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sportstudley

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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

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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.
 

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Enough to get you in trouble
 

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

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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
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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