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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
Kind of separately, Ford did play around with a turbo 2.3L four in the Fox chassis, but the technology was too advanced for most of the market and too far short of "mature" at the time. Being maybe a little better than the H6 Corvair or the V8 Buick turbocharging efforts in the 1960's still didn't mean it was good enough or that the market was really ready for it.
Norm
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Note that technology wasn't ahead of it's time, Ford just wasn't there yet. A friend of mine who worked on the Buick 3.8L Turbo told me they had been contacted by Ford looking get some help with the engine you mention because they weren't able to get it done. May not be fact, but I believe the guy. GM was pretty far ahead in the mid 80s in this regard.