Turbo Questions 95 2.3L turn turbo?

[xXfourmanXx]

Recently, well a year ago i got a ranger and have been stocking up on the parts im hoping to get put on before summer this year. Its a 95 single cab shortbed 2wd 2.3L 5spd with 145k on it. I am really interested in making a turbo project out of it and wouldnt have any problem swaping in a motor from a turbo coupe or svo mustang but I was wondering, could I just build my motor that is in it now for a turbo set up? I understand im gonna need a piggy back system to control it and forged pistons blah blah blah but.... I want to keep my 8 plug head(EDIS). I assume I can do this but didnt know if there were any complications i might run into that might make me want to do the motor swap instead of building wht I already have. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[red85]

Just build the bottom end to handle the boost and get a TC ECM and repin your Ranger harness. Make sure you get the proper pistons (ie SVO, Turbo Coupe, Merkur etc) or you'll have a pan full of parts if it leans out. Just use the search button and check out everything you need.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

See this thead:

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70104

It asks all the questions you are and more. I already answered there, I don't feel like re-typing it all again.

 

[xXfourmanXx]

TC ECM? I know wht the ECM stands for but I cant recall off the top of my head wht TC stands for. Why would I have to re-pin my factory harness??

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

TC ECM? I know wht the ECM stands for but I cant recall off the top of my head wht TC stands for. Why would I have to re-pin my factory harness??

TC = TurboCoupe. More specifically, the 1987-1988 Ford Thunderbird TurboCoupe, equipped with the 2.3L turbo engine.

On an EEC-IV truck (up to 1994) you have to repin because there are differences in pin functions between the ranger computer and TC computer. You have to repin the ranger harness to match the pin functions on the TC computer. You also have to add and subtract wires on a few pins here and there.

Yours being a EEC-V truck (1995+), you can just throw the turbo parts on and then take it to a dyno tuning place and they will tune the ranger electronics to run the turbo engine, no computer swapping or re-pinning anything. It will cost you at least a few hundred to have them do it, and I don't recommend trying it yourself unless you have a thourough understanding of how ignition and fuel curves work and how a turbo changes things. You'd have to buy 300-400 bucks worth of tuning equipment to do it yourself anyways.

 

[xXfourmanXx]

So... I can keep my stock computer, add the turbo goodies, have the computer re-tuned/flashed etc. I do understand how to tune ignition and fuel curves but I dont plan on doing it myself, well I say that now but I might change my mind.

Ok.... So to cut it all down, I can build my motor, keep the stock computer and can avoid doing a whole ECM and motor swap from a TC and build a bad ass ranger with wht I already have. Sound correct?