Tfrasca
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That was quick! This makes me want to want to scrap my engine swap and steal the 2.0 from my wife's Escape...
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That was quick! This makes me want to want to scrap my engine swap and steal the 2.0 from my wife's Escape...
That was quick! This makes me want to want to scrap my engine swap and steal the 2.0 from my wife's Escape...
2.0T is a little shorter (difference between the 2.0, 2.3, and 2.5 is all in deck height + stroke), but Ford stopped making the "control pack" for it due to lack of interest / to focus (pun intended?) on the 2.3T kit. I'm not sure if the 2.3T control pack would directly work, but it would definitely need to be retuned, for whatever that's worth. Maybe someone dumped the 2.0T pack's ECU's tune and you can just directly load it? Not really a lot of good information out there on oddball configurations, kinda just have to dive in.That was quick! This makes me want to want to scrap my engine swap and steal the 2.0 from my wife's Escape...
Do it. Especially if you can fit the engine in (length and height). The 2L with the controls pack drives super well (amazing DBW throttle feel), and still returns near OEM fuel economy.
With the 2L, you can swap on the 2.3 intake, oil pan, and upper water pipe. Basically making all the accessories be RWD oriented for a few hundred dollars.
There's also a ford t5 adapter kit, or you can use the mustang trans/flywheel/clutch/starter.
Or you can use a NC miata trans/clutch/flywheel/starter and pray it holds together (it won't btw...), but it's really easy to make it work.
You could just use the MT-82...
That's too logical for TB, and you know this!
Dang dude. Nice work getting it running that quick! Sounds good!
****in whoa dude
I've seen a few cages done like this and wondered why - specifically where the tubes land on the rear wheel tubs.
In a car with strut tops near there it would make sense, but in 240s the dampers and springs mount on the chassis rail inboard of the wheel tub.
Would it not be stronger / give more rigidity to the car to run the cage through the rear firewall and land it in between the spring and damper mounts?
I'm not criticising, I'm just hoping to learn something!
I've seen a few cages done like this and wondered why - specifically where the tubes land on the rear wheel tubs.
In a car with strut tops near there it would make sense, but in 240s the dampers and springs mount on the chassis rail inboard of the wheel tub.
Would it not be stronger / give more rigidity to the car to run the cage through the rear firewall and land it in between the spring and damper mounts?
I'm not criticising, I'm just hoping to learn something!
So cool!
What is this car going to be used for? (besides dropping panties, obvs.)
Would it not be stronger / give more rigidity to the car to run the cage through the rear firewall and land it in between the spring and damper mounts?
I'm not criticising, I'm just hoping to learn something!