Guest jeff1216 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I have done the back to original Z. I have done the sbc powered Z. Now I have 1970 that will be powered by a 300-325 hp (for now) 2.3 liter Turbo charged Ford 4 banger. The 2.3T will be installed and a few bugs worked out......then when the Volvo head is ready.....will be pushing 400-425 reliable hp. Wonderful thing about this set up is. 1st weight.......315 pounds 2nd cost............. 300-325 hp under $1k including motor and tranny. 400-425hp......add $800.00 to the cost for the Volvo head. Going to take a look at couple 2.3 engines tomorrow......Let the fun begin I will be documenting the progress with plenty of pics......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Sounds like a great project...I have heard that Volvo head Ford 2.3L block is a killa combo. Let us know how the project comes together. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Cool! Send lots of pics please as you proceed through this. The Volvo head is a new one to me, so this really has my curiousity going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatorx Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 http://www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au/~amh110/16_valve_turbo_volvo.htm The B234F 16 valve head was highly sought after by the Merkur crowd, and has also been used as a high flow head for other Volvo turbo conversionss. The Ford application is not a direct bolt on job, but the power gains are reportedly great. The link above shows some turbo conversions on Volvo B230 blocks .....might be an interesting conversion into a Z. Come to think of it.... I'm driving a '90 Volvo 740GLE wagon with a B234F 16 valve head right now! Here's one conversion: http://www.sounddomain.com/id/qwikxr Let us know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeff1216 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 This is the result from the set up I will be duplicating.......Under $1800 total cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferd/289 Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I think you are going to start a trend. I have been interested for severals years in this Hybridz conversion. Good Luck. Ferd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferd/289 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 fyi, I was reading the 'Mustang Performance Handbook' by William Mathis (1994) who I guess is pretty famous Blue Oval builder/racer. He owns and raced a 2.3L fox-4 mustang. He mentioned a component called, Mass Air controlled EFI intake from Esslinger Engineering. He says it uses a modified Ford ECU computer and mass air meter to allow 400+ HP output from the 2.3L engine. Again I dont know anything about the 2.3L but thought you might be interested in this. Ferd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonsZ Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 wow, that car will kick ass above 3k, I can't hardly believe that much torque coming from less than half of a 350! Blew my mind. Good choice. It'll make me think twice when I'm at the line and I smell rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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