found this guy on youtube idk if anyone has seen it. idk if he is a member either.
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackjac.../3/r_PpmdHfEuA

 

YES PLEASE!!!

dont think he is on here....i don't think anybody with a 2.3t is on here....well, i've got one on an engine stand i'm buliding though...lul.

 

i love that little ranger thing looks and sounds great

 

Yeah. i'd love to know the specs of it. It definitely has work done to it more than the basic turbo swap...

 

Actually I have 2, yes thats right 2, 2.3 turbo Rangers. One is an '85 4x4 and one is a '99 2wd.

The '85 is about to be my daily driver as soon as i fix the body mounts and get a timing cover for it so it can pass inspection. It's basicly a straight swap from an SVO with a front mount intercooler.

The '99 is torn apart again so I can do some more upgrades. Currently it has a 2.5 block, 2.3 rods and pistons from a turbocoupe, crank from a '92 Mustang 2.3, a T3/T4 hybrid turbo, a Zoom Kevlar clutch, 60 pound injectors, 255 Walbro pump, adjustable cam gear, center mount header, cxracing bar and plate intercooler, James Duff traction bars, and an 8.8 3.73 l/s from a '97 B4000. After I get it running again the next mods will be a cam, and most likely either my old H1C or a HY35. And then probably bigger injectors.

 

i saw a vid of a 98-00 2.5L that looked like mine but all stock flareside with a wayyy too big turbo on a dyno. it blew engine at like 2??hp.

 

One day I hope ):

 

I'm assuming it would have been Jess Warren.

Race truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okd2R...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXuK...layer_embedded

Daily Driver

http://www.youtube.com/user/jesshwar...23/CAL9CCsg69g

And a few pics of my 2.

'85







'99

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM3yXYxa-OY

I found it ^^^^

I guess now it's running a 97 2.3L built with 400 RWHP!!!

In the vid he had the stock 98 block running 270 RWHP.

 

A stock block running 270 hp sounds a little extreme I thought the you had to have built internals to stand up to a turbo?

 

Jess does have a built engine. Around 5-7 psi will crack the stock 2.5 pistons. His old engines are destroked 2.5's. He took the rods and pistons from a turbocoupe/svo and a crankshaft from a small journal 2.3 and put it into the 2.5 block. This is also how my current build is.

You can check out the trf forums at turborangerforums.com. Thats his website.