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Post by datsapinto on Dec 3, 2017 19:54:31 GMT -5
Well to start I own a 1973 Ford pinto with a turbo turd 2.3 from an 88 t bird with brown top 35lbers running 18 psi stock ihi,front mount intercooler,custom upper/stock lower all mated to a c4..........that was until it blew and left !e stranded, now she's in pieces for a rebuild and freshening up the motor while Im at it, I'm going to help this poor car out and give her some more get up and go.Now I will admit I am fairly inexperienced with turbo cars and mega squirt systems as well as the pimp but have posted here to help on my install,start,tune and drive. Please excuse my dumb questions
Parts I have in a box I have yet to install:
80lb injectors
Caltec traction bars
Wideband
Fuel pressure gauge
PIMPxs ecu
Expansion connector
Zex nitrous kit
Cam sensor
Krban regulator
340 fuel pump
Holset hx35
Tial 44mm wastegate
Tial 50 mm bov
Custom header (not ebay)
T5 5 speed
Stage 2 clutch and throwout
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Post by Stinger on Dec 4, 2017 22:29:04 GMT -5
Looks like a good collection of parts. Should push the stock head/cam/intake quite hard! Be sure to ask ECU questions in the PiMPx/PiMPxs section of the forum so the ECU support staff will see them.
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Post by datsapinto on Dec 5, 2017 2:56:34 GMT -5
I am having a custom intake being made with nitrous ports that will be port matched to head that's getting a work over too as well as a new cam, as the mild cam in it now will not suffice.
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Post by Stinger on Dec 5, 2017 14:32:46 GMT -5
That should do the trick!
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Post by datsapinto on Dec 8, 2017 19:27:34 GMT -5
What I truly am worried about and do not quite get is the Bob and wastegate springs and the outcome and affect they have on the motor and more importantly clueless on which ones to start with and how to diagnose if a spring swap out is due
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Post by Stinger on Dec 9, 2017 12:48:12 GMT -5
They are entirely independent of each other.
Wastegate spring dictates the minimum amount of boost it will run at wide open throttle. You can raise it above spring pressure with a boost controller but you can't go below spring pressure. Most 2.3T's run a 10 to 15psi spring unless it's a race car and it's running crazy high boost, or they are using the spring as their "max" pressure (30psi spring to run 30psi max for instance).
BOV spring rarely needs to be changed. In general you don't want the BOV to be "open" at idle as this allows unfiltered air into the engine. So the minimum amount of spring that will hold it closed at idle is fine. Spring pressure also dictates how "easy" it is to get it to blow off when you close the throttle but this is typically more of a byproduct than a "goal" when selecting a spring to use.
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