Actually, it's my girlfriend's car. I noticed on ebay that some guys sell 2.3l turbo kits fairly cheap, just wondering as to the compatability of such a kit to our car. I'm not trying to make a race car, just something that does better than 20 second 1/4's at 70 mph. This sumbitch is so slow it's difficult to merge into traffic.

Car specs:
4cyl
Auto
Red/red
67k miles

Any help is appreciated.

Yes... talk to Alex in Houston... he's done similar.

Will do. Here is one kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T4-FULL-Turbo-Kit-FORD-2-3L-RANGER-Turbo-Coupe_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQitemZ80520 01561QQrdZ1

Thats cheap for a turbo kit

i wonder if its based on the turbo coupe model they had ou tback in the day. i'd say that if ford can boost a 4-cylinder, why not do it yourself? worst comes to worst, you only have to buy 4 forged pistons instead of 8. keep us informed.

The problem is I don't really want to bury myself in supporting mods/bullshit for the car as it is my GF's DD.

? marks:

Fuel system
Can the bottom end handle boost
Computer?

probably not built to handle boost. As with anything it will wear and break over time. Problem is you dont know what time frame that is. It could break in 100 miles or 50,000. You never know.

How many miles are on the car? If its over 100,000 miles I would consider a rebuild.

67k miles.

what years did they make that turbo 4-cylinder? the engineering is allready done on those cars, so adapting it to her's should be fairly easy, i would think.

You should be able to run 10lbs on a stock n/a shortblock.

You will need the fuel system, computer, harness, etc.

If you look around you can find running complete 2.3T cars for $500 or less. Just swap over.

I wouldn't know the first place to look for one of those. :(

Well, I was toying with the idea of doing a 5.0L swap instead of the turbo 2.3, but I have made the decision that I am definetely going with the 2.3L Turbo Coupe motor swap. Here are some great resources that I have found pertaining to the swap and the turbo motors in general.

http://www.flemworld.com/slug/howto/T23Links.html
http://www.turboford.net/faq/mods.shtml
http://www.svoca.com/mainframe.html?http://www.svoca.com/FAQ/
http://forums.stangnet.com/forumdisplay.php?f=137

Here is a picture and info for the motor I found:

I'm selling my 88 Turbo Coupe motor that I bought to swap into my 92notch. Decided to go another so now I need to sell it. I have already collected all the parts so this should be everything needed to swap into a 2.3 fox with the exception of the IC tubing. In addition to the motor is an LA3 computer, big VAM, 36lb injectors, volvo intercooler, ranger radiator, big TB & adaptor (60mm I think), 3" mandrel bent downpipe, extra SVO "turbo" valve cover, TC flywheel and fairly new clutch, plus I have the stock IC, TB, box of brackets etc. Was told that the motor had 80k on it and ran good but it was out of the car when I bought it so I have no way to verify that. Although if I thought there was anything wrong with it, I wouldn't sell it. I havnt had the head off or anything but I did pull everything off to paint the block and installed new exhaust & intake gaskets, plugs etc. PM me if interested.

http://server2.uploadit.org/files/screeminchikin-tcmotor3.JPG

With my big-money plans of an 03/04 Cobra motor in my hatch so far out financially, I'm thinking of a 2.3T project for the time being just to have some fun with. Definitely going to start looking into finding some used parts. I'd love to have a sleeper 2.3T that could trap around 110MPH in the 1/4 mile. Anyone have an idea on what that will take to accomplish?

I can't seem to find it anymore, but I was doing research on this a little while back and you can't, or shouldn't, just add the turbo kit to the existing motor. It is better to swap over the complete motor with turbo, wiring, and several other things. You can get the engines from the SVOs, the Turbo coupes and the merker I think was the other one. I forget what the exact differences were, but it seemed to be enough to change my mind when the time comes.