any infomation about these motors would be very handy as im completely rebuilding mine :)
attitudedesignz,
Jul 6, 5:26pm
David Vizard wrote a couple of very good books on building the Pinto motor (1.3, 1.6 & 2.0)
franc123,
Jul 6, 5:28pm
get a haynes manual, it will tell you all you need to know. There is usually plenty to choose from on here.
ola_bitchola1,
Jul 6, 5:34pm
Good book that still got my copy somewhere goes through all the mods
attitudedesignz,
Jul 6, 5:49pm
Certainly are.
I built a 2.3 Pinto turbo years ago, got a whopping 187hp from it.- .then 9 months later it exploded into 6 million bits on Saleyards rd Otahuhu lol. That was back in the day when i worked at ACE wreckers on Saleyards rd, all we wrecked was Anglias, Cortinas & Escorts, hence the name ACE.
steve98h,
Jul 7, 8:22am
there not bad, parts are reasonably cheeps, make sure you replace cam bearings as these have been known to give trouble. mate of mine has 1 thats been turboed in his escort makes about 350hp
attitudedesignz,
Jul 7, 8:39am
The cam bearing problems start cos the oil feeder pipe on top blocks up.
Another good thing 'bout the Pinto is ya can snap a cam belt and it won't do any damage to valves or pistons.
sr2,
Jul 7, 9:51am
Correct me if I'm wrong, (going back a few years now) but I thought the 2.0 was non contact and the 1.6 was contact!
attitudedesignz,
Jul 7, 9:53am
Hmmm, can't remember myself now ya mention it.
icemans1,
Jul 7, 10:22am
1.6 bent valves when cambelt snapped, 2.0 doesn't. i had a mk3 1.6 OHC
quickstitch,
Jul 7, 3:19pm
get a kent FR22 cam kit if they are still available, a set of extractors, a V6 weber carb (32/36 frommemory) and a bosch dissy. And that will be a real strong performer. and if you can locat a GT head, all the better.
v8_mopar,
Jul 8, 6:41am
Its ok with the secondaries at 36 but 32 for the main port was normal.
36/36 would be better with a kent cam
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