haven driven my car with a pinto in it for a whole year and several others i can safely say they are crap.
last year i took it to Exeter show 160mile from my house. it used double the fuel of the people with zetecs and had no chance of keeping up even with bike carbs nice exhaust and a proper setup at ATSPEED. when i got home it was ripped out and replaced for the saab turbo engine. it has almost 4 times the power and easily does 30mpg regardless of my driving style.
all i can say is been there done it got the t shirt.
if you just want a nice little car to poodle about in then fine fit a pinto. if you want a serious tool that will do everything then fit something better.
a 2.0 zetec with bike carbs and a mejajolt is a very very simple setup and will cost you under £500 all done and dusted.
my saab turbo engine cost me under a grand to do the only reason for the added cost was all the silicon hose i need to plumb up the turbo and inter cooler and the ecu
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