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you are right i will love the boost on the 2.3, enemy loves it in his ranger lol i have a megasand 3 speed mid engine trans. every trans shop i have talked to ....wright, marks sands trans, rancho and weddle all say 300 ft lbs tq trans. that's the megasand in general not the 3 speed specifically. they all called it a bastard trans so anyway i know the terrain in LS is diff than st a but scottsmith's bud and pretty much whole group he rides with running the turno 2.3 but his bud BO in particualar is i thinnk 365 to 400 hp at wheel running an old megasand with the weakest case they made and has had no issues for years now. so here's the plan as of right now.......... i am going to build the motor safe to 500 hp and have it balanced to 9000 rpm. i am using forged cp flat top pistons to raise comp from stock 8-1 to 9-1 for better turbo response as well as throttle. sportsman forged rod as well. now one of the easiest and fastest power mods on the 88 thunder chicken motor is to install the ranger roller cam along with its roller rockers and followers. this is a huge wake up for the stock engine. stock turbo cam is a slider cam and a slightly higher valve lift but the ranger roller ( RR cam) does a better job. neither cam have near enough. duration on the exh side and enemy brought another cam to my attention i will be purchasing. it is called the hot pinto cam. i was looking at an esslinger cam. the hot pinto cam is rated for 2000 to 6000 rpm and has a 4.20 lift vs the 3.90 RR cam lift but has longer duration on the exh side for a turbo. stock RR cam drops at 5500 rpm but enemy can remark from personal experience on this one lol i have taken the time and did a very very mild port job on the head. just cleaned up all the slag and scale in the runners and comb chamber basically but went to town on the valve bowl area.my point in all this is since i will have to cap the motor at 400 hp i want that power as low in the rpm band as possible so i am selecting the parts for quickest spool. i am looking at the borgwarner efr 6258 turbo for quickest spool up. if i can't build the 500 hp i wanted then i will shoot for 400 as soon as poss now the 3 speed has stronger gears than the 4 speeds do. fast you know what i'm talking about.
for the rear end i will be fabbing an a-arm rear. i plan ( at this time) to lay my shock line up inboard rather than forward. so any pointers on the a-arm rear end fabr?? or any one elsei don't have any pics but i have spent some time constructing a custom upper intake for the engine with the special adaptor doug hiem made for me......damn fine work on that doug! and i will be going e85 as well so starting with 130 lb injs and i have a crank trigger conversion so no stock dist on this motor either all micro squirt pimp system and enemy has the ls1 coil ignition figured out along with flex fuel sensor and custom ccv breather box for higher boost....so will be doing that as well for sequential fire as well as injection. nice work enemy!!!!! pics to come
You do realize that all inline engines cranks are naturally balanced? All that needs to be balanced is total piston weights and rod big/small end.
If I understand your terminology correctly,yes.So far,I'm tickled pink with desert cars setup.Need to get it out where I can open it up.