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All you Pinto knockers - 2850cc & 269BHP
nick205 - 9/5/07 at 09:08 PM

Check this out

28 50cc 269bhp Pinto Engine Rescued attachment acc7_12.jpg
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Pezza - 9/5/07 at 09:08 PM

Hate to think how much that cost

NeilP - 9/5/07 at 09:19 PM

No balancer shafts on a pinto so it's never going to do many miles before it shakes itself to bits with pistons that big?!?

Considering the country of origin I didn't think that they bothered with 4-pots...

tegwin - 9/5/07 at 09:28 PM

What on gods green earth is the fecking point!

Volvorsport - 9/5/07 at 09:31 PM

isnt that based on the lima engine , which is actually slightly longer ?

Memphis Twin - 9/5/07 at 09:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
What on gods green earth is the fecking point!


If you need to ask, you wouldn't understand...

NigeEss - 9/5/07 at 11:30 PM

Sod it.

Text that big.. I can't be bothered to read it.

Sticking with BE.

NS Dev - 10/5/07 at 06:19 AM

Why don't some of you read the advert!! (despite its silly big text! )

Its an autograss engine, and until very recently in class three (which that engine was for) you were only allowed 2 valves per cylinder, and the pinto/lima is one of the very few (porsche being another) 4 pot 2 valve engines that will go to that sort of cc.

Duane Esslinger engineering build pintos for sand rails in california, and have built some of the most powerful pintos ever constructed, running on alcohol with nitrous injection.

Just thought I'd offer an informed side to the thread!

nick205 - 10/5/07 at 08:02 AM

Nat - is there anyone in the UK building engines to this sort of spec?

flak monkey - 10/5/07 at 08:15 AM

IIRC Vulcan Engines doing a big stroker, think it was either a 2.3 or 2.5 conversion on a normal 2 litre. It was in Classic Ford last year some time.

Theres no spec for it on their website though.

David

NS Dev - 10/5/07 at 12:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Nat - is there anyone in the UK building engines to this sort of spec?


that would depend on what you wanted to pay them!

I'm sure Dave Walker (Newark Engines and visitor on here) or Dave Walker (Emerald) or HT Racing could advise/supply something along the same lines.

Certainly I saw an HT racing 2.4 Pinto with Dave Walker head make 260hp some years ago (1995 I think)

[Edited on 10/5/07 by NS Dev]

Volvorsport - 10/5/07 at 04:58 PM

redblocks go to 3 litres !!!

TangoMan - 10/5/07 at 07:23 PM

Not really a sensible option for anything other than a 2 valve controlled racing class.

With the money it would cost an engine swap would make a lot more sense for a road car.

nick205 - 10/5/07 at 08:03 PM

Not an option I'd consider, just interested in the effort and development that must go into something like that to push the regs. It's not the sort of thing you'd do just because you can really is it.

t.j. - 10/5/07 at 08:17 PM

A friend of mine raced a couple years ago with a pinto 245 HP. From 2.0 litre.

So there are some weird stuff for that old lump