Engine

is it worthwhile fitting iridium spark plugs to a std 2l pinto or just std plugs ?

I have a 2.0 pinto with twin Weber 40 dcoe and have a facet cube fueL pump. I hate the noise from it. Is there another low pressure fuel Pump that is quite running that anyone can recommend. On another point dose the fuel pump need to be very close to the fuel tank? regards Tony

Hello, I am building a 2b with a 2 litre pinto engine. Struggling to find a radiator that fits. Please can anyone provide links to recommendations? I have seen people mention VW polo and civic radiators, any specific details on model and where to get them?

Hello, I am new on this forum, i live in the Netherlands am rebuilding my westfield se '92 pure for trackdays. I have a 2.0 zetec blacktop engine in the car (engine is oem spec besides a lighter flywheel and ARP bolts) I have zx6r carbs with a megajolt system on it. I bought this kit from chester sportscars 5 years ago. Last week I spoke to a car tuner because i would like to have rolling road sesion to look for more power. I don't know how much i've got now. However the man told me that bike carbs are not good for this engine and i really needed some 45 weber DCOE's. Putting bike carbs on this engine is like COPD he said... I am struggling to belie…

I have got my Webers on the rebuilt 2.0 Pinto engine and it will starts ok but I cannot get it to idle. If I keep moving the throttle it will keep running soon as I let go it stalls. I have adjusted the idle screw but makes not difference. Any Ideas......

when fitting a breather tank to a pinto engine can you just run the pipe from existing inlet manifold to new tank or do have to vent filler cap as well ?

I am about to fit a good used piper BP285 cam to my !984, 1993cc Pinto engine. It is the 95 BHP one. Can i use my cam followers and springs or are they different? Also will i have to change the cam timming and the ignition timing? Any advice would be appreciated.

when fitting bike carbs can you connect to one of the inlet tubes so as to keep std breather set up ?

I know this maybe a stupid question as lowered sumps are not all the same. Just want to know what would be the estimated oil quantity for a 205 pinto?

I have been carrying around a 5l fuel can just in case I run out. I thought there has to be a better solution for this. Today I have added a 10l reserve tank. This is no higher than the existing tank so no loss of boot room. Two solenoid valves will dictate which tank will be used via switches in the cockpit!

going to fit a set of bike carbs to my 2l pinto with std distributor should i keep my std set up, or fit a non vac distributor and is it worthwhile fitting a sport coil any help would be much appreciated

The weather was good today so got the Weber’s fitted. The guy who bought them new could not get them running. The 4 mixture screws are missing. needs tinkering but she runs.

I am looking to fit a facet posiflow (60104), spec says they will lift 12" to self prime and l know they push rather than pull so need to be near the tank. I was thinking to fit it near the diff, the 2B tank is 10" tall plus a bit for pipe exiting so lift should be in spec. Anyone else fitted these in that location, did it work ok? Will they work with filter king reg downstream? Engine is 2l pinto on dgav, 118 at wheels on RR. TIA, Bri

Got the engine running today have to adjust the tappets but a successful day. IMG_5443.MOV

Help needed starter motor will not disengage On the bench the starter works as it should. In the car it keeps turning with the key removed. The 12v is only on when the key is in the start position. If I remove the main 12v direct to the battery the starter motor sops and when the wire is put back on it dose not turn the engine “normal until I try and start again then starter mot dose not disengage

Got the engine back in today. Very good days work..... and very happy.

Hi has anyone fitted a 1.6 pinto with Webber 45s successfully? running standard carb at the moment but have been offered some 45s that were on an RS2000 about 30 years ago but there are in great condition? I’ve never worked on a car engines much before. More four and 2 stroke bikes so not that well informed on the subject. what sort of power would you expect if 45s were installed?

Hi All I am currently putting a set of webber 40s onto a standard 2Litre pinto. Looking for advice regarding the vacuum i.e. can you blank off the vacuum pipe from the distributer...is it needed? Thank you

Cutting a long story short. I had the cylinder head off to replace stem seals and lap. All back together and the car ran like a dream. No more smoke and smooth running. Did about 20 miles. Filled up with fuel and she began to run rough. Good on throttle with occational mis but no idle at all and lots of popping on the overrun. Suspected fuel issue. Cleaned jets,checked float etc. Still no idle. Although timing had been checked I decided to give the dizzy a little turn while it was running and I was holding the throttle open. Huge backfire through the carb ( a reminder to everybody to always keep your face away from the top of an open carb!!) Hey presto..prob…

Dose the linking bar need to be there between the engine mounts?

Have today checked the electrics and the light etc all work. Turned over the engine successfully using start button have not connected the ECU My questions are I havent heard the low and high pressure fuel pumps come on yet ,are they controlled by the Ecu ? Secondly do i have to set up the ecu using the laptop and the disc provided? Am not confident enough to put fuel in tank ,connect the ecu and go for it. Thanks in advance Chris D

So I started doing a compression test on my 2l pinto. I noticed that cylinder 2 was slightly down on compression and on advice dropped a little oil in and sure enough the pressure reading increased. It’s not starting comfortably now although just about got there in the end. Dumb question, would that be because of the oil in the cylinder? Is that a good or bad thing to do?

Had two good weather days on the bodywork. Today was pants as my Irish wife says “ that’s wet rain that is”. so a good day on the engine started at 06:00 finished at 17:30. Very happy boy. I have a facet pump dose anyone know if I need a fuel regulator for twin Weber dcoe 40’s. And if so what regulator to buy.

Looking for a good used fast road cam for a pinto circa 1984 two litre. Not sure which one to go for, The engine is unmodified at present but in future, hopefully put two 40s on it. ALSO, does anyone have a manual choke kit kicking around.

I got my block back from the machine shop, I purchased oversized pistons 91.209mm. The machine shop supplied me with new piston rings which were 90.80mm + 1mm This were too big? Looking online I can see 90.80mm + 0.50mm = 91.3mm. My pistons are 91.209mm which means the +0.5mm rings will be 0.091mm too big. Is this small amount of tolerance acceptable?