I feel that Dan is threatening my 'change-of-plans' title, so I'm sniffing around another kit to bump up my figures!
The only thing that I REALLY don't like about this particular kit though is the 2.0 Pinto engine in it. It's heavy, not
particularly powerful and not particularly frugal (which is important as the car would be doing the commute all year round).
The most obvious engine swap is a Duratec (inlet / exhaust on the same sides and it mates easily enough to a Type 9). I would want to keep it on
Carbs though to keep the swap costs down, so I guess the first question is... would a Carb'd 2.0 Duratec be any more frugal than a similarly
Carb'd Pinto? Or more thirsty???
The second question is... the Pinto is on Webber 40's. Would these be a suitable to swap onto a Duratec, or would it be better off with
45's?
I've not done an st150 yet, vid above is an st170 (my current/last project). St170 is way more complex than the st150 and although its says
Duratec, it isn't.
The ecu has an immobilizer other than that its just an ecu like any other. There are a few more connections than others due to sequential injection.
As per vid, It just works. just preaching the word