I would guess most people that read here also read turboford, but I'll give a small update anyway. This year, my goal is to run into the 11s.
I'm putting the 2.3 back together, after cracking the block at the track last year. The poor engine ran a strong 12.36 at 111mph and was spitting white smoke out the exhaust after that. I drove her home expecting to change a head gasket, and found the a crack in the cylinder wall.
Not wanting to spend a lot of money, I picked up a used short block to throw in and have some cheap fun with. My previous engine was an E8 block and bored .030 over, which certainly contributed to it's demise.
Right now, I'm pretty much at the limit for my current combination. I saw diminishing returns in increasing the boost past 22psi (still running a T3). Because of that, I decided the cheapest power I could make was by increasing the compression ratio. I had the head milled for 10.1:1 compression. Personally, I think the E85 combo will love the higher compression. hehe
I think the extra compression will give me about an extra 20hp, which should be enough to get an 11 second pass if I can run clean. However, I'm doing a bit of weight loss to insure I get that 11s time slip. The HVAC stuff behind the dash has all been yanked and I have an aluminum drive shaft waiting to go on. I will also be converting to a manual steering rack, which will save about 30lbs and free up the horsepower for turning the P/S pump, which I've heard is pretty substantial on the older P/S systems.
So all in all, I should be making at least 20hp more and I've found nearly 100lbs to yank from the dash forward. If that's not a solid 11 second run, I dunno what to do.
Here is the combustion chamber after having the head milled .115":
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I'm putting the 2.3 back together, after cracking the block at the track last year. The poor engine ran a strong 12.36 at 111mph and was spitting white smoke out the exhaust after that. I drove her home expecting to change a head gasket, and found the a crack in the cylinder wall.
Not wanting to spend a lot of money, I picked up a used short block to throw in and have some cheap fun with. My previous engine was an E8 block and bored .030 over, which certainly contributed to it's demise.
Right now, I'm pretty much at the limit for my current combination. I saw diminishing returns in increasing the boost past 22psi (still running a T3). Because of that, I decided the cheapest power I could make was by increasing the compression ratio. I had the head milled for 10.1:1 compression. Personally, I think the E85 combo will love the higher compression. hehe
I think the extra compression will give me about an extra 20hp, which should be enough to get an 11 second pass if I can run clean. However, I'm doing a bit of weight loss to insure I get that 11s time slip. The HVAC stuff behind the dash has all been yanked and I have an aluminum drive shaft waiting to go on. I will also be converting to a manual steering rack, which will save about 30lbs and free up the horsepower for turning the P/S pump, which I've heard is pretty substantial on the older P/S systems.
So all in all, I should be making at least 20hp more and I've found nearly 100lbs to yank from the dash forward. If that's not a solid 11 second run, I dunno what to do.
Here is the combustion chamber after having the head milled .115":
View attachment 227602
