Pinto to MT75 ?

[Big Vern]

Twin turbo might know the answer to this one
Now I know Ford fitted the injection Pinto on to the MT75 for the transit van but Ford never did this on the Sierra/Granada.

But has anyone done this? and if so what was involved?

Or does anyone have a DOHC knocking about with std clutch and flywheel who cold do some measuring for me?

Regards BV.

[twinturbo]

Never tried it myself, But I think it's a case of using the 1.8 CVH fly and clutch.

TT

[Big Vern]

Dratt, I was sooo hoping you'd know the answer
I've used the CVH flywheel to put a DOHC onto a Type 9 which was very successful , at least until the type 9 'erupted'.
Zetecs need some sort of spacer on the release brg when fitting to an MT75 which used to be available from Westfield (no longer - they will only supply genuine westie owners) so I'm guessing it'd be the same for the Pinto.
You don't happen to have a dohc with stock flywheel sitting around do you?

Regards BV.

[deezee]

I can also confirm a 1.8cvh flywheel goes onto a DOHC. The 1.8cvh flywheel also seems to accept a pinto clutch and pressure plate. Dunno about clutch release bearing though. I used a CT133 on mine, but I'm using a clutch / flywheel combo off an MTX75 gearbox.

[Big Vern]

Hi Deezee,
How will you make the FWD clutch work with the RWD gearbox. The MtX75 gearbox uses 'lolift' clutches so yu'll have a very stiff clutchpedal
I would also have thought the release arm will run out of travel - hence the need for the westie guys to use a special release brg.
However if this combo works it might help me solve another problem.

Anyone got and old MTX75 gearbox sitting around?

BV

[ozzy1]

Big Vern
Try burton power they do a lot of clutch release bearings and spacers for ford combos.

www.burtonpower.co.uk

[deezee]

Originally Posted by Big Vern

Hi Deezee,
How will you make the FWD clutch work with the RWD gearbox. The MtX75 gearbox uses 'lolift' clutches so yu'll have a very stiff clutchpedal.
I would also have thought the release arm will run out of travel - hence the need for the westie guys to use a special release brg.
However if this combo works it might help me solve another problem.

Anyone got and old MTX75 gearbox sitting around?
BV

How? Very Easily Yeah the clutch has a very obvious bite on it. Almost on / off. But it saved hundreds on an after market flywheel / clutch / clutch cover. My build is on quite a tight budget, so I'm re-using loads of parts. When I have the cash in the future, I'll change things over to some better parts.

I used a capri release bearing. Real thick job. Another guy I talked too on Locost builders butchered his clutch fork to move the standard bearing forward (Picture below)

[twinturbo]

You can also remake the pivot point to move the arm forward a bit.

TT

[Big Vern]

DOH!

Now you point it out I've seen something similar done before.
At least I know I can use an MT75 as a last resort now

Could still do with finding someone with a cable clutch MTX75 though to sort out another problem

BV