[njstang]

So i have a chance to pick up a 85 SVO for 600 bucks. I havnt seen it but my dad did, its at one of his friends junkyards, its a complete car, but my dad said it looked like it could use some work, he said it wasnt bashed up or anything, my question is, if the body is in good shape, or if i just get the motor and toss it into a 4cyl fox shell, how easy is it to build more power? if you were to upgrade the fuel system and put a bigger turbo on it how would the 2.3 handle it? If someone could chime in and let me know how easily achieveable 300 hp is, that would be great, thanks guys.

[akatagyourit]

Originally Posted by njstang So i have a chance to pick up a 85 SVO for 600 bucks. I havnt seen it but my dad did, its at one of his friends junkyards, its a complete car, but my dad said it looked like it could use some work, he said it wasnt bashed up or anything, my question is, if the body is in good shape, or if i just get the motor and toss it into a 4cyl fox shell, how easy is it to build more power? if you were to upgrade the fuel system and put a bigger turbo on it how would the 2.3 handle it? If someone could chime in and let me know how easily achieveable 300 hp is, that would be great, thanks guys.

Assuming the motor is good 300hp is easily achievable with a few mods. The 86 SVO's produced 210hp at the flywheel so ideally 190 or so lost in the drivetrain. First thing to do is upgrade the fuel pump. Obviously don't want to starve the car. Secondly crank up the boost, IIRC stock the manual cars ran about 12psi, autos could only push 10psi. Don't want to blow the auto tranny obviously. After that its just upgrade and go, Hog out the intakes, upgrade the intercoolrer, open everything up for air flow. Obviously more airflow = more power is forced induction. I haven't had my 88 SVO conversion dyno'd but we're guesstimating 300 or so hp on it. Its a stock motor, gutted upper intake, 65mm tb, t3 turbo running 20psi, large npr front mount, large vam, upgraded fuel pump. Other than that its pretty stock.

[njstang]

awesome, i cant imagne what a 300hp 4 banger must feel like lol

[Avaric3]

Originally Posted by njstang awesome, i cant imagne what a 300hp 4 banger must feel like lol

drive an evo or somethin lol

[two3notch]

I ran my IHI @ 18psi and it was fun BTW buy the car to get at your question.

[akatagyourit]

Just an update for ya NJ i finally got my turd dyno'd. With a really bad clutch slip and very lean mixture it produced 228hp 253 torque. Clutch slipped in the power band big time so I could've seen 250 easily. Along with the clutch slip I had a 10.3 afr through the entire power band. So i'm probably sitting really close to 300rwhp atm. I'll be getting the clutch fixed in a few weeks and fatten up the mixture and dyno it again.

[HMUSN]

Dude.. but it if it is a real SVO... for sure. The parts on those things are worth big $$

[two3notch]

Originally Posted by HMUSN Dude.. but it if it is a real SVO... for sure. The parts on those things are worth big $$

I agree you can get 150-200 for the tail lights alone, that's just the start.

[Karl Rodg88]

buy it. dont part it. build it up and drive it. i have one, its a great car. if you want to get serious send your whole top end to my buddy. bo-port.com. hell fix you up. you can make good power out of these motors, 3" exhaust is a must. check out turboford.net they got some gurus over there.

[HMUSN]

the SVO gus are hard core for real. If you can buy this car I would.
$600 is a steal on that car.. even as a roller.

[02MustangV6e9]

SVO with 150k miles on it here for $3,800.00

Mustang SVO

[SVO85]

I got my 85 for $750 all it needed was a fan motor. They are real fun cars and mine with the T3/4 turbo can easily keep up with my 02 GT. SVO Club of America's forums have a lot of info too.

[beeker]

One of the SVO Gurus lives in Portland (Chris chalk - chalkies explorer on SVOCA.com) you should search him out.

[foxbodyfetish]

Originally Posted by akatagyourit Assuming the motor is good 300hp is easily achievable with a few mods. The 86 SVO's produced 210hp at the flywheel so ideally 190 or so lost in the drivetrain. First thing to do is upgrade the fuel pump. Obviously don't want to starve the car. Secondly crank up the boost, IIRC stock the manual cars ran about 12psi, autos could only push 10psi. Don't want to blow the auto tranny obviously. After that its just upgrade and go, Hog out the intakes, upgrade the intercoolrer, open everything up for air flow. Obviously more airflow = more power is forced induction. I haven't had my 88 SVO conversion dyno'd but we're guesstimating 300 or so hp on it. Its a stock motor, gutted upper intake, 65mm tb, t3 turbo running 20psi, large npr front mount, large vam, upgraded fuel pump. Other than that its pretty stock.

Not to burst your bubble but...
1st SVO's didnt come in an automatic.
2nd SVO's ran 15 psi stock with over boost set at 17.

[fast65]

Originally Posted by foxbodyfetish Not to burst your bubble but... 1st SVO's didnt come in an automatic. 2nd SVO's ran 15 psi stock with over boost set at 17.

+1

SVO's could only be had with a T5 that came with a Hurst short throw shifter from the factory. They ran 8 psi in regular mode and 14 psi (15 psi on 85 1/2 and 86) in the premium mode.

If you do buy it, try and restore it, don't just part it out. They really are a fun and unique car to drive, they're pretty much like driving a big go-cart. They hug the corners, and it's not too hard or expensive to get them into the 300 hp range. Here's a link to a site that gives specific mods to get to 300 hp: http://www.forced4.com/threestages.html

[F8L GT]

this thread is a year old so im sure he either bought it or didnt. Pretty sure hes not still thinking about buying it

[mustanginky]

i would love to have one of those cars, very nice price on that, junkyard or not.

[fast65]

Originally Posted by F8L GT this thread is a year old so im sure he either bought it or didnt. Pretty sure hes not still thinking about buying it

yeah....didn't really realize that until I posted lol

[F8L GT]

Originally Posted by fast65 yeah....didn't really realize that until I posted lol

its ok, it happens a lot

[fast65]

Originally Posted by F8L GT its ok, it happens a lot

Thanks