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Old 06-11-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation HELP!! 88 2.3liter what turbo!!

i have looked for a turbo for a 4 cylinder and cannot find one any help is appreciated! !!!
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You can't just slap a turbo on a normally aspirated motor, it'll disinegrate before your very eyes! You need to use a 2.3 Turbo shortblock. Forged pistons are the only thing that'll hold up to the pressures. The smaller IHI turbos came stock on '87-'88 Thunderbird turbo coupes. The bigger T3 turbos came stock on '83-'86 Thunderbird turbo coupes, '8?-'89 Merkur XR4ti's and '84-86 Mustang SVO's. Check the classifieds on www.turboford.net, www.turbotbird.com, www.svoca.com and there's lots of others too.
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Tanks for the help but do you know of any peopleo that sell them brand new or will only turbos from a car that came from the factory work?
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http://www.turboneticsinc.com/

Unless you're made of $$$, save it and buy one used!
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I see em all day long on ebay for about $299.00. You'll also need the exhaust manifold to bolt it to. Plus plumbing to your intake.
Best to put forged pistons in and have your computer recalibrated. Otherwise you'll get one fun run and then you'll be done for the day.
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