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on another note.....my car is undrivable! steve was here with his turbo 2.3 and dougs rail.....scotts old rail with a turbo 2.3. stock 84 to 85 turbo, stock pistons, rods internals basically but mild ported heads and larger valves. one of the cheap easy upgrades is to put the roller cam out of a 94 95 ranger dual spark plug head into the turbo 2.3 to replace the stock slider cam ford used. this wakes up the bottom end off idle. i researched cams as i felt there was room for improvment over that stock rr cam ( ranger roller ). i called engle and talked to them about there hot pinto tubo cam. $425 shipped and a complete failure for a sand rail! it doesn't make power until 2800 rpm then the turbo starts to light vs the stock rr cam which lights the turbo 500 rpm off idle! now i will say for a racing cam say street or strip the hot pinto cam is a very good choice but for bottom end.....flat liner, undrivable, have to slip the clutch to even get it rolling! now i think the new walbro 450 e85 fuel pump is cashing out as i lost 10 psi fuel pressure over night. made to the bigger dunes by the lake but have to keep it above 4k rpm to keep the turbo lit and that's some real ground speed, too fast for me to go over the dunes and cannot slow down to check edges before you transition so no good riding in my rail. luckily scottsmith took me for several rides in his v8 4 seater.......i really like the v8! lol raw tq!
i did get the shocks really close to were i want them while i am here as i have plenty of time lol and power steering is a must imo. the electronic gauge i bought , i really like that from perfect tuning. the rugged car to car and intercom..... worth every penny so far!
i did not degree the cam before i installed the motor. i shouldave but got in a hurry to get engine set. so the way speedway and stinger say to set cam timing wjo degreeing is to 0 the cam out. i did just that after i found true top dead center. i did advance the cam 6* but that was wose so i set back to 0. 1 issue is that i have a 3 speed trans so no 1st. 4.43 r&p 2.30 1 in my case. so i`m starting in 2nd gear compared to a 4 speed but that has no bearing on the fact that i do not get power until 2800 rpm ish which is when the turbo starts to light. was reading up on the after market cams for these motors. pretty much all 3k rpm engagement.......i specifically asked and read many posts on this cam befor selecting it......they are wong or re all racers and hole shot at 3k rpm and above. punkur is the metering block on a carb`d engine?
I know your running injection but yes we had the issue with the carb metering block.
ok so i'm posting this here so i don't lose it again lolmegasand 4 speed stock....4.43 r&p 1st 330 2nd 221 3rd 167 4th 130 my 3 speed they dump 1st and make all the other gears wider so 2nd thru 4th is now my 1st thu 3rd.