hi all ive got the opportunity to get a 2.3 petrol galaxy engine on the cheap its the chain driven one think its an i4 iirc?
i was wondering if anyone has turbo'd one of these or even the 2.0 im thinking of doing this and putting it in my erst does any one know of low comp pistons and turbo spec cams or am i going to have to get my wallet out and get everything custom made?
cheers peeps

 

Area Six (Ian Howell) 01522 877887, did one the block split on the dyno, but was at silly power when it did. I belive he may still have bits but be warned he spent an awfull lot of dollar on development so don't expect bargains.

 

I think you're confusing it with the 2.3 Duratec belt driven/mazda engine.

Forged low comp JE pistons are available for the chain driven 2.3 I4 engine.

Sign on to WWW.RS2000-16v.com for all the info



Mark

 

thanks pal ill look into it

 

the engine is too big to fit into the engien bay
as in it will stick out the top a fair bit so you'll have to put in a bonnet bulge
2.3 is the same size as the 2.0 and you have to use a fillit peice to blank off teh oil feed in the block ot the balancer shafts, fairly simply but it's got to be done right
not too sure about engine moutns, but the rwd and fwd blocks have the same casting, just not tapped out for each application, so at least you are starting with the right version

scorpio's can be had for peanuts compared to galaxy's so if you want bits just get one

change the chain, the kit comes in at around Ł140 for everyting you'd need and the timing marks are copper linked on the timing chain so you can't get it wrong

 

hi dojj i had read about them being too high on other forums but there are ways around this without doing owt to the bonnet it just requires lowering the engine (made it sound easy lol) which i was going to do on my chv anyway to make it a bit easier to fit my mtx75 gearbox for clearance around the brake servo.
the engine will be getting dummy fitted before ive spent any money trying to turbo it anyway and if it doesnt look like its going to work its not a big loss as ive got it really cheap anyway and should be relativly easy to sell on

 

does any1 know what gearbox is fitted to these as standard?

 

there was a guy with a mk6 escort rs2000 4x4 who fitted the 2.3 galaxy i4 engine and turboed it,i think it was running around 300bhp and had a feature in ff a long time ago,

 

mtx75
althgouh, if you wanted to be silly, you could always bolt a t5 to the back of it and rwd your motor

 

are they the same as the 2.3 in a ford scorpio???? the dohc 16v

 

Can't see why you would want to put it in an rst to be honest, would be much easier to just tune the cvh

 

sooner go down the zetec route myself

 

engines?
yes
gearboxes?
no

although the engines are the same essentially only that one is rwd and one if fwd

 

doing it to be different everyman and his dog have zetec turbo's (probably because they are ace) and cant be arsed with the cvh anymore they are passed their sell by date now and where never that good of an engine to start with

and dojj i would but got my cossy mk2 escort for sideways fun!

 

How much power are you hoping to get from it?

 

about 220-250 should do its a daily driver after all!

 

You can get an easy and reliable 300bhp@12psi from these in Turbo form

More info on the rs2000 web site as mentioned above.

 

sweet as mate should make good torque being a 2.3 as well

 

Ian's was definatly chain driven. but was the mazda derived unit.
i'm guessing the galaxy is a 2.3 version of the rs2000 type lump then?

 

Sorry, I was being a goon

The Ford/Mazda I4 is chain driven also.

And yes the older type Galaxy 2.3 was based on the RS2000 16v motor which is based on the old 2 litre 8v DOHC Sierra engine.

I have no idea at all what the more modern Galaxys use for power plants ?

Mark

 

It is the duratec (mazda derived unit)