Murgatroy said:With a 2.3? Lots and lots of work. Swap in a 5.0. Save the headache. If you just have to have the 2.3 turbo it. Really really big. Then replace all the broken bits with a 5.0. I know this sounds biased towards the 5.0 but hey... I run imports. Specifically Toyotas. With a 2jztte you can hit the 300 whp mark with ease, that is a straight six. With the 3sgte (Celica Alltrac) you can get to 300whp+ with bigger turbo, forged internals and a stand alone fmu. However these engines were designed to handle this amount of power. The Ford 2.3 never was. Even if you go with all forged internals, massive cam and massive turbo you can hit the 300whp mark, but not before you have sank $$$ of the thousands into many different blown engines. Get the 5.0. Other opinions?
fox18 said:Well I personally am asking this becuz I am looking into the possibility of swapping a 2.3T into a focus. I could do the V8 for about the same price but its gonna be my daily driver so I need to keep my fuel economy half decent but I still want a potent rear drive set-up.
tjm73 said:Be it from a turbo 4 or V8 fuel economy will not be much different. X+Y=Z Air + Fuel = hp. Doesn't matter if it's a 4 or an 8 it's going to take approximately the same ammount of fuel and air to make that power level. The 4 will work harder to do it.
Stinger said:I would convert the focus to rear drive and use the stock engine before I'd swap in a lima 2.3...there are adapters available to bolt the focus engine to a T5 trans from a mustang.
fox18 said:How would one go about finding one of these adapters? And would you have to rotate the engine to make it work or will it just bolt up with the engine as is?