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Bad things that you did to your 2.3 T
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I'll start

1) I blew up an Ebay T3T4 turbo and ran the engine out of oil

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2) Shooting for 150 mph and blew a freeze plug and ran the engine out of water

3) Was doing the speed limit and broke a timing belt and bent all the valves

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4) Had a small oil fire on top of the E6 manifold which was a little hard to put out due to the OEM cooler on the side of the road

5) Doing 70mph and lost OEM braking
87 TC 5 speed at 220,000 miles, BoPort Stage 3 Head, 2.1 cam, 50 trim Turbo, Stinger Pimp, 3" exhaust, upper and lower ported manifolds, FMIC, 66lb injectors, 255 pump, 20 psi at 4K, 25 psi at 4.5k. Temp is 200 F and IAT is 122 F in West Texas Summer. Great freeway flyer on pump 93 gas.
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#2

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Dayumm.......when it rains, it pours!!  <eek>
Placerville, California
(former)  '78 2.3T Courier w/blow-thru Autolite 2bbl carb ~ (current)  '87 2.3T Ranger w/PiMP’d EFI
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#3

I bought a used 1.5 cam and installed it in a brand new $2000 Big valve/ported head... Unknown to me, the cam was bent and threw a follower, which cracked the head from the HLA bore to the water-jacket
1986 SVO daily driver. PiMP v1.4/3" Stinger exhaust/FMIC/Schlodes Manifolds/Boport 2.1 and head/GM 3700 stall 200-4R auto trans
1963 2.3T Ranchero Project
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#4

I wish I had pictures of it but I sunk mine up to the water pump sliding into a mud pit.

I had to rinse the starter out on the trail, it also took out the electric fan and serpentine belt.
About 500miles later the slave cylinder & clutch went out, I still need to flush the cooling system out and inspect the timing belt.
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#5

        Crank decided it had enough around 100mph at the track. Only thing holding the front of the crank/main cap/rod was the pan  gasket..
88 TC: 2.9L tall deck, SVO head, boport header, sheet metal intake, BWS369SXE turbo, AWIC. C4 trans. E85
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#6

Just Add Boost - That is carnage, do not even want to ask how much boost/HP you were pushing through that motor.
88XR4TI:T67/T4 Turbo,85lb inj,PIMPV1.3,LS2-Coils,255LPH,3" exh, Stg4 Head, BoPort Header, Bob's Inline, Cus.body kit, 16" Rims, Supra 3.73 LSD, Rasp.PI3 dash
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#7

(01-08-2022, 04:15 PM)jahlive12 Wrote:  Just Add Boost - That is carnage, do not even want to ask how much boost/HP you were pushing through that motor.
I think boost was 33psi. Hp probably in the 650ish range. In all reality the stock 2.5 crank should have been fine at that level.
88 TC: 2.9L tall deck, SVO head, boport header, sheet metal intake, BWS369SXE turbo, AWIC. C4 trans. E85
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