acmurray
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:12 PM |
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Pinto engine replacement
Hi,
I have an Indy with a Pinto and a type 9 gear box which I use as a track car. Basically I need allot more power and want to swap the engine. I need a
new car for a few months while my every day car is being worked on and plan to use it's engine in the Indy when I don't need it any more.
I have found a 2L 1994 Ford probe and a 2l mondeo Zetec but I'm not sure if the engines are compatible with the Sierra gear box. As I said
above I would like much more power and I would be very grateful If you guys could let me know what you think and what engines you would use. Thanks in
advance,
Aaron.
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jacko
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:24 PM |
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Welcome to the mad house
Mondeo /zetec is the best way to go and will fit the type 9 box
i dont think the probe engine will fit the box
BUT may be wrong
Jacko
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r1_pete
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:29 PM |
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Go for the zetec, the probe engine was a variation on the old sierra twin cam 8v, but with a 16v top end, virtually no tuning parts for it.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:30 PM |
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Again I may be wrong but I thought the probe engine was Mazda bassed.
Mondeo all the way
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r1_pete
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:45 PM |
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Might be, I know at the time Ford were still messing with that twin cam unit, in various cars.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 07:57 PM |
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It has a cam chain same as the sierra twink but looks very differant.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 08:05 PM |
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You're probs right
Probe engine:
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RS2000 engine - deffo twink derrived
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acmurray
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 08:28 PM |
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Thanks for the advice and the welcome guys, looks like it will be a zetec then. Couple more questions, will the zetec mate with my existing engine
mounts and will the pinto exhaust mani fit the zetec, also I believe the Zetec 1.8 is 115 bhp and the 2L is 130 bhp. Will I notice a big difference
between the two? I'm not sure what power the pinto (with ninja carbs) is running but am I correct in assuming that it would be less than 100
bhp?
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jacko
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 08:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by acmurray
Thanks for the advice and the welcome guys, looks like it will be a zetec then. Couple more questions, will the zetec mate with my existing engine
mounts and will the pinto exhaust mani fit the zetec, also I believe the Zetec 1.8 is 115 bhp and the 2L is 130 bhp. Will I notice a big difference
between the two? I'm not sure what power the pinto (with ninja carbs) is running but am I correct in assuming that it would be less than 100
bhp?
The exhaust manifold off a pinto will not fit a zetec it fits the other side of the engine and different
the 2l inj pinto is 115bhp std with bike carbs up to about 130-135 bhp with hot cam and head work 150+ bhp
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mcerd1
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| posted on 26/6/10 at 08:52 PM |
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just thought - scootz has a 1.8 mx5 engine and box for sale at the moment (I think its even got VVT) -
linky
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