I have a 1979 Automatic hatch and I want to find a Mustang Turbo 2.3 to put in my car. I know it's a straight swap for the motor, but I want to know about keeping my carb and making it into a blow through system instead of switching to fuel injection. If anyone else has done it if you could explain it to me a little, like any problems or tips, would be so helpful!
Any help about rebuilding a transmission would be great too!
I don't want to mess too much with my fuel system because my brother's fuel lines caught on fire and burnt the entire block, engine bay, and front interior. I don't want that to happen to mine!
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Custom paint job my father and I did, random parts pulled off our racecars like cam gears and such, wide tires, original rims without the hub caps (I have them but they don't stay on), decent stereo system, stock exhaust and manifolds, and basically everything else is stock.
Nice looking car you got there. For turbo swaps you should be able to find info in the FAQ's section of the forum. For the transmission rebuilding, I recently got a Haynes Ford transmission book from the local library, and it's pretty informative. Most parts stores should sell it.
Thank you so much. But I'm really interested in seeing if anyone else has done the breathe through system with the carb. Just so I can see if it really works. I don't want to switch to fuel injection. I know nothing about it, but I can tune and work on a carburetor.
I really need to buy a Haynes manual but no store around here carries them so I have to get it special ordered and they don't like doing that. Thank you!
It should be possible. V-8 Guys have been doing it since the 50s. The nice thing about the system you want is you can still use an intercooler.
I am thinking of doing the same thing on either my 2.0 or 2.3 motor. I would get the donor motor. Mustang GT Turbo (83-84), Merkur XR4ti, T-Bird Turbo Coupes and some Elan models (83-88) Cougar XR-7s (83-86) Capri RS Turbo (83-84) All have the same motor. Newer models had an exhaust manifold that was less restrictive and easy to port. It will have a part number with E6 in it. The older ones are E3s. Older turbo 2.3 engines have the spread out runners on the upper and lower intake. They are useless. You will need the newer square 4 hole lower manifold.
I would use the 2.3 turbo longblock. Keep the E6 exhaust manifold and turbo. take the upper intake manifold off, leave the lower on the head. Buy the 2-BBL carburator conversion kit from Racer Walsh. It uses the factory 4 hole lower intake so it's a bolt on. You will need to seal up the fuel injector holes or just leave the non working injectors in place to prevent vacuum leaks. You will need a fuel pressure regulator/pump that increases fuel pressure by at least 1 psi per pound of boost. I know Paxton makes mechanical pump/regulators that do this for carburated V-8s with superchargers. I dont know if any one makes a carb bonnet or better a complete carb enclosure for the 350-500 CFM 2-BBL carb that the conversion kit requires so you might need to modify or fabricate one. The bonnet method doesn't enclose the whole carb and requires additional mods to the carb to keep boost from escaping out the throttle shafts. Completely enclosing it makes jetting/tuning the carb right the only thing you need to worry about. There is more to it but I think that's the basics. I learned most of that from a book on building turbocharged motors. I have only worked on F.I. 2.3s so far but I'm going to do the same thing you want to do sometime in the near future.
Good luck and keep us posted...
P.S. It has been done the way you want to do it on a 2.3 but I cant remember where I saw it. Only difference was it had the bonnet instead of the enclosure.
Ahh I found the link...
"http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/rickscarstuff/Pinto.html"
Thank you for the link! It answered some other questions I had also. ;D