2.3L timing... Reply #30 – November 06, 2008, 11:16:53 PM A leaky water pump is not good tighten that thing down. and yes if the water pump is wobbly that could put extra drag on things. Knock sensor oil sensor wires could get mixed of the connectors have been removed. And yes if the knock sensor was wired wrong that would just cut timing as much as it could until it detected no knock. If your sending wrong signal then it see knock all the time. That is if that is possible thinking the knock sensor has a two wire type plug. The wire color for the early models it yellow with red stripe. I'm not 100% on the new model wires colors. The water temp sender and the oil pressure are both the same one wire right angle push on plugs. Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #31 – November 06, 2008, 11:56:18 PM are you sure you have it timed right? I had the same thing, except I had all kinds of power just off idle, and none when I was floored. I ended up being at about 20 instead of 10. Try moving your distributor around one way then the other and see which makes it perform better. Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #32 – November 07, 2008, 12:21:29 AM yeah its timed right... just realized i have an intake leak but that shouldnt not it either. Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #33 – November 09, 2008, 02:12:30 PM UMM< if you have a major leak around an intake. It will run like , that is unmetered air entering the engine which will not be recieving any fuel causing it to run lean, once it is lean you now will be retarding the timing so far that it will just puke and make no power, not to mention there is pretty much no way to get the idle set right if you have a vaspoogee leak, if the idle is not right then you will likely be off on the tps settings because you have the screw in the wrong place. Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #34 – November 12, 2008, 02:12:50 AM ok turbo is shot.. so im installing the garrett turbo out of an 86 TC... can anyone walk me through the oil and coolant lines? can i just attach them to my 88 motor? i have an oil line that runs around the head to a fitting on the side, and a flexpipe plate on the bottom of the garret? can i run that flexpipe to my 88 block? i know it will bolt up perfectly to my E6 manifold and will bolt up fine to my exhaust system... im just real iffy on the oil and coolant hoses and the vaccuum lines... seems like there are less vacspooge lines on the garrett.... this bird is my daily driver so i got to get it right. Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #35 – November 12, 2008, 09:19:11 AM I can't say that I used this info before but is should be what you are looking for hope this helps. http://www.turbotbird.com/ Then look under Tech articles and find the T3 swap on 87-88 turbo coupe and that tells you what you need to do the swap a Garrett onto your 88. If you look closely at my sig you can see the one water line coming from near the T-stat housing to the turbo. You can also see the line coming from the V/c too Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #36 – November 12, 2008, 01:41:55 PM is there much power difference between the garrett and the IHI? i know the garrett is a bigger turbo... but how much power difference am i going to see? Quote Selected
2.3L timing... Reply #37 – November 12, 2008, 04:24:57 PM Stock you will notice a slight slower spool than the IHI. But you can make more boost with the T-3 than the IHI. As far as power you won't see a difference unless you up the boost and I don't recommend that until you get everything lined out and running good in stock form. Then you can up the boost. Quote Selected
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