2.0 engine blew up. Now what

[Snox801]

Honestly if you need a motor. Even if you replace with a 2.0 you will not build enough power to ever need a 2.3 and that 2.3 will make no more power than the 2.0 until both are built pushing some major boost.
I have done some of the most in depth builds on my ecoboost including my focus rs.
I can tell you that a stock 2.0 or 2.3 will hold 400 whp for a very long time. None of the turbos that fast mavericks offered would get you to that hp. A maxed out stock rs turbo did 389awhp on my car and that thing came stock with a massive turbo when comparing to even the biggest turbo Ivan offered.
So if you want a 2.3 i say for sure go for it. But know you will gain very little until you want a full long block build and push over 500whp.

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[colinl]

Honestly if you need a motor. Even if you replace with a 2.0 you will not build enough power to ever need a 2.3 and that 2.3 will make no more power than the 2.0 until both are built pushing some major boost.
I have done some of the most in depth builds on my ecoboost including my focus rs.
I can tell you that a stock 2.0 or 2.3 will hold 400 whp for a very long time. None of the turbos that fast mavericks offered would get you to that hp. A maxed out stock rs turbo did 389awhp on my car and that thing came stock with a massive turbo when comparing to even the biggest turbo Ivan offered.
So if you want a 2.3 i say for sure go for it. But know you will gain very little until you want a full long block build and push over 500whp.

stock turbo I'm sure the 2.3 is better.

regarding the 2.3 mustang guys wanting the 2.0 that's the old closed deck motor years ago. now they're better and both open deck.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Trying to turn 120 CI into a metal Superman reminds me of all the mini-motor Honda Civics screaming around Central Florida. I lived there a few years ago. You would hear the poor little motors screaming thru a "fart can" exhaust and wonder how long they would last.
Funny thing was, you seldom saw the same car twice.
We called them 4th of July cars. Just like fireworks, thousands of dollars spent to create a flash and a bang lasting a very short time.

 

[icegradner]

Trying to turn 120 CI into a metal Superman reminds me of all the mini-motor Honda Civics s creaming around Central Florida. I lived there a few years ago. You would hear the poor little motors screaming thru a "fart can" exhaust and wonder how long they would last.
Funny thing was, you seldom saw the same car twice.

The type of people that use fart can exhausts do tend to be crappy drivers too, so it kind of goes hand in hand.

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