They have a Esslinger 2.3l probably capable of running in the 6's with the right trans and gear ratio

My dad had an XR4TI also. Fun little car. I just remember hearing the turbo and barely seeing over the dash.

@@nickboucher7339 same here, grew up with with an XR4TI

It’s a clutchless transmission same style as the pro stock cars . All of the import cars run it but they not getting the praise for it .

people forget this 2.3l won so many autocrosses in europe as well. Badass pinto engine

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Who can I talk to about working on my transit connect motor 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏾 I want to get more power out of it

@@chrisacrylics_ Your banker!!

As a Merkur driver, I love seeing this thing rip! As a rotard though, that blue Mazda sounded so good.

Hondas are coming close. If this car has a power glide that would be cool.

Yeah that is why with the combination of the mechanical components and that design it is very efficient for what it is. Cuts through the wind like hot knife through butter.

i had an 88 XR4Ti, miss that car..

This car probably weighs 1800lbs so it's probably at about 900-1000hp. That 5 speed makes a big difference as well.

Thundercats HOOOO

@@xmo552 ayyyy! my guy

I wonder what it picked up with those mods

Aweome. Oh yes it's time to dial these in and the tinkering with timing and boost and get all kinks out. My 2.3 did low 10s all day with no head work so once we rebuild it we will be in the low 9 it takes fine tuning and.lot of time really

@@eddiespagetti8395 that's awesome, I'd like to see a t coupe in the 9's! That'd make an awesome KZfaq video for sure...

@@Sneakdisscommentbelow oh it isn't tbird it's Fairmont yes once it's stared I g Want vids of this. It's my semi retirement hobby so I will have plenty time to play around . These 2.3 are amazing really

@@eddiespagetti8395 yes for sure. I had mine for about 6 months and went threw 3 turbos running them wastegate to direct vacuum also. If felt like every rod was about to leave thee block 😂. I also had a built 5.0 a 98 sho, and a Tahoe with lambo doors and 26's. I had to many toys to maintain and was building a car for my brother and had to make a hard decision on which one to cut loose, Can't have it all no matter hour many hours a day you put in sometimes...

How bad do you want it back?

Yeah definitely can't do that with a stock cast iron block

I'm sure you're right, but still lol.

2.3 l stock block

tall deck

Better 60Ft, dialing in the tune, etc.

@@talontsi97videos I'm just trying my 86 SVO up and running again 😔

haha yeah. nothing on that engine is stock. not even the block.

@@cyclone4311 but the stock block is good to run low 8s. Seen it in a full weight street mustang

I think its a 179 ci

Whom?

@@expels Race Engineering is one, but there are others.

Fantastic to see a sohc 4 FORD running those unreal numbers !!

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Cheel | Kurt is the song.

Racer Walsh had a car that gave the big boys a run for their money all day long in the 90's I've seen them put down 525hp to the rear wheels naturally aspirated in circle track cars and turn 10,000 rpm all night long with quad valve Volvo heads on them

Oh yes. There are always stories around when people start the "those things are junk" rhetoric and people fall into it while knowing nothing about them. They are a damn good motor and design. My bro had the SS/ES record for years with his pinto and later escort with a 2.3L and nhra kept running the minimum down with his and others success in that class.

Ford Thunderbird

Huh?

I got a stock 88 when i was 17 (97), and of course did basic mods (stock 190 hp + a few more pounds of boost, airflow + exhaust mods). While i couldn't beat the fast V8 cars of THAT era (LS1, LT1), it could hang with similar period V8s with a 'normal' power/weight ratio. Stock times for the 3600lb four cylinder went from 16's into the14's. I got to revel in the "BS that's a 2.3, show me the motor" and similar disbelief. It was delicious. I was accepted in the ricer crowd for it being a 'quick' 4cyl (and their boost question guru) and the other crowds since it was domestic. This bird would make my 2004 CBR1000RR look slow!!!

My 2.3 lima na ranger gets up decently for 112 horsepower.

Probably the turbo 2.3 that originally came in it reconfigured.

Nope old school LIMA engine

EcoBoost are a relatively "modern" series of engines, SOHC is old school tech...

That's the stock 2.3 or something thunderbird engine i had a 3/4 chassis Toyota starlet with a stock 2.3 engine ran 9.0 all day they just hard to find parts back in the day

@@talontsi97videos what's the lima engine?

stock block 2.3 sohc turbo is good to 800...crankshaft about 700hp if I remember correctly,, rods and pistons 420-450 depending on how good your tuner is, anything above 450 really on stock pistons and rods assuming this is the turbo engine we are talking about is on borrowed time...also doesnt help that the head even when fully ported flow like 235 cfm...still a big bottleneck and a recipe for headgasket issues without head studs and even then it still needs 20+psi to make good numbers plus race gas or watermeth injection. duratec engine is a much better option with upgraded internals because of the flow capability of the head when ported is like 280-320ish cfm, requires less boost to make power because of the superior head on the duratec...add in race gas or watermeth with 91 or 93 octane and you`ll make power on less boost with the duratec.....with all that being said my 88 turbocoupe is a beast...stock turbo turned up to 18 psi with advanced timing...i rip this thing every day to redline and it never misses a beat and still gives me 27 mpg combined driving mostly highway..plus it handles like a 1994 mustang gt which is basically a go cart which is pretty damn good once you get atleast 235 wide tires all around to kill the understeer

The Esslinger stuff is for roundy-round cars. They've stopped making parts for LIMA turbo engines and no longer even produce the D-port cylinder head.

Of course he built it - there's no market for those motors.

@@TS34675 you may wanna research that.

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Guess what? Volvo 2.3L is made by Ford! So what are you comparing it to?

@@fastford727 the 2.3 liter b230f is not made by Ford I don't know where you get this info from😂😂😂😂😂 The b230 it is a continuation of Volvo's B series that they have been producing since the 1950s

@@CirocObama.94 which the Lima is loosely cloned from that's why guys run Volvo 2.3l heads on Ford Lima blocks with a little modification 😁

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