i need more power!

[Hollywood88]

i have a 97 ranger with a 2.3 and the thing is in desperate need of more power any idea other than a turbo

 

[BlackBII]

You could regear your differential or put in a bigger motor.

Not a lot you can do without internal motor mods and $$$$

 

[Hollywood88]

internal mods are possible, i just want to try to keep it n/a

 

[fastpakr]

I'm curious why?

 

[BlackBII]

I'm curious why?

Me too.

I love my turbo!

 

[Hollywood88]

Never messed with one how complicated would it be to put one on my truck, what would be needed, and are there any cars i could get one for cheap off of?

 

[fastpakr]

There is quite a bit of info on the main TRS page. They're not so much complicated as uncommon, and that causes a lot of people to be afraid of them.

 

[crsevns90]

To get any reasonable amount of power from a 4 banger it takes money and skill, im not trying to say your poor and dumb, Im just trying to state the facts.

 

[Mark_88]

If you consider how much money you'd spend porting the head, getting bigger valves and injectors, adding a cam, and maybe a larger TB to make your non-forced induction engine crank out a mere 30-75 HP more than it has...and compare that to simply adding some forged pistons with a mild overbore maybe and the computer/turbo that is going to give you anywhere from 50-150 more HP, I think the choice would be easy...you may want to still do the head mods and injectors also so you can bump up the boost though.

I've seen a few references to turbo-charging for less than $2,000...I've already spent $600 on the head alone just to give my carbed Ranger 10 more HP...

 

[turbo cat]

i turbocharged my truck for 150$ of course i did the work myself.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

Mine cost me about $1200 to do the swap after I sold off all the stuff I didn't need from the turbo coupe I scrapped. And mine is much better than a stock turbo coupe. Of course I did do all the work myself.

Swapping the electronics is much easier than most people think. There are only about 6-10 different wires (depending on what other options you want like electric fan control, etc) from the turbo coupe to a 2.3 ranger.

Then again your's is a 97 so you'd keep the stock electronics have it dyno tuned once you got all the mechanical parts put together.

But yeah for $2000 you can make a lot of turbo horsepower with a 2.3.