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Old 03-10-2008, 09:03 PM   #1
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Might want to do some more research Stock blocks/cranks are fine, but pistons and rods are junk. Crack-free heads are drying up. A fully-dressed 2.3T also weighs as much as a 302 (which means it's MORE then an LS1). Good motors, but the market has come and gone on them. You'd have better luck building 12A's or nailhead Buick's honestly...
My bad...I had a 86 XR4Ti I just sold. When I got it about 4 years ago, most people thought the 2.3Ts were still the shit, but its been a few years since I seriously looked into modding them cause I got the RX instead and my sister started driving the Merkur.
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