Blown 2.3L !!!
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Blown 2.3L !!!
Not a blown up 2.3 but rather a supercharged 2.3. i plan on supercharging my 1994 ranger xlt . it has a 2.3L and 5 speed trani. i will be using an Eaton M90 supercharger off of a Thunderbird Supercoupe. if anyone is interested i will put up pics and tell you how well it works when i'm done. it'll probably take me awhile though.
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Well guys, I am digging up my own old thread with an update. My dad and I finally got started on this project. Here are some pictures as of how she sits tonight.
Feel free to move this thread to Forced Induction or wherever else if you would like, I didn't know of that forum back when I started the thread.
It is all just mocked up right now. We are still figuring out the exact placement. Dad did finish welding up the lower pulley today. More pics as we progress.
-Chris
Feel free to move this thread to Forced Induction or wherever else if you would like, I didn't know of that forum back when I started the thread.
It is all just mocked up right now. We are still figuring out the exact placement. Dad did finish welding up the lower pulley today. More pics as we progress.
-Chris
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Yep it is the Lima 2300. There is no kit or anything, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Centrifugal SCs are expensive, we got the M90 and rest of the intake from the 3.8 for $150. We could have had injectors, but we didn't grab them. We might use injectors from a 5.8(351W). We will see what happens.
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Not trying to be a doush but why not turbo? Plus might want to keep a low boost pulley on it (under 5psi) with stock internals or you will have problems. The 9:9:1 compression (I know its something in the 9s) dont like boost well. I would like to see how it turns out though. It looks mean.
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Not trying to be a doush but why not turbo? Plus might want to keep a low boost pulley on it (under 5psi) with stock internals or you will have problems. The 9:9:1 compression (I know its something in the 9s) dont like boost well. I would like to see how it turns out though. It looks mean.
2. Superchargers look cooler sticking through the hood.
3. Turbo lag is ghey.
4. I like to be different.
5. Because I can.
It will be under 5 psi, don't worry. Maybe right at 5. If I blow it up I will rebuild it with forged internals.
If what? Is there a problem with that?
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Really? I love that whine. Not sure why though. I think the sound of a turbo sounds really good with a diesel.
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Update:
Today we finished mounting and rough plumbed the SC. We just went direct to the plenum without an intercooler. It runs! But, we have wayyyyyyyyyy to much boost. It breaks up at high RPMs and blows oil everywhere. It is a torquey little bastard though. We put a pressure gauge in and it is at about 14 psi. oops. We need to figure out how big of a pulley we will need to get this thing down to around 5 psi. Right now it is running at a 2:1 ratio off the crank. I'll have pics and a couple vids in a little while.
I can put more than 5 psi with a supercharger, as can I put less with a turbo. Are you proposing that I should run more than 5 psi on a 200,000 mile, non-forged internal 2300? I don't think that would be a bright idea.
Today we finished mounting and rough plumbed the SC. We just went direct to the plenum without an intercooler. It runs! But, we have wayyyyyyyyyy to much boost. It breaks up at high RPMs and blows oil everywhere. It is a torquey little bastard though. We put a pressure gauge in and it is at about 14 psi. oops. We need to figure out how big of a pulley we will need to get this thing down to around 5 psi. Right now it is running at a 2:1 ratio off the crank. I'll have pics and a couple vids in a little while.
I can put more than 5 psi with a supercharger, as can I put less with a turbo. Are you proposing that I should run more than 5 psi on a 200,000 mile, non-forged internal 2300? I don't think that would be a bright idea.
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