[mattcwilhelm]

So I am new to the site so hi to everyone. I have recently purchased a 84 turbo engine out of a mustang and I'm going to rebuild it from the ground up. I am trying to figure out what size injectors I should and what LPH I should run for the fuel pump. I am dumping it into a 1988 Mustang that wasn't originaly a turbo car. Any ideas in this field. I am building this engine but trying to keep as good of gas mileage as I can but without restrictin the engine from fuel. I'm only planning on runnin 8-10 ibs of pressure maybe a little more but I only have a stock turbo. Any ideas you all may have would be awesome!

[aacuna]

get a supra turbo motor lol

[Mike SVOR]

I have a 2.3 mustang.
It's not fast or anything, but it gets great gas milage.
It feels fast in the 1/4 mile though.

I hope to beat a neon soon with some nahs.

http://s95974389.onlinehome.us/Movie...cam%20test.WMV

[troycowan]

i own a 91 lx. that has a stock 2.3L. it isnt turbo'd so it doesnt have alot of hpr. i can not afford to swap for the big 5.0 or for the turbo'd 2.3. so what can i do to make it faster cheap. is there anything that i can take off or mess with to make it faster. i have already read about the silencer but i cannot seem to find it on my car. would an Cold air intake help me out. and can i get performance intake manifold and fuel injectors. would this help me out any. i am also trying to reduce the weight of the car so what could i take out to help there. i know the backseats, and spare tire stuff. and i also would like to lower the height of the stang, would it be best to buy new springs or just get the redneck way of doing it and get adjusters. i am not that good with cars yet but this mustang is gonna be my first project, and i would like it to look good but also be able to run good. any help is wanted. even if its something simple.

[Janstang]

Originally Posted by crazy_canuck999

Hey all, I'm sort of new to the modding, but next week I'm looking to get in a new exhaust + probably some other stuff like intake, and anything else that might help. I've been trying to find how to do a dual exhaust setup, does anyone have any good ideas ? Now, intake wise, do I just switch the air box with a 9" (I think) K&N Cone Filter, or is there more to it / better ideas ? Also, any other suggestions on some relatively low cost mods that increase performance/power would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Alright;its been said lots before, speed costs and how much do u want to spend. Also what are your goals expectations out of your Mustang.
I havn't found anyone making a dual exhaust setup for a 2.3 altgough there may be some out ther. I made my own Cat-back dual exhaust
syatem using Cherry Bomb glasspacks, a tail pipe , a Y pipe and some other misc parts. Cost roughy $200.00. It dosen't sound bad, bur hard to notice any preformance improvement wiout some mearsuments. A
cat-back sys like that on this eng probably only gives you mabey 10 hp
gain, if that.

Another good optionIs to find an engine out of say a 83 or so Ford
Crown Victoria. get a carbed one. You can get one used for about $300.00 if u shop around. Stock they're about 145 hp, but thats a good gain for the money. Also a reliable hp gain w/ a good engine. Your state emissions may be a factor here

For an intake manifold on the 2.3 eng I'd go with the cone K&N to about a 3" pvc to the Throtle body. Try adapt it to cold air if u can.This step will eliminate removing the air silincer found on other post on this board.

Also a 65mm Throttlebody from (I think a 94 or 95 V6 must) will help.

Amost forgot, removing wire from knock sensor ( located on underside
of intake manifold helps a lot.

These are just some of the thing you can do, there are others of course, like cam, head, underdrive pullys and others i may have forgotten about.
I woudn't expect much if any hp gain out of spark plugs and wires, mostly for reliability at higher rpms. If your still undecided, read other posts on this board. Some good ideas here. I don't know if there are any correct methods here or not. some just better than others for what u want.. Janstang

[lifeson1]

I pulled off my intake silencer and replaced it with a piece of slinky plastic tubing from AutoZone. The power I noticed was at the higher end of rpms, nothing on the low side at all. But my motor runs like tee-total-crap anyway.

[sleeper_inc]

Hey, I'm kinda new here (joined a while ago) and I want to know if there are any power adders for the 2.3 Mustang.

My car is a 1988 Mustang LX, it has a 1989 Ranger roller cam, a custom bent 3" CAI, and thats it for power adders.

What else can I add to the car I know an exhaust should be done next but what else?

[sleeper_inc]

I'm sorta new to the forum, well not really, anyways....

I have a 88 Mustang, I bought it for $900 and its my first car (15 year old in the house lmao) so far I have installed a custom CAI, and an 89 ranger roller cam. What else should I do to the car? exhaust is really the next thing I should do but what else?

NO TURBO OR V8 SWAPS!!!!! I want a car thats at least a little unique

Besides, I can always turbo it later

[HalfPackLX]

Hey there. I looked at your sight. I definatly give you an A on the effort! You'll learn a lot as you go, and be sure to read books, internet sources and magazines as much as possible.

Maybe check out a body work book if you haven't already so you can get it smooth before you paint, though it looks like you are doing that.
Theere was a post on here or another simular site about a cheap paint job that was pretty cool. I'll look for it.

Sounds like you are on a very low budget!
Saw you have a Cold air setup.
Mods I suggest would be:
Finding a ranger header from a ninties ford ranger 2.3L.
If you don't have to do emissions testing remove the cats or put a simple exhaust on it.
The factory muffler probably doesn't help flow.
Maybe a set of 3.73 gears for the rear end though that may cost a bit.

Final suggestion would be to find a summer job to get some cash.

Keep up the work and know that you'll have something that you'll be proud of, because you did it.

[HalfPackLX]

OK FOUND THE PAINT POST:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...paint-job.html

[sleeper_inc]

I did that, but I couldn't mix the paint right and all the orange peel just killed me inside.

It has 3.73 in the rear, and I'm looking for a header, I plan to apply for a job this Wednesday.

I will be running 2 1/4" - 2 1/2" exhaust and a glasspack in the middle

Not emissions testing in Saskatchewan (woo-hoo )

[Turbosnake]

Originally Posted by Flex

Well, even if you gut it, it will still hurt flow Black because of the chamber expanding so much larger than the rest. Remove it completely and replace it with the appropriate sized PCV tube. It will cost a few bucks from Home Depot etc. They even sell rubber plunbing connectors and reducers if you need. This will provide a smooth straight flow path. I will post a pic later.

Don't go too large on the exhaust. 2-2.25 inch max unless you are going Turbo. A large pipe will kill backpressure and bottom end torque. The factory pipe is like 1.5". Eliminating the cat will add a huge amount of flow by itself.

The Flow is a good muffler as is the Flowtech Terminator (on our car) or if you want more sound, take Black's suggestion.

Also, the Ranger exhaust manifold I mentioned is a factory tube steel header.

MASS air came in 91 and later cars. It is only "necessary" to convert to it if your car is heavily modded but it is supposed to be worth 17 hp and a lot of guys say the 2.3 really responds to mass air conversion.

The bad thing about it is that I have not found one that has a distributor so you may have to take the DIS and pull your distributor at the same time. I have recently obtaind everything except the DIS and will try the conversion soon.



http://www.mustangmods.com/data/418/2.3mods.jpg

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I've got a 91 2.3 So it is mass air right

[Turbosnake]

How if money was not a obstical how horsepower can you get out of a N/A 2.3?

[Yan_Jin]

Originally Posted by Turbosnake

How if money was not a obstical how horsepower can you get out of a N/A 2.3?

i heard of over 1000

[Mr-T]

About the N/A, which is the max power obtained for a double cabureted LIMA?

I d like to obtain info about that, I am on a N/A project (no nitro, no turbo).

Thanks