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Dream Turbo coupe build
Superman1307 Offline
Junior Member
#1
Hello all i am a new owner of an 88 Turbo coupe i have wanted one ever since my granpa had one he purchased new in 88 and had through his passing in 95. Any way i have been looking at info for a while my dream build would be an autox/street with about 350-400 rwhp and was wandering what your oppinions were? and what areas i can cut weight and still maintain moderate street comfort. Budget isn't an issue qaulity and reliability are.... any help is appreciated...
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Pete D Offline
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#2
Welcome to the board
Here is one past post; http://natomessageboard.com/ubbthreads.p...e#Post8788

Search on the word "weight", put it display turbo d and search "the General, Technical and Performance.... forums and you should find lots of discussion on your issue.

Pete Dunham
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Superman1307 Offline
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#3
Thanks i had skimmed over that i am leaning toward doing a turbo coyote with a 6 speed... what are your guys thoughts on griggs suspension i know it is a heavy car to start with, i just want a fun unsuspecting car that can catch the above average euro tuner/ricer by surprise.... and still be perfectly street able... does anyone know how much work it would take to adapt an 03-04 cobra clutch assembly over to this chassis or will a fox mustang assembly drop right in?
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Not B Anymore Offline
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#4
Welcome to the board

There are many who use V8 'stang clutches. What needs to be done to accomplish is I don't know, but I don't think it's a difficult swap. :dunno:

Once you get going on this, you should start a build thread like Nate did to keep everyone up to date on progress.

Also - post some pics!
Brian Leavitt
'86 TC 5-Speed -- MS2x w/COP | 83 lb. injectors | T3/T4 50 Trim Stage 3 .63AR | Full 3" Exhaust - No Cat | Motorsport FMIC | Ranger Roller | Ported E6 | Walbro 255HP | Kirban | 20psi | 120-amp 3G | 8.8" 3.55 rear | '03 Cobra Wheels
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Sean Offline
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#5
Unless you're looking for 600+ horsepower, the Coyote swap is a loooot more work than building up the 2.3, and not much is gained.

Near as I can tell the stock internals on a true Turbo 2.3 are bulletproof for quite a lot of horsepower, bolt on horsepower.
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
160 amp 3G and upgraded charge/power supply cables.
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TurboCoupe50 Offline
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#6
Sean Wrote:Unless you're looking for 600+ horsepower, the Coyote swap is a loooot more work than building up the 2.3, and not much is gained.

Near as I can tell the stock internals on a true Turbo 2.3 are bulletproof for quite a lot of horsepower, bolt on horsepower.

There are 600Hp 2.3T lurking about???
1988 Turbo Coupe331 AOD

1972 Comet GT

1969 Fairlane Cobra 428CJ 4-Speed
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Tbird73 Offline
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#7
Welcome to the forum Superman! !!! Let's see some pics of the new bird!!!!
Greg Corriveau
1987 Black TC stock
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Sean Offline
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#8
TurboCoupe50 Wrote:
Sean Wrote:Unless you're looking for 600+ horsepower, the Coyote swap is a loooot more work than building up the 2.3, and not much is gained.

Near as I can tell the stock internals on a true Turbo 2.3 are bulletproof for quite a lot of horsepower, bolt on horsepower.

There are 600Hp 2.3T lurking about???
Probably. You get what you pay for, so they're racing motors with everything upgraded, but they're a lot cheaper and easier than a 600HP Coyote....
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
160 amp 3G and upgraded charge/power supply cables.
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TurboE Offline
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#9
Sounds cool, if I could say "Budget isn't an issue" then I would look into the Folvo swap (volvo DOHC head). Do a search on it. I can't say first hand but after looking at the flow numbers I would imagine this would be really good for autox. Not saying it's needed just wanted to mention before swaping to a coyote.

Since it was sorta brought up, does anyone know the max RWHP that was made on a stock shortblock with stock rods and for prolonged use?
-88 TC Black
5spd, Precision SC50 T3/T4, QH/SD Tune, Gillis, AFPR, 255FP, WB O2, K&N, Ported E6, 3" DP, ATR 2.5" Duals, 3:73 Rear, Konis, Eibachs, 18" Voxx Wheels, X Drilled Rotors.
-06 G35 Coupe Diamond Graphite
-97 Pathfinder
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Sean Offline
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#10
Build it right and don't let it spin too fast or detonate and it'll do amazing things. Boost doesn't kill these motors, detonation does. IIRC a lot of the internals are forged from the factory, aren't they?
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
160 amp 3G and upgraded charge/power supply cables.
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