Winter Project - Call For Help From American Hoodies!

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

Hi Guys,

 

I've been mulling over a Pinto Turbo project for the winter, based on the turbo setup from an American 2.3 SOHC engine, Transit low-comp pistons, stock injection and Megasquirt.

 

The turbo gear seems to be easily and cheaply available enough from eBay US to make it worth getting hold of some to check viability, but many sellers will not ship to the UK (then you have all the customs issues.........)

 

Are there any US based Hoodies that would be willing to act as a reciever for an eBay purchase, then ship the kit to me as a gift (for a similar gift return of beer tokens, of course! ) ???

 

Any comments on the project as a whole also welcomed of course...........

 

Cheers,

 

Dan

[Guest salty_monk]

Yes, I can do that. Your biggest problems are going to be the shipping costs & also the fact that the 2.3 & the 2.0 are pretty different engines from memory. I haven't looked into it in a while though....

 

Good luck.

 

Dan

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

Cheers Dan, I'll bear you in mind

 

I'm hoping the port spacings are the same, I can only assume the heads are based on the same castings???

 

Either way it should only cost ~$30 for the bits so I figure it's worth it just to find out!!!!

 

Wish me luck!

[Joel]

I think you should get 2 of everything Dan, just incase something breaks of course Then when you've worked out how to get it all running I can buy your spare set off you and convert mine

[Bob Tucker]

Maybe consider a turbo zetec instead.....

We saw a Zetec engined mini at the Pod last weekend.

space framed, rear mounted engine, some Yankee gearbox.

Standard crank , forged rods, T4 turbo, cast pistons, modified ST 170 head

(junked the VVT) & experimental Piper cams.

 

500 bhp at the wheels, reliable as a rock.!!!!

 

Just not sure what it cost tho'

 

But we have also seen several times this year a turbo'd Pinto in a small rear engined dragster. Sounds wonderful, but I dont know anything about it or the owner. May be worth hunting down on the internet, start with WWW.EURODRAGSTER.COM.

 

Cheers, Bob

[Guest 2b_pablo]

what bhp do you expect to achieve?

 

there are pinto turbo manifolds on ebay for £349

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

Joel, I'll look into it, why have one when you can have 2 at twice the price

 

I'm not going mad on power to begin with, maybe ~150bhp before I have to start spending on uprated internals.......

 

I've seen the £350 manifolds on fleaBay, very shiny but about £300 to rich for me! :-p

[Guest salty_monk]

150 hp.... you can get more than that from a standard Zetec or XE conversion!

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

Tis true, but then I have to fit a Zetec or XE!, everything is already nicely engineered for the pinto, plus it sounds like more fun than just dropping in another engine

 

150bhp is just the starting point, I can tinker from there until it explodes

[Guest salty_monk]

I believe the 2.3 castings are different (taller?) & they used a different gearbox. You might find fitting one is as much work as a zetec....

 

Dan

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

I believe the 2.3 castings are different (taller?) & they used a different gearbox. You might find fitting one is as much work as a zetec....

 

Dan

 

I thought this might be a problem, hence building a 2litre turbo using a 205 block/injection head and transit/P100 pistons and a type 9 box.

 

Can anyone confirm whether the port spacing/stud pattern of the exhaust manifold is the same on the 2 litre & 2.3 litre heads???

[Guest salty_monk]

These guys might help.... http://www.moddedmustangs.com

 

Can you weld? If so it might not be that hard to make up your own inlet manifold for any turbo & splice it into an exhaust.......

 

Also have you thought about the supercharger route? The ones off the new Mini aren't so pricey either......

 

Dan

[Bob Tucker]

Take a look at a PROCHARGER.

Its a bit of a hybrid, but its essentially a belt driven turbocharger.

 

Far easier to change pulley ratios & adjust boost, & no need to mess with custom exhaust manifolds.

Bob

[Guest salty_monk]

http://www.procharger.com/

 

This is the same type that VW uses on it's G40 & G60 models as far as I can tell.

 

The mini ones are roots type, they are cheap though.

 

You really want one of these....

 

 

This one is in a friends dad's plane.... Scooby flat four with mercedes supercharger!

[Guest Dan_Beeston]

Cheers for the info guys, looks like I've got plenty of bedtime reading!

 

I thought about a supercharger but I'm not sure about packaging, basically the only spare space I have without moving everything around is in about the right place for a turbo

 

I can weld (as in snot too pieces of chunky metal together if I really have to), not sure I'm quite at manifold fabrication level yet, only one way to learn though I guess!

 

Then again, that place looks superb!, I wonder..................................