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  1. realtripp

    Boost Fluctuations

    I have the boostvalve in my car and now I can see 15psi, but not a steady 15. The boost usually fluctuates between 13-15psi (fuel pressure goes between 53-55psi at this point). The instructions said to hook up the valve between the WGA and the vacuum tree. Is this the right way to do it...
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    Its ALIVE!!! sorta....

    But yes, this is the "happy time" for you when you find out that the stuff works. I felt like Dr. Frankenstein when mine started up the first time.
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    Its ALIVE!!! sorta....

    If you set timing and idle it might be easier to check some things. As far as smoking, is it coming just out of the exhaust? Is this a rebuilt engine or straight out of the JY? But setting that timing and idle would probably help the no idle situation. My oil pressure read really low...
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    Learn me about the 2.3 Turbo engines :)

    I use my 2.3 Turbo as a daily driver. It always starts and runs nicely. I have had the TFI go out once. That was the original 20-year old part. I just turned my boost up to 15psi and it feels like a whole new car. I run unintercooled for now. The fun factor on these cars is...
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    What effect does tire size have?

    Ten holes are also commonly called "phone dialers"
  6. realtripp

    Turbo Hose Hell

    I have an extra hose, from a Merkur. PM me.
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    HOw many MPG do you get on your 2.3?

    The bes I have eked out is 26.6mpg. Even when I say I will try to be nice and accellerate slowly and smoothly I still end up dropping the hammer pretty often. Call it a lack of self-control if you want, I call it "why the hell did I turbocharge this car if I wasn't going to use it?" I...
  8. realtripp

    turbo?

    No problems here man, sarcasm is not always easily transmitted through the internet. Smileys do help a bit though, even if I hardly use them.
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    Motor Mounts????

    You can probably find ones that are not worn out completely in the JY and pay a pittace for them. They are fairly easy to get to on these engines.
  10. realtripp

    turbo?

    I think $100K is a bit much for a 2.3 turbo into even the 13's. There are quite a few people around these sites that have done that much cheaper. I will bet that you can hit 14's for less than $3000. It depends a lot on your ability to find stuff and good deals. Many people that have done...
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    Triing to figure out a motor for my future hotrod....

    You can find 2-barrel carburetor intakes on some early 80's 2.3 engines. I have seen a few of them from time-to-time but never thought to pick one up. I have thought it would be cool someday to do a 2.3 turbo version of what you are talking about. I think it would be cool to have that turbo...
  12. realtripp

    Fuel Pressure woes

    Thanks Eric. I kind of freaked out there, thought something was wrong. I read sometime back on one of these forums, can't remember which or what site, that it should be 40 psi at idle. I took my hood off wired the guage where the passenger could read it and went for a cruise. At 0psi...
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    Fuel Pressure woes

    Replaced my stock fuel pump with a 255lph (high pressure) Walbro a couple weekends back and bought a fuel pressure guage (not the in dash type). I measured my fuel pressure after the swap and it was rocking at 32psi at idle (18 hg vacuum). I thought it might be the fuel pressure regulator...
  14. realtripp

    So, Whats in your backseat....

    Mine does not burn it, but it does leak a little because of "issues"
  15. realtripp

    2.3 turbo torture test :D

    Never measured it but your superiority with this thing they call "mathematics" entertains me and provides a better answer than I am able to do.
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    what could go wrong with a 2.3 to 2.3T swap???

    Make sure you download the instructions and wiring diagrams and study them for quite a while. I am sure Stinger will be on here at some point with some comment to the effect of "see my signature" and give you an easy way to find info on these swaps. He has good writeups on his site...
  17. realtripp

    2.3 turbo torture test :D

    Maybe the math is off a bit, if I had not lost all the info on my computer I would gladly find it for you.
  18. realtripp

    2.3 turbo torture test :D

    Only it is pretty permanent. I figure if you use the measurement of 1/16"=-14*BTDC you could probably, if you could be very precise, get different degrees of retardation and have several crank triggers around and swap those. You could probably even advance them if you had the means...
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    WOOT, big find in the J-yard today

    I just saw this post and think that I ought to tell you that I happen to have one in my garage that I was going to throw away. It is from a 91 with the red interior. Casting or part # is as follows: VFOZB-6113208-ABW XD It is a little scuffed up and I don't remember if it was driver's...
  20. realtripp

    2.3 turbo torture test :D

    I read in an old yahoogroups Turbo2.3dp (I can't remember the exact name) that if you take the crank trigger and file off about 1/16 inch from the leading edge it is supposed to retard the timing by 14*.
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