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Finally my turbo engine is getting putting together


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I BUY THE BLOCK OF THE 2.3T LIKE 3 YEARS AGO LOL,AND WAS IN HOLD THE PROJECT :icon_rofl::icon_rofl::icon_rofl:

THE PART LIST

BLOCK FROM MERKUR 87 I THINK

HEAD FROM 89 THUNDERBIRD TURBO

CAMSHAFT FROM 93 WITH ROLLER ROCKERS :D:D

MANIFOLD FROM THUNDERBIRD 89

BIG VAM ;) FROM BMW ;)

ECM FROM THUNDERBIRD BUT IS AUTO (LB2)

TURBO T3 ,EXHAUST .63

WIRE HARNESS FROM MUSTANG 93 AUTO


ALWAYS I TAKE FOREVER WITH MY PROJECTS :icon_rofl::icon_rofl: ,I START LAST YEAR PUTTING TOGETHER THE ENGINE,AND NOW WITH 2 BABYS IS MORE HARD TO HAVE SPARE TIME I HAVE A NEWBORN OF 5 MONTHS NOW :headbang::headbang:



I SAW THE CAR(MERKUR) IN THE JUNKYARD AND THE ODOMETER SAY 87K,AND I DONT BELIEVE WHEN SOMEBODY TAKE HEAD AND LOOK LIKE THIS





I OPEN THE ENGINE,AND HAVE ALL MEASUREMENT OEM SIZE!! THE MAIN BEARINGS AND ROD BEARINGS WAS STOCK SIZE AND FROM FACTORY HAVE THE FORD STAMPS IN THE BACK,SO I PUT NEW RINGS,NEW MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS!!

AND I AM LITTLE LAZY TO CLEAN REALLY WELL THE TOP PART OF THE PISTONS ;)



I BUY THE HEAD FROM CRAIGLIST AND WAS FROM 96 AND UP THE ONE IS SMALL AND VALVES AND SPRINGS AND THE MANIFOLD INTAKE DIFFERENT PATTERN,AND ROLLER ROCKER SMALLER :(





IN ONE OF MY WEEKLY WALK AROUND AT THE JUNKYARD I FOUND A THUNDERBIRD TURBO ;) ,AND I TAKE ALL THE TOP PART OF THE ENGINE (INTAKE,EXHAUST MANIFOLD,TURBO AND HEAD),FOR MY RUSH AND I DONT CHECK THE CAM AND FOLLOWERS HAVE A LOT OF WEAR :(





I SCORE OTHER CAM IN THE JUNKYARD WITH NO WEAR AND ROLLER ROCKERS FROM A 93 RANGER ;)



LET SWAP THAT CAM ;) (YOU LIKE MY EXPENSIVE BENCH RIGHT ;) )



WITH CAM AND ROLLERS ON IT ;)





I SEND TO THE MACHINE SHOP THE HEAD AND WAS IN GOOD CONDITION THE HEAD AND I REUSE ALL THE VALVES AND GUIDES!! ONLY WAS TWISTED FOR THE OVERHEATING,AND SENDING BACK LOOKING LIKE THIS!!





AND NEXT TO THE OTHER HEAD :( (IS LONG GONE I SOLD ON CRAIGSLIST AGAIN AND GAIN COUPLE BUCKS )



I PUT TOGETHER THE ENGINE AND USE FELPRO GASKETS,AND TORQUE TO THE SPECS !!



NOW IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND I HAVE LIKE 5 MONTHS I DONT TOUCH THE ENGINE :sad: ,ONLY I NEED TO PUT THE RAIL OF INJECTORS AND MODIFY THE WIRE HARNESS BECAUSE IS NOT FROM A TURBO CAR!!







THAT BLOCK WAS V BELT AND MODIFY TO BE SERPENTINE BELT!!
 


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This is going to be good :)

I like your workbench, I have the same one in green :)
 

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IN ONE BEFORE LAST PIC,NEXT TO THE ENGINE IS SOMETHING COVER :yahoo::yahoo: ,AND IS A 2.3 TURBO DIESEL ENGINE OTHER PROJECT :icon_twisted::icon_twisted: AND I READ YOUR POST WITH THE MERCEDES ENGINE,PRETTY GOOD PROJECT TOO
 

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I am too lazy

I AM BEING TO LAZY :icon_rofl::icon_rofl:,AND I DONT DO ANY ADVANCES IN MY ENGINE,HERE IS THE PICS OF MY BROWN TOP INJECTORS,I THINK ALWAYS IS GOOD HAVE A SPARE ONES LOL :yahoo::yahoo:










P.S I NEED TO CLEAN THE INJECTORS AND RAIL TOO
 

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Not being mean, but is English not your first language? Also looks good.

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He's from Mexico, not doing too bad :)

Not a bad start, it's best to do things right the first time, not the second like I did...
 

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He's from Mexico, not doing too bad :)

Not a bad start, it's best to do things right the first time, not the second like I did...
Stupid tapatalk, doesn't let you see the user info.

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I DECIDE TO STOP TO BE A LAZY AND PUT THE TIMING BELT OF MY ENGINE,AND I FOUND A PROBLEM :annoyed::annoyed: ,MY CAM AND GEAR IS FROM A RANGER 93-94 LOL,AND THAT GEAR ARE ROUND TOOTH,AND THE CRANK AND THE OTHER SPROCKET IS SQUARE TOOTH,AND THE BELT I HAVE IS ROUND TOOTH :(



I TRY TO PUT THE BELT AND DONT MATCH WITH THE BELT AND DISCOVERY IN THE HARD WAY THE ROUND TOOTH BELT AND SQUARE TOOTHS GEARS DONT WORK :bawling::bawling:






P.S I CAME FROM THE JUNKYARD AND I DONT SEE ANY 2.3 ENGINE FOR TAKING THE CRANK AND THE OTHER GEAR FOR HAVING ALL ROUND TOOTH GEARS :( ,FOR THE GOOD SIDE I STILL HAVE IT THE OLD CAM WITH GEAR,NOW I NEED TO BUY OTHER BELT BECAUSE I LOST THE TICKET :(
 

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Too bad about the belt.
It takes me a long time to finish projects too.

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If you have another stock cam pulley, put that on the aux shaft as it's the same thing, the square crank pulley should be a little more forgiving. I think I have a spare crank pulley if you REALLY need one, don't know how much shipping would be, and I'm not sure if I know where the pulley is right now :)
 

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YESTERDAY I BUY OTHER BELT THE RIGHT ONE,AND PUT THE OLD CAM GEAR,AND PUT THE TIMING BELT ;) ,.TOMORROW I WANNA CLEAN THE INJECTORS AND THE RAIL,AND AFTER THAT I THINK ONLY I NEED TO START TO WORK IN THE WIRE HARNESS :yahoo::yahoo:




AND alwaysFlOoReD ALWAYS I TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO FINISH MY PROJECTS :icon_confused::icon_confused:

scotts90ranger THANKS FOR THE OFFER,I THINK I GO START TO LOOKING FOR A ROUND TOOTH GEARS HERE,BECAUSE ALREADY HAVE THE BELT AND ONE GEAR :icon_thumby::icon_thumby:
 

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I CHECK ALL MY INJECTORS AND 2 ARE NOT WORKING :icon_confused::icon_confused: ,BUT THANKS I HAVE 10 I DONT NEED TO WORRY,I CLEAN 8 AND I PUT THE 4 IN THE RAIL INJECTOR,I PLAY WITH THE TIP OF THE NEEDLE(I DONT KNOW THE NAME LOL)AND ONE WORK AND THE OTHER IS COMPLETE DEATH :bawling::bawling: ,A FRIEND HAVE A ULTRASONIC CLEANER I GO TO TAKE TO THE SHOP IF THE INJECTOR GET BACK TO THE LIFE :yahoo::yahoo:


AND THE RAIL OF INJECTOR LOOK LIKE THIS,THE INJECTORS ARE CLEAN :( ,BUT I FINISH THE INJECTOR CLEANER FOR CLEAN VERY WELL THE OUTSIDE RAIL OF INJECTORS :sad::sad:




AND I USE THAT SISTEM FOR CLEANING MY INJECTORS IN HOME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aT4S1lIBAY

BUT THE BROWN TOP DONT FIT INSIDE OF THE SYRINGE :( ,BUT I MAKE WORK,NOW I NEED TO READ AGAIN THE POST FROM STINGER AND RE-PIN MY COMPUTER TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THE AUTO WIRE HARNESS FROM MUSTANG,AND I WANT FINISH BEFIRE THIS YEAR TO START THIS ENGINE,BECAUSE I AM TIRED TO TAKE MY DAUGTHER TO THE SCHOOL IN MY MOTORCYCLE IN THE MORNING WHEN IS RAINING OR REALLY COLD :annoyed::annoyed:
 

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I DONT HAVE KIDS TODAY AT HOME,SO I TAKE MY WIRE HARNESS OUT FOR CHECKING SOME PLUGS,AND I FOUND IS NOT FROM A 93 :icon_rofl::icon_rofl: ,I REMOVE THE WIRE HARNESS FROM A MUSTANG AND I THINK MAYBE FROM A 91? :D:D




THE 93 DONT HAVE A DISTRIBUTOR RIGHT? HAVE COIL PACKS?

 

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THE BEGINNING OF THE FUN :icon_rofl::icon_rofl:



MY WIRE HARNESS WAS FROM A MUSTANG LOL,BUT I DONT REMEMBER THE YEAR I THINK FROM 90,BECAUSE HAVE A DISTRIBUTOR,AND I FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM STINGER.PERFORMANCE ;) AND THEY SUGGEST TO USE THE EGR CONECCTIONS TO CONECT THE VAF ;) AND FINALLY FOUND THE PLUG ;)




ORANGE AND WHITE STRIPE IS 5 VOLT REF
BROWN AND LIGHT GREEN STRIP IS VANE AIR FLOW
BLACK AND WHITE STRIPE IS SIGNAL RETURN ;)

THE BROWN AND LIGHT GREEN I CUT IN SOME PART OF THE WIRE HARNESS I CHECK CONTINUITY WITH MY VOLTMETER AND I DONT HAVE CONTINUITY,I NEED TO TRACK THAT


AND HERE IS MY VAF FROM BMW :D:D




I HAVE 14 DAYS LEFT TO START IN A BENCH THAT ENGINE :icon_surprised::icon_surprised:
 

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