Pinto deal or no deal?

[rapidtornado]

I've posted a few messages in the past and thought about going down the BMW route but earlier today I put a silly bid in on flea bay for a 2.0 pinto engine and got it for..... £11.50

Not sure of the condition of it as it is out of the car but planning on doing a rebuild anyway over the winter, for 11 quid and 1 hr to pick it up I think it may be a steal .... or then again it could be a lemon

Fingers crossed
Matt

[snapper]

Unless something in the engine is broken, then you have a usable engine once rebuilt.
Emissions at IVA will be easy, no cat etc.
When you rebuild go for larger pistons but don't worry about going 2.1.
Use the best rods you can get, 7200 with the later injection rods (F on the shaft) or go for Cosworth rods and forged pistons to fit, 8000+rpm.
Injection head is the best "out of the box" head to fit, bigger inlet valves in this head would help.
Cam choice is huge but a 285 duration with lots of lift (no more than 12.5mm for reliability) will give good torque.
ARP Main and Rod bolts are recommended if you go for high rpm.
Increase compression ratio to 10:1 to make the cam work but still run on 95 unleaded.

[rapidtornado]

Thanks snapper, sounds like you've rebuilt a few before !!! If I get stuck I'll give you a shout

Cheers

[swe7]

Hi all.

Is there any book. Like (Build your pinto) or something like that?

Peter.

[RAYLEE29]

Yes there are books one by david vizard (very good ) and one by des hammill that I havent seen try amazon
Ray
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modify-Singl...185997&sr=1-11
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Engine...5185922&sr=1-7

[swe7]

Thank you.

Peter.