2.3 turbo or 5.0 v8 swap for the ranger.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:13 pm

I decided to go with a 5.0.

The goal is to show that you can build a fast street car utilizing stock parts on a tight budget. :)

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:59 pm

I was gonna chime in and say turbo...those 2.3L 4 bangers can handle a lot of power. Realistically you can make about as much power on a 2.3L block as you can a 5.0L block...5.0's block tends to take a dump on you in the 400+ RWHP range which the 2.3L can also handle on stock internals and not a lot of $$.

Add the sleeper effect.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:51 pm

Jonathan wrote:I was gonna chime in and say turbo...those 2.3L 4 bangers can handle a lot of power. Realistically you can make about as much power on a 2.3L block as you can a 5.0L block...5.0's block tends to take a dump on you in the 400+ RWHP range which the 2.3L can also handle on stock internals and not a lot of $$.
Add the sleeper effect.

That's true, but realistically I'm shooting for around 300 hp.

I kind of have a little hobby of collecting the gt40 heads and intakes, and I want to show potential customers that you can build a heathly v8 using o.e.m parts...

It can be alot of fun trying to get the 2.3 turbo running correctly, and I'm not really that familar with turbo set-ups.

The v8 is a little more forgiving, and I'm pretty familar with the 5.0's. Not to mention the 5.0's are the best sounding motors ever, and the 2.3's ehh.

Read my thread (Business Plans), it will kind of explain things.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:39 am

Well I can see from a business standpoint why you'd want to go with the 5.0, but myself I'd be just as torn as I Loooove the idea of a turbo... So here's what you do...
Throw out all the ideas of stock internals and turbo the 5.0

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:01 am

cargodz wrote:Well I can see from a business standpoint why you'd want to go with the 5.0, but myself I'd be just as torn as I Loooove the idea of a turbo... So here's what you do...
Throw out all the ideas of stock internals and turbo the 5.0

Thats a thought. :happy048:

Tim

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:45 am

cargodz wrote:So here's what you do...
Throw out all the ideas of stock internals and turbo the 5.0

The stock internals will take a good bit of abuse, it's the stock block that is questionable after about 400hp.

I could run a turbo and be fine with about 6lbs of boost on the stock components.

If anything, I'd probably just toss on a 100 shot for those nights at the track. But on the streets, 300 hp in a single cab, 2wd ranger is plenty.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:25 am

MobileAudio219 wrote:The stock internals will take a good bit of abuse, it's the stock block that is questionable after about 400hp.
I could run a turbo and be fine with about 6lbs of boost on the stock components.
If anything, I'd probably just toss on a 100 shot for those nights at the track. But on the streets, 300 hp in a single cab, 2wd ranger is plenty.

Yeah you are right 300 on a single cab should be good.

Tim

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:42 am

Tim wrote:Yeah you are right 300 on a single cab should be good.
Tim

If you figure the stock fox bodies had 215hp.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:18 pm

MobileAudio219 wrote:If you figure the stock fox bodies had 215hp.

I guess that figure is at the wheels right. That still aint' bad.

Tim

ZeroAccess · Post by **ZeroAccess** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:19 pm

5.0 AWD Ranger
wait thats what I'm doing muahaha

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