clues in the question....
plus what did they come from????
the cortina and capri blocks were cast thin but the 205 block was cast thicker so you can bore it out to 93mm even 94 at a push (race engine what will not do very many miles).
what cars did they fit them to???
and how can you tell them apart????
[Edited on 19/9/03 by eddie]
sierras and transits (some older sierras blocks are still the old block)
The big "205" cast on the side is a bit of a clue, 89 onwards 2.0 litre Sierras and Granadas
Cheers
Chris
Hasn't someone else asked about this recently? The 205 block grew out of the Sierra Cosworth project, as the original cars used standard Pinto engine blocks which proved to be a little weak in some areas (suprise suprise!) and so Cosworth modified the design of the block slightly to the 205, and Ford adopted it as their standard item.
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Originally posted by chrisg
The big "205" cast on the side is a bit of a clue,
Eddie,
Basically, look for a 2.0i Sierra, I think they all had 205's and an unleaded head.
I am still trying to find out the safe rev limit for one in standard trim - my lowered EFI thingy will increase the revs at which peak power will be
produced - just hope is is below the safe rev limit!
According to book I've just bought "How to power tune Ford OHC Pinto.... etc..." by Des Hamil. The bigest weak point on the 2.0 pinto is the Con rods which are reliable to about 6,700 RPM. So looks to me that a rev limiter set to 6500 would be about right.
http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/pinto.htm
Has some inteesting stuff about it.
HTH,
James
vince, might want it a bit lower for reliability, incase you miss a gear or are going for it big time on downshift!
Ned.
Good point well made Mr Flanders.
6500 rpm ??
to low for me
8000, on a xflow was good
for 5 seconds then "bang"
lots of smoke tho
I considered using a Fiat FIRE engine for a while, if you used the cam and carb from a 4x4 (low compression and long duration for torque) in the high compression Uno/Panda unit, it has about 65BHP, revs to 8000 freely and will do this reliably all day, is light enough to put in the car by hand, just couldn't find a gearbox to mate it to - perhap Nick davidson knows one?
as an answer to "whats so special about a 205 block?"
NOTHING!.
the 205 block is just as weak and weady as all the other pinto blocks that preceded it.
the 200 block was quite good(4x4 cossie)it had thick enough walls on all the bores
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Originally posted by VinceGledhill
The bigest weak point on the 2.0 pinto is the Con rods which are reliable to about 6,700 RPM.
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Originally posted by steve m
6500 rpm ??
to low for me
8000, on a xflow was good
for 5 seconds then "bang"
lots of smoke tho
ah but then you get into the nightmare that is 200sx clutches.
they are all crap
[Edited on 12/10/03 by accident]
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Originally posted by accident
ah but then you get into the nightmare that is 200sx clutches.
they are all crap
[Edited on 12/10/03 by accident]
current winter car is an s14 200sx.
now its a cheap rwd car with all the toys.
and as long as you throw away the standard exhaust(standard tube is the worst exhaust ever) its a fun car.
needed a clutch so i bought the cheapest.
it slipped at tickover.this is at 200 bhp maybey a little more but not much)
so i fitted a LUK clutch(still in the cheap and nasties) and that only slips if i hit the power hard.this is with crap rear tyres not slicks.
now i could change to a paddle clutch 300 quid plus and lose drivability(this is after all my comfy car not my fun blade locost)
ive run sierra's at double this power on standard plates ad they slip less.
im in the process of having a flywheel machined to take a modified ford cover(and lose some of the massive wieght)will give heavyer pedal but
hopefully no slip
[Edited on 14/10/03 by accident]