Superlite Ltd.
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Best place to look for advise?
One of the lads here just bought a mk3 capri with a 1.6 ohc al' metric engine and hes looking to me with advise.
Inlet, twin carbs (VVT is rubbish), and cam?
thanks
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Dave A
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lots of money for not a massive amount of power with the old pinto.
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Superlite Ltd.
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second hand bits are easy to find mind 
Think its 85bhp as OE
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Dave A
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xe it, its the cool thging to do apparently.
[Edited on 06-02-2008 by Dave A]
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nova_gteuk
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http://www.retro-rides.com
Few lads with capris on there,they seem to know their stuff
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ShEp
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he wants a 2.0 pinto from a sierra then twin 48's
plenty power to be had from a pinto Dave
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Dave A
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yes, plenty of power to be had from them if you have plenty of money. we are doing a capri with the cosworth 24 valve engine for a customer, its having some nice bits + aftermarket management.
he ditched the pinto idea after seeing the gains vs cost.
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corsa_rob
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different lump...even a newer one from focus's n that? lol
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote: Originally posted by ShEp
he wants a 2.0 pinto from a sierra then twin 48's
plenty power to be had from a pinto Dave
I think 45s are actually better for the 2.0 all round
but your right, a 2.0 would be a better starting point tbh
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jr
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look on oldskoolford mate
but to get an idea, do a seach for andy and ron harris pinto powered mk1 escorts
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jr
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downdraft 45's on a 2.1
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote: Originally posted by jr
look on oldskoolford mate
but to get an idea, do a seach for andy and ron harris pinto powered mk1 escorts
cheers
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Superlite Ltd.
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told him to get some glass spark plugs to do his air:fuel mixing.
Good fun that
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Adam-D
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some cool cars on that retro site
although nearly every post is lie
"hey look at this rust hole i found"
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JayCarr
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My dad's got a Pinto in his Escort MK4.
Its now a 2.1, forged pistons, bit of headwork, twin 45's, kent cam, custom exhaust and some other little bits. Made 162BHP when set up on the rolling road. Does sound good when on the move
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What power do you think the 1.6 would make with 2x 40s and a 4 branch + system?
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