Sean
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| posted on 1/7/03 at 04:54 PM |
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Pinto vs xflow
Deliberating over the above. I currently have an old crossflow installed, but have a 2 ltr pinto and 5 spd box lying on the garage floor. The pinto is
hellish heavy, I know, but I wondered what the opinions of the forum were for these two engines?
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PeetBee
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| posted on 1/7/03 at 05:04 PM |
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I was in a similar position to you and decided to go the pinto route, it came with a 5spd box and was far cheaper than tuning a xflow to get the same
power that the 2 litre chucks out as standard.
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geoff shep
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| posted on 1/7/03 at 05:24 PM |
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Check height clearances as the 2L pinto is very tall, it's often either poor ground clearance or too high under the bonnet - or both.
Everything is back to front too eg exhaust on the other side.
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Sideways 2 Victory
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| posted on 1/7/03 at 06:29 PM |
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I had the same choice to make but went for the Crossflow for several reasons.
1. Smaller (shorter)
2. Lighter
3. Simple, (but the Pintos pretty straightforward to)
4 Had lots of x/f bits kicking round already.
Other than that I guess I would have got a Pinto.
X/F Power clearly lower than the pinto but less tall and uprated parts seem to cost slightly less.
Had to chop the sump on the x/f anyway.
I just like the nature of these engines from a mispent yoof sliding rwd eskies round wet roundabouts. There's plenty power for me to start with
in a 1/2 ton car.
How many times have I driven a 215+ bhp/ton car er none. --- Yet 
Once its running and legal, I'll start work on the BEC conversion. 
ATB
Dave
www.nurburgring.org
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