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You know, I was looking around on ebay the other day and noticed a few of the volvo heads for sale, and thats what got me thinking. Has anyone tried a swap with one of the new ford 2.3 heads that currently has a DOHC? I saw several of those on ebay, and it seems like it should be easier, seeing how its made on the same engine. But has anyone tried this, or are the blocks too different these days to make that swap work?
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1993 Ford Mustang LX
2.3NA Auto Tranny
Cold Air Intake
Pacesetter Exhaust
Convertible
Currently collecting parts for 2.3T and 5 Speed swap.
1979 Ford Mustang LX Ghia
Currently in the works...
351 Windsor
D&D Motorsports Tubular K-Member, A-Arms, Upper and Lower Controll Arms
8.8 Rear End
ok here is your problem since your going turbo this swap isnt going to give you much hp for the price online a fully built one is around $500 and then you need intake $200 and all this other small stuff and you will only get about 50hp if your lucky if you get one of these http://bo-port.com/headpkg.html you will get at least 100hp with the cheap one.
alright, i just know that people have had success with the volvo head swap, i was just wonding if you could get the same results with a ford dohc head. Thanks for the help!
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1993 Ford Mustang LX
2.3NA Auto Tranny
Cold Air Intake
Pacesetter Exhaust
Convertible
Currently collecting parts for 2.3T and 5 Speed swap.
1979 Ford Mustang LX Ghia
Currently in the works...
351 Windsor
D&D Motorsports Tubular K-Member, A-Arms, Upper and Lower Controll Arms
8.8 Rear End
The new DOHC 2.3 is a DURATECH, the 2.3 we know and love is the LIMA SOHC engine. The only thing thats the same between the two is the liters. Thats it
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1988 Mustang LX
Ex 2.3 N/A car, was a 2.3 turbo, now getting a complete forged & stroked 408W, shooting for a TT setup
1992 GMC Sonoma 4x4
185,000km's|4.3 auto|current DD getting 24mpg
1991 Mazda MX6 DX
299,000 km's (over 186K miles)| TOTALED!
ok, i wasnt sure if they were similar or not any more. Thanks for the input guys.
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1993 Ford Mustang LX
2.3NA Auto Tranny
Cold Air Intake
Pacesetter Exhaust
Convertible
Currently collecting parts for 2.3T and 5 Speed swap.
1979 Ford Mustang LX Ghia
Currently in the works...
351 Windsor
D&D Motorsports Tubular K-Member, A-Arms, Upper and Lower Controll Arms
8.8 Rear End
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The volvo head swap, are there other options???
