2.3 turbo tranny options?

[67425ks]

I'm at the research stage of a possible 2.3turbo into a international scout 80 swap and looking into ideas for a tranny/x-fer case. The scouts original slant 4 has seen better days and I started looking into swapping in a fuel injected engine with a little more power. In my usual fashion I headed to the garage with a case of beer and started weighing my v8 options before I remembered that I own a ragged out merkur with a good motor. My ideal setup would be 5speed manual with hydraulic clutch, manually actuated 4x4 with curb side output. I have plenty of experience adapting engines and trannies but a bolt together option is always the preferred method. I feel like this would be a very practical swap and is an opportunity to swap one of my all time favorite power plants into one of my favorite trucks. Thanks for your help.
Joel

 

[scotts90ranger]

If you can find a '87/88 thunderbird Turbocoupe with a manual tranny (or the tranny from one) it'll be a world class T5 with I believe a hydraulic clutch, you will most likely be able to find a passenger side drop case for the back of it...

All of the Ranger trannies are set up for the BW 1350/1354 which is a driver side drop case

 

[67425ks]

i was kind of assuming that the transfer case would be the bottleneck. unless someone comes up with an idea for a transfer case, i might need to get all the parts in front of me and start looking into making an adapter. divorced tcase is not an option i would like to persue. i wonder what atlas has to offer?

 

[67425ks]

I found a navak adapter to mate the 2.3 turbo to my t90 three speed in my scout. It looks easy enough that if I have a piece of scrap aluminum big enough I might just machine it myself though. Also found an overdrive that goes on the t18 transfer case so I can get the girl up to highway speeds. Just gotta get a few more items on my wife's honey do list done and I will start making chips. Oh and before I forget, I blew up the turbo on my merkur (hot side) and need to find a replacement. Any suggestions on a good replacement turbo?