M20 Turbo or.....

[henryki]

So I've been thinking about doing a turbo set up on my m20 to make about 300-350whp.. but earlier today my buddy was telling me about a 5.0 swap. I was thinking about maybe doing a carbed 5.0 so I don't have to mess with an ECU blah blah blah.. Any Ideas? yes or no?

[JCarp90]

5.0s are for fags, man.

[jaywood]

Do you know how much power the 5.0's put out?

[george graves]

m60

[e30lov]

93 Fox body 5.0, 205hp/275tq at the crank. Not exactly huge numbers here, but from the sounds of you not wanting to "mess with the ecu blah blah blah" I would recommend going this route. Turbo setups are more involved then just strapping a turbo to your motor.

[dougie30]

Would much rather have a turbo m20 than a big heavy slow ford engine everyday

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[WarHammer 2/1]

How's the fit with the 5.0?

[delamaize]

How's the fit with the 5.0?

[AndrewBird]

You realize tuning a carb is as hard if not harder than tuning with fuel injection, right? At least with the fuel injection, unless you are changing parts, it will just run without problems.

[codrum]

m20s are abundant and easy to turbo with all the guides available here and e30tech. You can easily make that power with a typical setup - every step has been done before and is laid out if you research a little. The most difficult and most important part is tuning. whodwho has you covered on the hardware and there are plenty of MS configs/maps.

If you want something unique then it would make sense to do a v8 swap.

[henryki]

Same guy who was telling me about doing a 5.0 swap works at a race motor shop and can hook it up with afr heads and any machining needed. He built a 5.0 with stock crank forged rods/pistons and afr heads. He's making about 400hp don't know about torque tho.. Don't know exactly how much he spent but for sure less than 3k

[henryki]

How's the fit with the 5.0?

[Pantless Spency]

So I've been thinking about doing a turbo set up on my m20 to make about 300-350whp.. but earlier today my buddy was telling me about a 5.0 swap. I was thinking about maybe doing a carbed 5.0 so I don't have to mess with an ECU blah blah blah.. Any Ideas? yes or no?

turbo.


5.slow is not a very great v8..


but a 5.slow would be fun, and does have enough power to allow fun, and is very cheap.



with that being said, a stock m20 is also "slow" and also has enough power to have a lot of fun.

[Peattie]

5.0s are for fags, man.

[cgk_iii]

Id go with a turbo or N/A M20 any day.. ECU isn't THAT complicated once you dig into it. Im sure if you're mechanically inclined enough to do a 5.0 swap then im sure you can figure out how to tune with ms