe engine. That is a good starting platform.

 

[Fast Fords]

Yup. All kinds of parts out there. I used to have an SVO with a 2.3 turbo that put out 205hp stock. That little Fox body would scoot and was far from stock when it was totaled. Miss that car!

Look out for a Merkur or a Thunderbird turbo coupe engine. That is a good starting platform.

def. agree with the turbo - hoping to do the swap soon
all i have done is exhaust and intake and I'm running synthetic oil
(5W20)

 

[red85]

Definitely a turbo is the way to really "boost" the performance of a 2.3. I have almost all of my turbo parts now (need an oil return line) and I'm looking forward to having that punch again. My wife had an XR4Ti and it was an awesome car. I had it up past 240 kmh and it still had more to go! I checked out a bunch of stuff awhile back about a guy named Joe Morgan. He had a 400 horse 2.3 turbo in a Pinto that appeared in Hot Rod. There's a bunch of stuff on the internet about his setups.

 

[wizkid00104]

I believe a nice port and polish is a good way to extract some ponies.