CLASS RACER FORUM - Ford turbo

CLASS RACER FORUM (https://classracer.com/classforum/index.php)

- Stock and Super Stock (https://classracer.com/classforum/forumdisplay.php?f=3)

- - Ford turbo (https://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=50071)

Has there been any success with 1988 turbo coupe kit?

What'd be really cool is the new V6 ecoboost in your mustang!!

Sent emails on 4 cyl ecoboost, but kinda waiting to see what comes up w/SEMA, and PRI. Never know what announcements will be made.

4 cylinder ecoboost would be cool.

You could run the 6 cylinder ecoboost in SS/DX and not have to worry about getting the engine submitted to NHRA.

That would be CRAZY fast with all the things you could do in "modified" SS.

Why the v6 and not the 4? This will also be a GT deal

Yeah, the GT deal would be totally different. I just figured you couldn't get the car anywhere near minimum weight in DX with a 4 cylinder, so you might as well put as many cubic inches, and turbo's in there as you can. :)

Ken Robinson on the board here has a 1987 Turbo Coupe T-Bird that runs in Stock. ( same as the '88 TC)

I wasn't aware someone could run a 4 cyl. turbo combo in the SS/GT classes. I thought the GT cars were V-8's only.
At least that is the way I interprupt the rule book. ( the bold type highlighted below)

Copy and paste from the 2013 rulebook:

Requirements and specifications for GT classes
are the same as those for Super Stock classes -
Section 11A - with the following exceptions:
DESIGNATIONS

GT/A, GT/B, GT/C, GT/D, GT/E, GT/F, GT/G, GT/H, GT/I, GT/J,
GT/K, GT/L, and GT/M, preceded by car number (manual
transmission). GT/AA, GT/BA, GT/CA, GT/DA, GT/EA, GT/FA,
GT/GA, GT/HA, GT/IA, GT/JA, GT/KA, GT/LA, and GT/MA,
preceded by car number (automatic transmission).

Reserved for foreign and domestic factory-production two-door coupes,
two-door sedans, sports cars, convertibles, or station wagons with any
production V-8 engine of the same make. Year of engine optional. Only
those engines and/or bodies listed in the Official NHRA Stock Car
Classification Guide are eligible for competition. Also see WEIGHT. Cars
will be classified using the shipping weight of the body divided by the
horsepower or performance rating of the engine used. Factory
production rear-wheel-drive cars must have originally been equipped
with a V-6 or V-8.
Front-wheel-drive conversions permitted. Minimum weight with driver:
2,670 pounds. Only engines and/or bodies listed in the Official NHRA
Stock Car Classification Guide are eligible for competition.

CLASS WEIGHT BREAKS
(based on pounds per NHRA-factored horsepower)
A: 8.00 to 8.49 F: 10.50 to 10.99 K: 13.00 to 13.49
B: 8.50 to 8.99 G: 11.00 to 11.49 L: 13.50 to 13.99
C: 9.00 to 9.49 H: 11.50 to 11.99 M: 14.00 or more
D: 9.50 to 9.99 I: 12.00 to 12.49
E: 10.00 to 10.49 J: 12.50 to 12.99

You cannot install the 4 Cyl in gt.. Its for v-8 only.. I ask nhra..

Do you have a source to get the L2500F pistons for the 2.3 turbo for my SVO stocker or would you have one? .i need 1 75mm over.
Scott

Guess I'll have to work on my 352 kit harder.

Could you pull the 2.3 turbo out . And drop a 352 coyote motor in it and would it be a legal GT/?? car .....??? Other wise its still not a bad R or Q stocker as long as you don't mind being chased .....lol....