turbo kit advice

[ricardo93]

http://www.andysautosport.com/ford/1983_1992_ranger/performance/turbos/turbo_kits/cx_racing/

I found a bunch of turbo kits on here ranging in price and size and I was wondering which would be the best kit to purchase, I would really appreciate some words of wisdom, and not condescention

 

[stmitch]

We really can't answer that without knowing some more info.
What year/engine is your truck?
What do you use it for?
What kind of power do you want to make?
How much money are you willing to spend?

 

[RangerSVT]

Add to that is your engine interns stock or upgraded and if so, what parts were used...

SVT

 

[littleme13]

before you buy from that site search for cxracing.com, may even be their website. they are cheaper turbos and kits. i know a few guys who run them on hondas and are very happy for the price. dont expect huge power from them. for someone wanting a turbo but not wanting to spend a ton they are ok at best. a few people i know have run the cxracing kits until they could afford better turbos.

 

[ricardo93]

well I've been having a hard time finding a turbo motor to swap in, so I was gonna rebuild mine from top to bottom and bolt on the turbo kit I'm just looking to make like 14-16 psi

 

[ricardo93]

Oh and I have the 2.3 with a traditional distributor

 

[ricardo93]

And my truck is an 86...

 

[stmitch]

Stock 2.3L's won't handle the amount of boost you want to run. You'd have to upgrade to forged internals like what the turbo engines had. You can go aftermarket, but it seems way easier to just wait and find a turbo engine to put in.

 

[ricardo93]

Stock 2.3L's won't handle the amount of boost you want to run. You'd have to upgrade to forged internals like what the turbo engines had. You can go aftermarket, but it seems way easier to just wait and find a turbo engine to put in.

Yeah I plan on waiting, I started disassembling it today and decided to drain the oil as well and it basically bled and oil/fuel and possibly coolant mixture out of the drain plug it was like 2.5 gallons worth of the combo, so I just decided to get my hands on an engine crane and pull it put and work on other stuff until I have the money to get a motor

 

[simpler=better]

Forged rods, forged crank, port the head, get gapless rings and you're on track.
father down the road, auber instruments sells a $75 digital pyrometer, a MUST HAVE on a turbo motor

 

[ricardo93]

What does a pyrometer do? I have never once heard of that

I decided for my current dead block I'm gonna swap it to carb and use it in a baja