hey i just got a 1984 4banger mustang. its a 2.3L non turbo with only 140 horses. I really want to get my torque and horspower up. So can yall help me if yall have any ?s about the rest of the car in order for you to help me ill be glady to tell.

 

There's not much you can do other than get a turbo on it as aftermarket parts are extremely rare and hard to come by for the old 2.3L foxbodys.

 

you dont have 140hp, the turbo models for that year made about 145hp you have closer to 88hp in brand new tip-top shape, which being that its 22 years old, its probably down to somewhere in the 70's

only thing i can reccomend is a turbo 2.3 swap, aftermarket parts are NOT hard to come by, racer walsh and esslinger both have a plethora (sp?) of parts in stock ready to ship, check out ebay as well

 

well now i know i can go push around early 80s 5.0s

 

so im only pushing out 88hp?! that pisses me off. But ya it is in excellent condition. So would a 351 engine swap be able to fit in it? and if not how much are turbos and an extra cam

 

how do you know its in excellent condition? how's the compression, the injectors flowing nice and even? your ignition up to snuff?

you dont want to just swap on a turbo (you could, low boost with an FMU) but the turbo engine swap would be your best bet

 

Yea if you're gonna do a swap, then do a turbo swap, because a 351 swap will cost butt loads of cash.

 

+1 but -1

i would do a 347 or something based off the 5.0 block becasue a 351 will be way to heavy, or if you really want find an essex 3.8 and turbo it, that would be a fun car

 

i know its in excellent conditon cause theres hardly any rust on the stock headers and arnt those the first thing to rust? Ok so a 2.3 turbo swap alright then sounds good to me. thx for the advice and everything and if you have more plz tell me im in dire need of it lol

 

exterior rust has nothing to do with the internals of an engine