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Originally Posted by frankie boy

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The book is based around the pinto sierra so as a novice I think this would be the way to go. One problem is the pinto sierras are getting hard to find. Building the car with a single donor keeps it to a nice low budget to. As for IVA the emissions will be low because of the age. I have a 2liter pinto in my car with twin 40 Weber DCOM carbs and I am very happy with the performance.

I have been running a 2.0i Pinto in my car for the last 5 years, thats why I would recommend a Zetec. Not that the pinto is no good, it is, I have great reliability, good power, measured economy (18-65mpg), but the zetec is so much more available, I would use the existing injection and ecu for simplicity and cheapness, and probably use the 1.8 for the clearance issues with the oil pump. 115bhp is easily enough to begin with (anyone who says different hasnt driven a seven), and there are loads of tuning parts available if you want more power at a later date.