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edizzle89
edizzle89 SuperDork
8/1/19 11:17 a.m.
bigfranks84 said:

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

I've gotten rid of all my old 2.3t parts and will never go that route again. I'd do a 5.0 before a 2.3t. Dealt with those things far to many times in the past. 

 

What makes you not like the 2.3t's? I just recently also picked up a B2300 and was planning on going the turbo route. interested to get your opinion.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/1/19 2:42 p.m.

+1 man point for no guard on grinder being wielded one-handedly.

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
8/1/19 6:33 p.m.

In reply to edizzle89 :

80s technology will leave you stranded. 

Now if you wanted to ditch the dizzy and crappy wiring they aren't bad. Only way I'd go this route would be using a stinger pimp setup. 

But the cost and weight of a 2.3t really just doesn't make since. They basically weigh the same as a sbf and take almost as much room.  

Stinger and bopart are really the only ones I'm aware of still in the 2.3t game.  

But hot rod garage did a build up of a turbo coupe not that long ago. 

But you can buy a crate SBF for less than you'd have into a 300hp  2.3t. But the engine are pretty tough, if memory serves me right it's not until 400hp+ that you have to start to worry about the bottom end. 

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
8/1/19 6:35 p.m.

In reply to AngryCorvair :

Yeah, the guard was in the way at some point and i didn't put it back on.  I do usually have it on when cutting, since I've had disc blow up. 

Atleast I had my bionic face shield on.  Lol

edizzle89
edizzle89 SuperDork
8/2/19 1:59 p.m.

In reply to bigfranks84 :

good to know, my truck is a 96 so it's OBD2 so i was planning on tuning with SCT through the stock ECM. I figure dropping forged pistons in it then slapping on a turbo and supporting stuff I could hit 300 whp reasonably easy.

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
8/2/19 10:20 p.m.

In reply to edizzle89 :

300whp is going cost some $. The hot rod guys made 278whp with a precision ball bearing turbo , bopart cam, gutted 180 intake, a pimp, edis, etc. 

If you really want to go that route check out Stinger Performance,  Bopart, and turboford.org 

I used to have a buddy obsessed with the 2.3t. He made some good power, then he realized he could throw a turbo on a v8 and make alot more power for the same money. 

If the engine dies in this it get a v8, most likely a 5.3. Hopefully it doesn't die. 

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
2/19/21 10:21 p.m.

So left this parked and untouched. 

 

My brother in law was asking about it for my nephew. 

So I finally started working on it again. 

Not alot has happened I put in a new fuel pump and sending unit and built an exhaust and that's where how I left it a year ago. 

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
2/19/21 10:31 p.m.

Now I sold a banshee to a guy in San Antonio and told him I would deliver. 

While I was there I picked up a stepside bed and wheels with 31s on it. 

Of course I decided to do it on a day that it was 15 and snow ( crazy Texas weather this year)

 

Changed the stance  a bit. 

 

Then I tossed the stepside bed on.  

 

 

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
2/19/21 10:36 p.m.

bigfranks84
bigfranks84 Reader
2/19/21 10:42 p.m.

Since I don't have a stepside bumper decided to  pull the bumper. Then I decided on pulling the fronts too. 

 

Now I got distracted building a front bumper.  

 A leftover piece of 3x3 1/8 wall tubing. 

A few kerf cuts later. 

 

 A little welding and you get a curved piece. 

 

Not finished but as far as I got today. 

russ_mill
russ_mill Reader
2/20/21 8:07 a.m.

This is going to be a badass little beater/off-roader! 

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