86 coupe 2.3t

[zlou363lx]

my dad bought an 86 coupe mustang with the idea of putting a stroked 351W in it, but has since been talked into keeping it a 4 cylinder by my mother lol. however, he found a wrecked 88 t-bird turbo coupe and bought it. it's at least going to be a 4 cylinder still...she doesn't need to get the turbo spooled all the way

i bougth a few things for it so far...
stinger turbo header

stinger 3" downpipe


and a little holset hx35 turbo


right now the turbo on the engine will stay on it. it's a turbonetics turbo that replaced the stock turbo. once we get the engine in the car(not sure when that happens yet lol) and i get a new 3" downpipe made(any ideas as to where i could have it done?) for the holset i'm going to swap it on

[DeckerEnt]

Sounds like a cool project. Keep us posted!! Carl, usafstang, and Kevin, Dedpedal both built a turbo 4 stang. Well Kevin built it and sold it to Carl. Then Carl went from there. PM both if you run into any problems.
Keith

[Stangman]

Awesome man! Wheres the pics?!?

[zlou363lx]

umm i've given you some pics of the new stuff for it lol.

here is the car...it looks terrible haha



by the way, jesse, do you have a t-5 bellhousing for a 4cylinder by chance?

[graysonracin]

Looks pretty straight just needs some paint. That will be a fun car to drive, good luck with it.

[Stangman]

by the way, jesse, do you have a t-5 bellhousing for a 4cylinder by chance?

Actually, I HAD one. But I can get it back If you need it. Gimme a couple days and I will see what I can do.

I'll trade you for your drivers door!

[Maximus]

Looks pretty straight just needs some paint. That will be a fun car to drive, good luck with it.

Heck no! Leave it alone and put some good tires on those rims.....SLEEPER.

[Stangman]

Heck no! Leave it alone and put some good tires on those rims.....SLEEPER.

YES! Just throw some 10-holes on it with some good rubber!

[zlou363lx]

Heck no! Leave it alone and put some good tires on those rims.....SLEEPER.

lol i want to leave it looking like this. my dad wants to paint it. i think that he is going to put a sealing primer on it next spring. i think he is going to run my cobra wheels on it. other than that i would like to leave it how it is on the outside.

i need a wastegate for it. any idea as to what size i should get for running 18psi daily and pushing it up to around 25 for fun?

[mustangboy]

I may have a bellhousing for it. I have one but not sure what it is off of, what should I look for to find out for sure?

[Carl]

I may have a bellhousing as well. Although the more I think about it...it's a mechanical clutch b-housing. Lemme look...

[zlou363lx]

for anyone looking for a bell-housing for me: we are going to use the hydraulic one as of now. if we change our minds we will let you know lol. thanks for looking though

[Carl]

Mine is mechanical...sorry.

[zlou363lx]

that's what i wanted, but my dad wants to use the hydraulic clutch set-up. so we're just going to use the one we have. thanks though

[zlou363lx]

finally my dad and i have gotten moving on this thing again

we are taking an autobody class at Live Oaks, and our project is this good ole 86 coupe that we have. so we are learning to paint, and getting this knocked out all at once. today i used a DA sander so much that my hands felt like i was still doing it about an hour after. lol oh well. small price to pay. since the car is out of my way tonight i went out back to finally get the 2.3t onto a stand and start cleaning it up, and just for kicks i mocked the stinger header and holset hx35 turbo up. i can't wait to get this done now! here are a few pics of the engine. i need to clean it up, but i was getting too tired to be out there.



also i'm picking up an intercooler tomorrow from blake. so i'm happy about that. i still need a lot of stuff though lol

that's all for now

[mustangboy]

Glad to see you guys did not give up on it and even better did a father son project, that is cool. If you guys still need any coating done you know where to find me.

[zlou363lx]

Glad to see you guys did not give up on it and even better did a father son project, that is cool. If you guys still need any coating done you know where to find me.

i'll still be bringing you some of the stuff to coat. just need to find the time, and get the money from him lol

[Carl]

What are you going to use for engine management?

[93hulk]

cool project.

[zlou363lx]

What are you going to use for engine management?

at the moment we have the stock ecm, an LA3 and harness, from the TC that the motor came from. what would you recommend for a piggyback or standalone?