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Pinto engine
floaty - 12/4/13 at 06:52 AM

Has anyone got the specs for tappet and points gap on a standard pinto engine please. Cheers Floaty


garyo - 12/4/13 at 07:37 AM

I can do you a scan of the haynes data pages later tonight if you don't get an answer by then...


Macbeast - 12/4/13 at 07:47 AM

If you mean spark plug gap - 0.8mm
I think all distributors were inductive so no contact breaker points.
Valves - inlet : 0.2 +- 0.03 mm
- exhaust: 0.25 +- 0.03 mm


britishtrident - 12/4/13 at 09:07 AM

Ford/Fomoco/Autolite distributer (one with black cap) points 0.023" to 0.027" -- always set at wide end of range and recheck after 15 minutes running as gap tends to close up.

Bosch distributer (red/brown cap) 0.015"


DRC INDY 7 - 12/4/13 at 12:21 PM

Points distributors need setting up between 48 to 52 degrees dwell angle