UPGRADING 2.9L ranger to Turbo or 347 stroker

[motocross]

im spending some money on my old 2.9L ranger since it is no longer my daily driver. it is lifted 4" with 31s and im interested in doing somthing for some horsepower!

some things im interested in doing are keeping the 2.9L and running a turbo with 9 PSI of boost.

or converting to a 2.3L and turboing that

and my third option is doing a 302 or 302/347 stroker kit


what would you do?



p.s open to opinions

 

[low_five]

I have a little bit of turbo experience and I can tell you a 2.9 isnt going to like 9 lbs stock. more like 3 or 4. even then, its not going to live a happy life. if you want to run 9, youll have to take it out and put in forged parts. then you have to tune it and mess with a bunch of over things. it would be cool, but a 347 will make more reliable power.

 

[Epixstar]

go with the 302 parts are cheap and everywhere you can always upgrade just about any part of them. in the next few years 2.9 parts are going to get harder and harder to find.

 

[Psychopete]

IMO Stock 351W.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

IMO Stock 351W.

2nd That!
Or a 427W stroker.