"Oh no, you bought some guy's used truck!"

[Li'l Work Truck]

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That's a cool truck! I'm contemplating a turbo for my 2.3 down the line. I plan on getting a small pop-up camper for my wife and myself, like a Coleman Duck, and I heard the Mazdaspeed 6 was a good donor for the turbo. It would help me out on hills. What did you do with yours? How did you build it? I imagine you have a thread here?

 

[pjtoledo]

for a Duratec Turbo I would consider the 2.0 ECOBoost that comes from the factory.
that engine in my 4000+ Lb 2019 Edge is plenty of power.

integrating it into a Ranger may be somewhat of a challenge.

or for low end power to tow try the Duratec 2.5 from Fusions.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

for a Duratec Turbo I would consider the 2.0 ECOBoost that comes from the factory.
that engine in my 4000+ Lb 2019 Edge is plenty of power.

integrating it into a Ranger may be somewhat of a challenge.

or for low end power to tow try the Duratec 2.5 from Fusions.

I saw how much power those 2.0 swaps can make! Some guy put one in a fox body Mustang! It's awesome! Personally, I'd like to bolt a turbo to my 2.3 to keep things simplistic, and just add a few ft. lbs. of torque. Something like 7 PSI. I figured it might be easier than a complete engine swap to put a mechanical wastegate on a turbo, bolt it to a log manifold, run it through an FMIC, and call it a day. If I made 200 HP I'd be happy.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I saw how much power those 2.0 swaps can make! Some guy put one in a fox body Mustang! It's awesome! Personally, I'd like to bolt a turbo to my 2.3 to keep things simplistic, and just add a few ft. lbs. of torque. Something like 7 PSI. I figured it might be easier than a complete engine swap to put a mechanical wastegate on a turbo, bolt it to a log manifold, run it through an FMIC, and call it a day. If I made 200 HP I'd be happy.

The older 2.3 was easy to turbo back in the day, just find a t-bird or the like that came factory with a 2.3 turbo and swap what you needed to make the Ranger 2.3 a turbo. Used to be a big thing.