johnt2k7

i post in the v6 section all the time but a friend of mine his step dad had a I-4 turbo and he bought it from him for 4000 and its in perfect condition interior is excelent and motor runs great (miles ??) but he called me earlyer and told me he has a problem when he shifts to go into 1st gear the shifter has to touch the dash to get into 1st and to get into 2nd its just as bad but going the other direction and 3rd and 4th are bad but not as bad as 1st and 2nd

any idea what could be wrong i told him it may be the shifter adjustment bolt/nut on the front and rear of the short throw



and what kind of maintnace should he be worried about as far as timing belt turbo bearings rings head gaskets any thing like that

and im personaly wondering he told me that the motor has all forged internals from factory is that true and how much boost does that run stock

any hel would be appriciated thanks

sleeper_inc

How much boost depends on the egine being used (some had 10 stock, others had up to 15)

The timing belt should be changed every 75k - 100k miles. The turbo should last a long time as long as when he changes the oil he disconnects the coil and primes the system (turning the key to start and letting the engine turn over 10 sec. then let the starter cool and do it once more)

To see if the turbo needs a rebuild he should 'wiggle' the shaft and if it feels like there is a lot of play. Time for a rebuild.

Now time for the shifter... It seems like its out of possision. Like the adjustment bolts on it are missing or something.

One last thing, we don't call them I-4's lol

johnt2k7

thanks i told him it may just be the bolt but the thing is hes been driving it for a week now and that just started hapening i told him to pull the boot up and check the shifter adjutment bolt but i wasnt sure il prolloy go over their tomorrow and see what its exactly doing and try to help him fix it

im sorry i called it a I-4 what do you guys call them 2.3T and how fast have any of you guys on here gotten your cars i know that the record for one is like 8.9 or 8.8 buy a guy named john huber but he has a huge amount of money into it im just wondering about one possibly dd with some mods what it would run

sleeper_inc

The egnie I have right now (87 merkur non intercooled with T3) can probley go 15's stock, with about $1000 in it I'll be hitting the 14's, maybe 13's if I know wtf I'm doing lol

TRBOPWR

Mid 13's is pretty fair I think for the minimal amount of mods I've got done. Hell, I've only got about 3K in the car and the mods.

hellion_79

He got a car that will woop yours