Turbo Engine I got.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

I like the idea of those turbo fours. I had a buddy with a Ranger and I always thought that would have been a cool build

My current idea while a bit far fetched is to use the Turbo 2.3 in my F100 project in a couple of years. This over course depends on the final weight of my F100 as I feel it would need to be roughly 3500 pounds or less to work decently. Closer to 3300 would be ideal or about the same weight as a Ranger. So once my F100 is rolling I will get a weight slip, and subtract 500-600 pounds from it total weight. To compensate for engine weight, and tranny weight differences. It currently has a fairly fresh 352FE, and C6. So roughly 450-500 less for the engine, and 50-75 for the tranny.



I figure from internet searches I have done 275-300 hp the max for a simple build, and that more then equals a decent warmed up 302. So if a 302 does fine in a truck like mine I figure a 2.3 turbo properly set-up would be just as nice to drive. Maybe even returning better mpg all around considering this truck is more of a glorified car now.