Hi Gents,

I'm just about to send my escort off to the tuners and am wondering what sort of power I should expect from a forged zetec turbo with the below specs ? Also, what should I keep the power at gearbox wise ? Should I tell the tuner that 250 BHP is the absolute limit for the box ? Would it even be good for 250 with that turbo??

The specs of the engine and box are as follows:
Engine - 2003 2L blacktop Zetec

Turbo - T3 Garrett with upgraded actuator

Pistons - P.E.C (85mm bore - 1997.42cc)

Rods - P.E.C ( length - c/c 137mm )

Top end - fully rebuilt standard w/ ARP head bolts

Gasket - 1.6mm ( 7 : 5 : 1 compression ratio )

Stroke - 88 mm

Compression height - 32.3 mm

Inlet – Jenvey Intake manifold ( obviously different in the photo )

Injectors – Bosch EV14 /547cc/min



ECU - OMEX 600



Gearbox – RS Turbo BC Box (FWD) – Quaife LSD – Helix 6 Paddle clutch


Thanks lads !!

 

dependant mate but I see the first limiting factor being the turbo running out of puff if its a standard escort t3 unit on a .36 back housing, the transmission will last much longer if he has the ecu to control the boost and tailors the PWM duty to the solenoid to take the aggressiveness away

 

Good shout on mapping the aggressiveness out. I wonder how many tuners do this? I run CVH turbo, but its very peaky when it delivers its torque. Could reduce that with mapping

 

very easy to tailor the wastegate to take that "Bang" away. much better for the transmission side of it however does take away the fun side