O.k.....Lets try this again. This is a list of things you can do to your 2.3l N/A engine without the swapping of a turbo (which only has 150 hp for an automatic and 190 hp for a 5 speed) to help it get up and go (faster than your neighbors golf cart)
-96' Ranger Exhaust Header
-15 or 17 lb fuel injectors
-15 lb/hr from one of the following 2.3L engines:
* 95-97 Ford Ranger/Mazda B2300
* 91-93 Mustang 2.3L
* 92-96 Ford Escort Tracer 1.9L
* 89-94 Taurus, Sable 3.8L
* 91-95 Thunderbird 3.8L
-17 ld/hr
* 94-98 Achiva, Ciera 3.1L
* 93-95 Camaro, Firebird 3.4L
* 93-97 Cutlass Supreme 3.1L
* 97-98 Cutlass 3.1L
* 94-98 Century, Regal, Skylark 3.1L
* 94-96 Corsica, Beretta 3.1L
* 94-99 Grand Prix, Grand Am 3.1L
* 95-99 Lumina, Monte Carlo 3.1L
* 97-99 Malibu 3.1L
-95 Lph fuel pump 90' mustang 5.0
-155 Lph fuel pump
-65mm or 75mm throttle body 5.0
-Replace the stock vacumn operated pressure regulator with a
manually adjustable Holley unit.
Set it at 45 LBS and your stock 15 LB injectors will flow like a 17lb unit.
Junk yard parts that can be used
- 87-93 Ranger cams, 91-93 Mustang cams (2.3L engine, you want the followers as well)
- 90's ranger header (The header weighs 6 pounds, stock mustang one weights 26 pounds)
- 8.8 Rear end out of a Turbo Coupe (Came with 3.73 gears in the
auto ones, 3.55 in the manuals)
- 5.0 front brakes w/ spindles (get 11" rotors)
- 5.0 front sway bar (4 cylinder - 1" 5.0 - 1 5/16")
- Rear sway bar (out of a 5.0 GT)
- MAF conversion (better MPG and HP) [91-93 mustangs have MAF]
New parts that can be used
- Cold Air Intake (can be made out of PVC pipe, or exhaust piping)
- Exhaust (2.25" all the way back and no cat if you can get away with it)
- Cam gear (these engines like 4 degrees retard of timing)
- Port the head and intake
- Bigger valves
- Stand alone ECM
- Custom cam
- New head
- 2.5 Stroker kit
- MSD ignition
- NOS (be cation, to much will kill the engine)
- 255lph fuel pump
- Under drive pullies
- 1.75" to 3" header
- Light weight flywheel
- Windage tray
- Aluminum drive shaft
-Forged Pistons
Handling parts
-rear sway bar off of a Fox body GT
-Strut brace
-Subframe connectors
-Disc brakes all around
-Front sway bar link's
-Polyurthane Suspention bushing's
There are other things that can be done like bump the compression, and play with the gears, that's up to you, this is just what I have learned will work. Make sure that you are careful and make sure you know what your doing before you do any work on your
car.
If I have left anything out,feel free to add them to the list.
