turbo

[sportstudley]

I am thinking about a 2.3t swap and was just wondering
how much power a 2.3t has, because NA 2.3 are just dogs
thanks for the help

 

[Shawneebear93]

Depends on what you want to do with it ... after dropping it in, they have in the area of 180-200 HP. With all of the mods you can do, there's a number of 300 and I think even a 400 HP 2.3T running around Stangnet.

 

[mr_woodster]

Enough to get you in trouble

 

[Red_LX]

Well actually, to clarify....early non-intercooled models were usually around 160 stock, later intercooled engines were rated at 190. Course, with a boost controller, cold air intake, and 3" exhaust, you can easily bring those numbers up to 220-230 hp, possibly even more.

 

[sportstudley]

how much would the turbo engine, intercooler, cai, and exhaust run
thanks again for the help

 

[T3AL]

Cold air? where can I buy one of them cause i havent been abel to find a place that sells cold air intakes for 2.3's

 

[mr_woodster]

you cant buy a "direct" CAI , you just hafta fab one up, very simple..believe there may be a "how to" floating around here if you cant figure it out.

 

[Red_LX]

Yeah you can't buy one. You can make your own, or modify a cold air kit from another car. I kinda made mine, put two intake tubes together end to end and made a bracket to hold the VAM. Works pretty good.