Puzzled
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 posted on 20/2/09 at 12:08 AM |
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Hi all
Need help. Can anyone help me to get the OFFICIAL emission figures for a 2 litre Pinto?. Cheers
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daviep
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 04:43 AM |
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try HERE
Davie
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Puzzled
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 posted on 20/2/09 at 03:26 PM |
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Thanks for your help Dave. Unfortunately I"m none the wiser from looking at the link that you sent me to. I need to know the mauufacturers
figures. I have tried trawling through various Ford sites , but the informotion seems to be a big secret!!!
Cheers
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 07:16 PM |
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It may depend on which Pinto engine you have the same with the ignition timing. I used to find the distributor number was handy for identifying which
particular Pinto lump I was working on. A ball park figure for setting a standard engine would be 1.5% C.O. at 800 RPM .
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Puzzled
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 09:16 PM |
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Thanks for that Rusty. My problem is---To register a kit car in Ireland--- You MUST PRODUCE official emission figures from a recognised source, or the
powers that be will demand the highest levies as they presume that you are going to be a big polluter!!!. Cheers
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 09:33 PM |
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If you're looking for a CO2/km (or similar) figure, then i'm afraid you're probably out of luck as i'm pretty sure nothing old
enough to contain a Pinto has ever been measured in that way; up to then, only CO and HC figures were of any importance - i.e. the percentage of the
gasses, rather than the quantity of them...
Would they also say that a kit car with an 850cc Mini engine was also in the "worse than a Range Rover" bracket?
Long live RWD...
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Puzzled
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 08:41 PM |
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Thank tou Turbo, you"ve hit the nail on the head!!!. The CO2/KM figure is the one I"m looking for.In this country things have gotten so
bad, that the Dept of Transport would charge £2000 to register a HONDA 50 if they could get away with it.!!!. If anyone comes up with a way to convert
BANKERS into fuel,they would make a fortune and do the general public a great service!!!!.
Regards
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 09:01 PM |
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Sadly, I think you will be out of luck with finding a figure as the CO2/KM figures were banded around about 10 years after the last Pinto engine left
the doors of Mr. Ford...At this rate it would be cheaper to use a Zetec from a 1998 Escort 1.8 GTi - as you'd be able to get a figure for
that...maybe
Long live RWD...
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 22/2/09 at 11:44 PM |
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Not to mention that a CO2/km figure would only be of any relevance to the complete original vehicle, not the engine. Once you remove the engine and
put it into a car with differing weights, tyre sizes and aerodynamics it's a completely meaningless figure. Still most bureaucrats make their
living by meaningless figures I suppose....
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