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Here are sum pics of my swap in my 74 chevy Luv... Let me know what u think... It's a ford 2.3 turbo four cylinder out of a 87 ford thunderbird.... It's backed up by t5 so it's better with a 5 speed....

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74 LUV With Ford 2.3 Turbo Motor with a T-5 and 3.42 gears out of 85 pup.

Definitely different. Should scoot...

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Looks great. I had an '88 Turbo Coupe for a long time. Great mileage and power when needed. I love turbos.

Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

Well? how does it run?

looks like it has always been there
what kind of power are you putting down

What's the blue thing on the intake?

well though its a ford I must say bravo, bravo that does look good and I agree with codym it does look like it was always there. good job that came out clean.

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blowoff valve

Give us a run through on the installation. What problems you may have encountered, what you would do differently now that it's finished, etc. And yes, how does it run?

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Loranger, La
1980 Stepside LUV (Again)

I bought a black T-Bird Turbo Coupe new in 1986...
I loved the sound of the turbo!

Nice job!

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1978 LUV Mikado - all stock with automatic/AC

well good job i must say makes me wont to put my 2.6 mitz motor,trans in my luv but i got a few projects to get done first again i say looks good

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73 3-door avalanche bdydropped on 18s
86 1-ton 4x crewcab short bd 15"lift
75 k-5 2x
94 king cab

you really need to get an intercooler on it.... your wasting power without it

but the swap looks really really cool!

A.j.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgDNjeTa0g

I LUV your truck. I want mine to sit just like that. What size tire you running on your Escalades?
Is the front just dropped to the bumpstops?

Well thanx for the comments on the swap... And the truck runs real good with the swap.... Once the turbo spools up it picks up and go.... I love how it sounds when the turbo spools.... And it's much better with the 5 speed... But one thing I encountered that was a problem was the rear gears... The 4.56 are to steep.... I would only be able to take off in second... Cuz 1st was to much... That's why I decided 2 go with the 3.42 gears out of the pup... And the swap was pretty straight forward... The only tricky part was to modefy the computer harness.... Cuz u gotta know what needs power and ground... And I also had to run all fuel injection fuel tuber lines.... And also had to modefy a braket to get my clutch 2 work.... But I'm gla with the end results... Now I will be installing a front mount intercooler so it can run cooler....

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74 LUV With Ford 2.3 Turbo Motor with a T-5 and 3.42 gears out of 85 pup.

what gears are stock in the luv?

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I've gone through changes.....

here is how i ran my intercooler.

with an external blow off valve does it run fat during decel?

the 4.56 is to steep i have the same setup but the larger tire allows some wiggle room. where can i get a set of gears? or am i stuck with finding a junkyard donor?


SR20DET S13

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1970 dodge charger- 500ci 5 speed
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