2.9 turbo??

[turbo cat]

no hasnt been it has 1" of clearance i built a shield out of a 3" piece of pipe and temporarily wrapped it with foil so far its been great. you can see that in one of the pics above

 

[BigBlockRanger]

2.9L turbo stuff looky:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2490874/2

Garrett T3 from an '87 Chrysler 2.2L

I kinda still wish I had this stuff.

Almost forgot....

http://www.rangerpowersports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88103

 

[turbo cat]

cool. im jealous now i really want to do it

hey man for a little bit of labor cost if your serious about a turbo on your 2.9 I could help you out

 

[mattr87]

im really thinking about it. i have a freind that has a turbo and piping for cheap. but the hardest thing would be converting it to mass air

 

[Psychopete]

im really thinking about it. i have a freind that has a turbo and piping for cheap. but the hardest thing would be converting it to mass air

'87 sucks more to convert over compared to an 88+, but look in the tech library for 'MAF Conversion'. It's has the wiring differences for either an 86 or 87 model already laid out. I just got the model specific diagrams and sorted it out on paper when I did mine. It's really not too hard. I think getting it running right is going to be the hard part. But that's just my opinion.

Pete

 

[BigBlockRanger]

I converted mine to mass air. It was really easy.

Here's what I did electronics-wise:

Swapped in MAF computer
Added a stock MAF sensor from a 5.0L Mustang
Installed 24# injectors

That's it.

It ran like a champ and I had to do zero tuning. Probably would have run better had I had a way to tune it, but it saw 15lbs of boost everyday without any probs. (It was my DD) Fun fun truck.

 

[Psychopete]

Here's what I did electronics-wise:

Swapped in MAF computer
Added a stock MAF sensor from a 5.0L Mustang
Installed 24# injectors

I am not saying that the diagram on the site is gospel, but it looks like he is going to have to do a few minor wiring mods in order to keep the ability to pull codes.

See: C. EXAMPLE OF A PIN OUT COMPARISON BY NUMBER BETWEEN AN '86/'87 SPEED DENSITY SYSTEM '90 MAF SYSTEM
http://therangerstation.com/tech_library/MAF_Conversion.html



He still needs the pins and the plug for the MAS, consider hitting the junk yard for the MAS pins, wiring and plug for the MAS from a early 90's Stang or similar. (You might need to get the entire harness, it takes a while to dig it out) I used off a '93 HO harness. Ford Dealership part dept will need to see example pins (be prepared), or I believe they can be purchased from Ebay.



And it's strange that the 2.9L ran fine with the 24# injectors. I ran into problems with 19s at idle. I used an IST Air Adjust that's mentioned on that page to somewhat compensate for it. Maybe it was just the MAS I used? It was from a 3.8L Taurus, but I also tried a 65mm MAS from a Stang with similar results. I ended up just giving the Stang MAS to a friend of mine that was trying to diagonse a problem.

Pete

 

[BigBlockRanger]

I meant I followed Bob Marr's MAF conversion write up. It was really easy. I think I used an IST MAF harness to do mine.

Beats me why it ran fine, but it did. I drive it to work every day for a year and a half or so. The Ford computer did a superb job of compensating for my lack of EFI knowledge at the time. LOL It was probably a tad rich at times, but drive-ibility never suffered and it idled like normal.

I got to stop talking about it or the next thing you know I'll have another Ranger in a kazillion pieces in my shop with me wondering "how'd I get here?".

 

[Psychopete]

It was really easy.

Yes, it definitely is a strait forward swap. I am going to try and sell my old MAF computer & other stuff once my 5.0L is in, hopefully someone would make use of it.. But I'm guessing it won't be going until next spring, I need more money, but I am close to having the motor done.

I got to stop talking about it or the next thing you know I'll have another Ranger in a kazillion pieces in my shop with me wondering "how'd I get here?".

Hahaha, you probably wouldn't be saying that once the 460 project is going. You're freaking nuts, I can't wait to see what that thing will dish out.

Pete

 

[BigBlockRanger]

Heh heh here's preview.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2v9qi5u&s=3

 

[turbo cat]

im really thinking about it. i have a freind that has a turbo and piping for cheap. but the hardest thing would be converting it to mass air

there are other options like converting to stand alones like megasquirt and or stay speed density and get a dyno tune. Im not 100% on the 2.9s engime managment but im sure theres some things that can be done

 

[MikeWild]

Heh heh here's preview.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2v9qi5u&s=3

Love the maniacal laugh at the end, do I detect some ricer hunting in your future???

 

[hard_core_wheeler]

i'm new and i would love to turbo my 87 king cab 2.9

 

[turbo cat]

sent you a PM

 

[jaymegriffiths]

Heh heh here's preview.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2v9qi5u&s=3

wow, your awesome.