Forum > It's all about the Turbo...
2.0 turbo
Pintocrazed:
WELL I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT A FACTORY 2.O BESIDES BEING BORED .30 OVER AN TURBO.ANYBODY KNOW IF ITS A BAD IDEA TO BORE IT AN RUN A TURBO?IVE NEVER BUILT A MOTOR FOR PERFORMANCE SO I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE
71pintoracer:
Well a 2.0 never came with a turbo (not counting the AK Miller) so you will have to fabricate everything. Everything. A carb'ed turbo is a nightmare so ideally you need a fuel injection system to make it reliable and drivable. Can it be done? Sure it can. But it's not as simple as bolting a turbo on the engine. Even a 2.3 swap with a doner car is a good deal of work.
65ShelbyClone:
--- Quote from: Pintocrazed on October 28, 2014, 06:05:00 PM ---That's the problem I have no idea what I'm doing.ive never had a turbo motor
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Then......bad idea.
--- Quote from: Pintocrazed on October 28, 2014, 08:59:09 PM ---How much fun is it driving with the 2.3 turbo?
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It's hard to describe. Mine black tracks going into 3rd gear with no clutch antics and it has the lowest-rated non-intercooled 2.3T with the largest, slowest-spooling turbo they came with. It's not what I'm accustomed to nor what I expected...it's more.
--- Quote from: Wittsend on October 29, 2014, 01:32:52 PM ---"I NEED A 2.3 TURBO THEN"
No..., you need a donor car, an engine hoist, the capabilities to weld and fabricate sheet metal for installing the motor mounts and engine compartment alteration. You will need a transmission capable of handling the power output. You will need (at least should) have an 8" rearend. You will need (at least should have) a larger radiator. You will need an external high pressure fuel pump.
Lastly you will need 200 to 400 hours to do this right. Yes, there are people who say the did it in a weekend but they probably had a '74 and up car, knowledgeable friends helping and all the parts ready to go. The car was probably "functional" but likely far from proper.
Don't assume you can just drop a turbo on an engine or simple slide a turbo engine into a Pinto (especially and early one).
To answer your question: just about any turbo motor should have forged pistons. The 2.3 Turbo motors came with forged pistons and a compression ratio conducive to the turbo boost.
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THIS ^
I knew six months ago what I know now, I would have started with a factory 2.3 Pinto.
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