Can anybody tell me the best way of getting a short sump for the Pinto. I understand that the RS2000 fits but are as rare as hens teeth. Does anybody know of an alternative?

they are not that hard to come by, get yourself a copy of classic ford, there are rallying spares people, better than dealing with private sellers, i picked one up for £70 with the different pickup pipe, do not buy a repaired one though. shortning and putting wings on a sump is going to cost you more, plus the alloy looks better. hope that is of some help.

[Edited on 23/3/03 by macspeedy]

Theres a guy on the robin hood site,
http://rhocar.org.uk/
that will chop your sump and pickup + put the wing on to make up the space for lost oil for about 50 quid.

I think MK will do it for about the same too.

You might want to try this bloke seen on a web advertising site:

Sumps

We sell shortened Sumps for Ford Pinto engines only.All Sumps come with a shortened Pick up Pipe and are sold strictly on an exchange basis.All come with a one month warranty .Prices from £60.00.

Contact Details

Kev Newborough (send email)

Location: Alfreton ,Derby's

Home (01773834432)

(Never contacted him so nothing about him but presume he's on about shortening steel sumps)

Yep thats the guy i found on the robin hood site,MK did mine in the end