Blown 2.3L !!!
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Your wish is my demand.
From inside:
Me and Dad:
Mounts w/o the blower:
We painted almost everything that we had to make Grabber green.
Couple videos. Sorry they suck, I didn't have the resolution set.
The smoke is just from oil on the header.
The intake blew apart, that's why it lost power.
Boost:
Straight up is 15 psi.
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Yeah, I know. Not sure what we are going to do yet. The intercooler will be behind the front bumper, so that's where the have to go with it. we might use aluminum tubing. Our biggest concern is dropping the pressure though, it loses fuel anywhere over 2500 rpm. It breaks up and start pinging. Even if we were to get it richer, 14 psi is just too much for a 200,000 mile motor.
#34
01-11-2009
Yea 14 psi will start melting pistons if its leaning itself out. The fuel problem will be tough to figure out on yours since its still obo-1. I dont know of any one that can reflash your computer for it to see the boost. You can always just add a larger fuel pump and a pressure regulator and just play with it til you learn what it likes.
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cant you get a larger crank pulley from an underdrive set to slow down the blower? Keep in mind that even though it probably made 8psi on the T-Bird its 1.5 Litres larger than the 4 banger. Thats why ya got the pressure way up there. Id try a larger crank pulley first, then play with the fuel pressure too. Short of a chip its not gonna be easy to deal with the computer.
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Update:
Today we finished mounting and rough plumbed the SC. We just went direct to the plenum without an intercooler. It runs! But, we have wayyyyyyyyyy to much boost. It breaks up at high RPMs and blows oil everywhere. It is a torquey little bastard though. We put a pressure gauge in and it is at about 14 psi. oops. We need to figure out how big of a pulley we will need to get this thing down to around 5 psi. Right now it is running at a 2:1 ratio off the crank. I'll have pics and a couple vids in a little while.
Today we finished mounting and rough plumbed the SC. We just went direct to the plenum without an intercooler. It runs! But, we have wayyyyyyyyyy to much boost. It breaks up at high RPMs and blows oil everywhere. It is a torquey little bastard though. We put a pressure gauge in and it is at about 14 psi. oops. We need to figure out how big of a pulley we will need to get this thing down to around 5 psi. Right now it is running at a 2:1 ratio off the crank. I'll have pics and a couple vids in a little while.
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01-13-2009
I have the MAF and Throttle body from the SuperCoupe, but I am only using the TB right now. I have the stock 2.3 MAF on it now.
What about the 2.3T Mustang?
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cant you get a larger crank pulley from an underdrive set to slow down the blower? Keep in mind that even though it probably made 8psi on the T-Bird its 1.5 Litres larger than the 4 banger. Thats why ya got the pressure way up there. Id try a larger crank pulley first, then play with the fuel pressure too. Short of a chip its not gonna be easy to deal with the computer.
larger drive pulley(sc)= less boost
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01-13-2009
Yeah, I understand that. I will be putting a smaller crank pulley, the SC pulley is already pretty big. I don't know where to start though, as far as what size pulley it would need. Right now the SC spins twice per one rotation of the crank. Do you think a 1:1 ratio would get me close to 8 psi? Before I mess with the ratios at all I want to build in a gate/bypass though.
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