Differences

[Guest Stephen Waite]

Hello

 

Are there many differences between the RS2000 engine and the 2l pinto?

Both seem to have the same power output around 110bhp.

 

Steve

[Guest Battery Bill]

No

Mind you ours has EFI not Weber DGAVs

[Peter Bell]

I have an RS engine and as far as I know the only difference is the shorter alloy sump, and an alloy bracket for the alternator.

Peter

[ibrooks]

The RWD Escort RS2000 engine IS a 2 litre Pinto. What went into the various Pintos over the years and on different cars has varied. The RS2000's got a different cam to their lower performance cousins and a different exhaust and a different carb and a shorter alloy sump and some other alloy bits (like brackets) to make the cars and their components lighter for homologation for rallying. Some of the bits became standard fitment on later 2.0 Pintos and some didn't.

 

Similarly as the Pinto was further developed it got more powerful. The injected ones will make 125bhp at the flywheel - the differences are from the cam and the gasflow in the head rather than the injection system so it would make little difference which was used as long as they were both setup properly. My Sierra with a 2.0 injected Pinto which had only been modified by 100,000 plus miles always put down 100bhp at the rear wheels (which would equate to 125 at the flywheel). It's still the same basic engine and many of the parts are the same. The best standard offering from Ford was the injection engine.

 

The Cosworth engine is also the same lump but in ultra heavy-duty form and with a different cylinder head.

 

Iain