alright, i believe i have asked this here before, but im not sure, so i'll ask again.
friend of mine at work has an 86 svo block, with the forged internals from a TC motor, otherwise has everything else from a 93 2.3 n/a. its a 5speed with regular 3.73's and has his exhaust as a 2.25'' that dumps out the muffler under the body of the car, no cats or any of that stuff. he said he used to have it turbo'ed but the bearing went out in the turbo so he just made it n/a, so i assume it has a tc ecu? or can he even run one of those without boost?
basically, he's a cool guy, but i dont think he's saying true things, so im checking with you guys for credibility of his 2.3 knowledge. he said his track times W/O turbo were mid 15's. does that sound right??? i know the only diff between the tc and the n/a are the pistons i believe as well as a certain type of valves and thats it. so i just dont see how him having forged pistons can make his 2.3 that much faster than mine, but i've also yet to race him so i cant really use my car as a gauge...
friend of mine at work has an 86 svo block, with the forged internals from a TC motor, otherwise has everything else from a 93 2.3 n/a. its a 5speed with regular 3.73's and has his exhaust as a 2.25'' that dumps out the muffler under the body of the car, no cats or any of that stuff. he said he used to have it turbo'ed but the bearing went out in the turbo so he just made it n/a, so i assume it has a tc ecu? or can he even run one of those without boost?
basically, he's a cool guy, but i dont think he's saying true things, so im checking with you guys for credibility of his 2.3 knowledge. he said his track times W/O turbo were mid 15's. does that sound right??? i know the only diff between the tc and the n/a are the pistons i believe as well as a certain type of valves and thats it. so i just dont see how him having forged pistons can make his 2.3 that much faster than mine, but i've also yet to race him so i cant really use my car as a gauge...
