Anyway to beef up my 2.3?

[fastpakr]

It makes a more powerful noise going uphill without it, but that's it.

 

[Frank The Tank]

I can't hear anything over the exhaust, I actually thought it helped me hold speed... but that could be the exhaust, both happened at once.

Not having my intake squeeze to 1in instead being straight through 2.5in has to help.

I dunno, just thought it lost less speed going up Tolly Hill.
Frank

 

[Shawn_248]

I drilled some holes through that cone intake thing. Made it sound quite a bit better

 

[fastpakr]

Wait - you intentionally drilled it to allow warm air in?

 

[Shawn_248]

The air coming in is the same air that came in before. just gave it a better flow. Tried to pull the cone out, but it wouldn't come. Figured i'd do that til I can go to az n get some 2.5 inch exhaust pipe

 

[fastpakr]

If it's now coming in from the engine compartment, it's not the same air that came in before.

 

[Shawn_248]

It's not. I mean that tube thats btwn the air filter and the throttle body. The tube is still sealed, but the cone inside isn't

 

[fastpakr]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Yeah - it will make a difference in sound.

 

[timpat92855]

I thought our trucks got air from inside the passenger fender? Only really difference you will tell is turbo swap or gear swap. My 97 had 3.73s factory and I swapped in a 8.8 with 4.10s and ls and it helped out alot with stock tires. I know have 31s and its ok since it puts me to about a 3.55 overall ratio and its bad slow so I can imagine what your truck is like with 3.45s.

 

[Shawn_248]

Yea, the 3.45s suck!!! especially on hills. It'll stretch out good on the interstate, but takes it forever to get there. I wana get 4.10s, but i am BROKE

 

[fastpakr]

I've got 3.45's in mine. The only time they suck is launching in first gear on a hill. Past that, just shift based on RPM and keep it where you need it for your power demands. There's no reason not to let it cruise at 3500-4500 rpm up a hill if you need to. It will take that 'punishment' for years without missing a beat.

 

[Shawn_248]

Yea, but I'd like to put like some 30 inch tires on it. Nothing major, just to make it look a little more ballsy

 

[fastpakr]

Yeah - I understand what you're saying. I'd prefer 4.10's in mine, just to give a closer set of gear ratios. I have no need to keep the engine speed as far down on the highway as the 3.45's keep it. However, it's really only a problem launching in first gear on a steep hill (and a small one even then).

 

[thad4411]

my 96 ford ranger

I have a 2.3 cyl that was super slow. so i put a K & N intake on it that gave me more power, i put some duel flowmasters, a surge performance chip on the air intake sensor wire,and a O2 sensor power performance behind the converter. I got a super fast 0 to 60mph time, and the top end is awsome. The total was about $ 550.00 but i did it over a 6 month time frame. There are other options that i am working on as we speak, but for a cheap fix that's the way that i went.

 

[fastpakr]

So you added a warm air intake, opened the exhaust far past what it could ever use, installed an IAT mod (scam), and installed an O2 Sensor power performance (WTF?)...