This is the way. I thought I was ambitious tossing an b230 into a 144 and here you are humbly raising the bars (figuratively and literally) by fording an Amazon and adding snails. Amazing.
This gives me a bit of hope. I'm almost done putting a 2.3T from a Merkur in a 61 Falcon. I have a Racer Walsh cam with 480 lift and was hoping for a little chop. No muffler for me either... It'll get a downpipe through the fender, and that's about it.
I believe they used the same engine in the Ford Ranger mini truck for several years, and a few other cars. They were really tough little engines from what I remember !
My late dual plug head with the 1035 felpro and arp studs held great at around 20 psi from an hx35 but it did throw a rod a month after finally running right
Sounds awesome man…. I had 3” system no muff on a mk2 escort boosted to 14 psi, nowhere near as raspy as that. That cam is perfect. Tho you totally lose the “sleeper spec. 🤣🤣👍👌❤️. Keep up the great work 👍
This is the way. I thought I was ambitious tossing an b230 into a 144 and here you are humbly raising the bars (figuratively and literally) by fording an Amazon and adding snails. Amazing.
This gives me a bit of hope. I'm almost done putting a 2.3T from a Merkur in a 61 Falcon. I have a Racer Walsh cam with 480 lift and was hoping for a little chop. No muffler for me either... It'll get a downpipe through the fender, and that's about it.
Skip to 22 minutes for cam noises.
Them 2.3 where bad ass for their time Jack roush had one 650 horsepower
I believe they used the same engine in the Ford Ranger mini truck for several years, and a few other cars. They were really tough little engines from what I remember !
Yes they did, I believe there was even a racing series with the trucks too!
Pretty cool.
My late dual plug head with the 1035 felpro and arp studs held great at around 20 psi from an hx35 but it did throw a rod a month after finally running right
@@Mikeyupp That’s pretty good, sounds like you were making some power!!! Was that a stock bottom end?
@customizer4life turbo pistons with stock rods with arp bolts (all used) from a merkur I think
@@Mikeyupp Well that sounds like a familiar combo 😐
@@customizer4life 🤣🤣
Sounds good for a little banger !
Sounds awesome man…. I had 3” system no muff on a mk2 escort boosted to 14 psi, nowhere near as raspy as that. That cam is perfect. Tho you totally lose the “sleeper spec. 🤣🤣👍👌❤️. Keep up the great work 👍
Sounds epic! How does it run under WOT Boost? Any Missfire?
So far we’ve only had it running at idle, going to get the car back together hopefully this weekend and start tuning on the road, but no misfire yet!!
Awesome 😊💯💥👍🏿
NICE
I put this engine in a Miata.
@@nathenperri2826 Very Cool!!! I’m sure that’s an excellent combo!!!
Ooooh lumpy tractor noises ...
i want to do a similar build for my ranger, you know the whp for this build?
I don’t know the whp yet, aiming for 350-400 with the stock rods…..for now
where did you find the cam for it?
The cam is from Esslinger I happen to find this one locally in Manitoba
@@customizer4life alrighty I'll start looking around lol