Just wondering if anyone here has stuffed a 2.3 lima 4 cyl into an FB before..just trying to get some ideas and figure out the process.. I know their are motor mounts out their for it.

 

Check boost bros out. They had 2.3l turbo in fb once. Still have youtube vids of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_82pg1dNQ
We were going to do one, but couldnt find a clean fb, so we built fc instead.

 

What's a lima

 

Ford 2.3 liter SOHC motor from the early 70's.
It first came in the ford pinto and during the mid 80's a turbo was added and used in the T Bird, Mustang SVO and the rare Merkur XR4Ti.

Stock HP varied between 140 to 205 for the turbo models.

The attraction of these motors lies in their incredible lower end strength, excellent durability and how cheaply they can be modified to put down lots of HP.

Using the stock turbo engine, stock ecu, stock injectors and stock turbo and FMIC 275 RWHP is very easy to do.

Port the head, add cam, large FMIC, T3/4 hybrid turbo, bigger injectors and 375-500 RWHP is very doable.

I myself have the Granny's kit to install a Lima in an FC and will some day build one.
I am waiting for the right shell to come my way and I will get started.

For all the haters, I currently have an S5 GXL NA(bone stock 40k on rebuild) and a lightly modified S4turbo(12k on rebuilt 6 port, mild street port, cat delete, CS exhaust, HKS FCD and Hybrid S5 turbo) that puts down 255 RWHP @ 8 PSI.

I had started on this swap last year after overheating my 88 TII, however a good friend of mine and FC lover convinced me to give the rotary another shot.

Truth is he had a S4 turbo converted to NA and wanted to trade me for my blown S4 TII. After the trade I realized that I really liked the simplicity of the rotary engine and had made a stupid noob mistake by not knowing enough about the rotary engine and caused it to overheat in the first place.

I must say the info I have found by reading and searching this site, I have learned to treat the rotary engine with the extra care they demand and have had good success with them ever since.

 

I put a 2.3T in my old fb, now i have the same engine in my fc making 350hp. Message me for details. It was a crazy engine in the fb, would spin stock times in 4th when boost kicked in!

 

i had a 91 mustang notch turbo coupe swapped. cam ported head hx35 turbo and fmic. can ran really really well. easy low 12 sec car every time we went to the track. def thought about building another one.

 

I have a 2.3 in a FB and I love it. I daily it in the summer time and use it for autocross my first time out it was second overall and the next event was first overall. Here is a pic from duning the build and the finished project. Here's a link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaRNq...e=channel_page