so, you weren't "Rolling in your five-point-oh"? ^^

viewing it from the middle-european side the four-cylinder with turbocharger is really weak for somethign above 100HP, when an uncharged 2-litre with one carb made 101HP DIn...

anyway, another nice portrait, wolf, car, and background. great details and great overall look. :)

My 2.3 non turbo is 108 hp, and grunting almost 150 foot pounds of torque at a mere 1800rpm. It has a good kick off the line, but not much more.

The turbo version didn't do 100hp, it came stock with 190hp, 205 in the SVO Mustang.

My old car, a 1987 Thunderbird turbo 2.3 was putting out about 220 hp, and kicking out about 260 ft-lbs of torque at only 2200 rpm. And after 240,000 miles, the engine was in near pristine condition on the inside, even after running 18psi boost for the whole time I had it. (Sold the motor to a guy after the car fell apart, and the motor blew a rear main. Other than the seals, that engine was perfect. And that's AFTER it ran out of oil twice.)

The Ford 2300 Lima motor is a beast of a power plant, for what it is. A good, efficient, reliable motor with plenty of low end grunt for city use.

aha, sounds different from what I remembered. then again, in germany there aren't that many US rides in all possible variants, so some details I know from the box info on model kits.
I remembered somethign around 115HP SAE out of a 2.3 OHC, but that must have been the '78 Turbo Cobra. (surprisingly enough, there are quite many model cars of that one, while the '74 model is really rare).

2300 Lima doesn't ring a bell. is it a newer construction that the OHC which came with the old capri models? I rarely trust HotWheels or Majorette model engines, they are usually highly styliszed; and model kits of newer versions of the mustang usually come with a V-8.
from your descriptions that engine sounds like a sturdy, even stoic construction. never a bad thing. :)

Same motor. 2.3 OHC that has been in everything from pintos to mustangs to the ranger pickup from 1974-1997 (until 2001 in 2.5l capacity). Usually called the Ford Pinto motor, though also called the Lima motor because it was made in Lima, Ohio.

The early unreliable, low pressure carbed turbos used from 1979-1980 were horrible, and only boosted 5psi, but even those put out 130hp or so. Those used when upgraded to fuel injection were much better, being put in the Capri RS, Mustang GT turbo, Thunderbird Turbocoupe and Mustang SVO put out 150hp in the lower trim, and 190-205hp when intercooled, boosting 9-15psi stock, depending upon the trim.

ahyes, thanks for clarifying.

Capri RS? the german version had a V-6 first, from 2.8 to later up to 3.6. then Erich Zakowsky came along, took the OHC and turbo-boosted a 1.7 up to 500HP and more. they also ran Mustangs in US races in the same getup. it's amazing what that engine can take...

here in germany, the OHC saw use in many rides from Capri, Taunus, Granada, Escort, Transit in displacements from 1.3 to 2.0. Cosworth drilled it to a hefty 2.1 litres. hefty? well, it seems the Pinto engine is not exactly the same engine. same layout, different overall size. the european OHC had only 3 camshaft bearings, for example. :)
myself, I'm riding a '72 Taunus sedan with a 1.6, 72 HP engine. 200k kilometers, but still going strong enough to not serve as a brake block in everyday traffic.

if I ever end up with enough funds I think I'm going to lookout for a Mustang or T-bird with a turbo engine. here, everybody wants a V-8 (for the sound, I guess), but a lightweight 4-cylinder does the trick as well. :)