I am working on a 1985 D100 pickup. I have found that the 318 V8 is SOOOOOO much cheaper to work on than my 2.4 motor. Everything is cheaper.
Anyway, while researching my 2.4 turbo motor I saw that someone was making a adapter plate to mate a 2.4 to a 904 tranny, and it started me thinking... what if?

The planned build:
415 Hp 318 motor as built here: http://www.popularhotrodding.com/eng...ine/index.html . 904 tranny built up.

The what if:

2.4 turbo motor 8.5:1 JE pistons, custom eq length SS header, holset turbo, big IC. ported head, and intake. Basically all the goodies.

I just don't know if the little 2.4 would make enough HP and especially torque to move a full size shortbed pickup around.

What do you think?