[93slowpony]

I cannot for the life of me find a 1987-8 2.3l turbo Thunderbird engine with a five speed tranny. Any advise on where I might find one?

[NavySVO]

Have you looked on turboford.net?

[93slowpony]

yeah XD So I was wondering how one would go about rebuilding the engine to be rated for a high psi with a turbo and if you could give me a ball park estimate on how much it would all cost I would be uber regretful.

[93slowpony]

Thankful lol. I had just gotten of work sorry for that :P

[NavySVO]

Originally Posted by 93slowpony

I was wondering how one would go about rebuilding the engine to be rated for a high psi with a turbo and if you could give me a ball park estimate on how much it would all cost I would be uber regretful.

First of all, you can't go too high on compression unless you can cool the bejesus out of the air charge because you will wind up with detonation and melted pistons.

The cost of it is a really open question due to what you purchase and how much of the work you do yourself.
Go to racer walsh and boport to look some things over on what you want to spend.

[giamanut]

I have run 30 psi on pump gas without damage.
65# injectors, MSII, felpro 1035 dual plug head, twin EDIS, Large FMIC.
Traction at 30 mph in second was a problem if I rolled in the throttle to quick.
things on my to get list are :
BO-Port stage head not sure of the cost but say 1500.00
Replace my current header with the one in the for sale section of turboford.net 330.00
3" down pipe. 200.00
v8 adaptor 200.00
built AOD Auto 2300 stall 1000.00
V8 motor mount adaptors 200.00
Tube K frame and Arms 900.00
Suspension 1000.00
Weight reduction 1000.00
Interior 1500.00
yet another turbo rebuild 400.00
Block cement 100.00
girdle 200.00
billet Aux shaft 350.00
17x9 Shelby style wheels With stickers (Drag/street radials)1600.00
and maybe a M90 supercharger 600.00
total 10480.00 without the supercharger!
Umm Speed=Money Squared?
Or maybe I'll just save the wife some trouble and shoot myself............
Oh yeah things I already have.
Diamond brand forged turbo pistons, 400.00
Bo-port stage 3 cam 300.00
Ams rods 150.00
Dual Dis system 200.00
65# Injector 200.00
walboro 255lph fuel pump 100.00
1:1 rising rate regulator 100.00
fmic 100.00
MSII 500.00
ARP studs 100.00
guages 300.00
Mental health Bill 2,000.000.00............

[NavySVO]

Bo makes a really good custom grind camshaft!

[93slowpony]

ok because this is a long term goal kinda thing considering that I'm seventeen working a min wage job at 6.90 an hour lol. so do I need a new crank to stand considerably higher rmp?

[Lazypig]

If your looking for high rpm and high horse power take a look at some of the rotating assemblies at www.esslingeracing.com there extremely expensive but if you want high horse and rpm its what you want.