Thx Henry!!!! i did not know that, this makes a rebuild alot easier when i do it. Know anything about the belhousing? i wanna use a differant trans obviously for RWD or a boat... so, does it use the straight 6 belhousing also? I did notice where the EGR tube is..or some form of emissions canister is, it mounts to a plate that blocks a spot to use a mechanical fuel pump also.
Most of the people who responded to this post are probably sick enough to run a PINTO motor in their ride. Please check out the custom finned aluminum valve cover I designed for the 2.3L. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152942 I'd like some feedback. Thanks, Pike
Any new pics of that turbo A that going together. Mine has stalled due to the Plymouth getting a 700R4.
really awesome mod for a 2.0 is a cosworth YAC twin cam head. I used to run a sports 2000 car for a guy in the American Cities Racing League with one of these engines. Pic, kind of a shitty angle of the head (really good angle of the headers I was building for it!! haha), anyway, the cars ran awesome and made about 220hp with a mild tune and 45mm dcoe weber sidedrafts. These heads are somewhat available since the serries that ran the engines folded a few years ago, and for a early in thier lives they were prone to valve failure, when the valves would break they would usually ding up the combustion chamber but would be completely fixable via a little welding but the sactioning body didn't want any "combustion chamber modifications" so welding up a head and reshaping the combustion chamber was out, but I did weld up a few and sell them to svo mustang and merkur guys for street cars.
witch n/a head flows the best? i have a d port and a round port to choose from not sure on there years i figured i clean the ports up some
I seem to recall reading the D-port head was better, but can't say for absolute. I have a photocopy at home from a HOD ROD article in the mid 80's I think about the 2.3 for performance. I think I read it there.
That's a good idea, starting a HAMB club for 2.0-2.3 there's quite a few people running these motors. I second the motion.......any other's ?
I'm finishing a 26 track-T project...using the entire 2.3 engine/turbo/T5/rear-end out of an 83TurboCoupe T/Bird...with a few mix/match Ford parts,tweaking the turbo,tubing header,custom roller cam it should be 250-275 HP..sould be a real hoot in #1600 lb car BTW ,heres a link to a site with a ton of info: http://www.turboford.net From what I read ,these 2.3 bottom ends will stand a lotta HP as is..
Hi, I am new hear - I found the site while searching for pinto / cosworth info - and was wondering what the dif. are between the ford pint engine 1.6 and 2.0 available in the UK and the pinto engines in the US?
I believe the 1.6 pushrod motor is the Kent engine used in lots of Cortinas and such. The 2 liter OHC motor is the German Capri motor with lower compresion. The 2.3 and 2.0 dervitives of the 2.3 I'm told are US engines.
The Kent was made as a Pushrod Engine with the intake & exhaust on the same side from just under 1 litre to 1500cc And as a X-flow, as a 1100cc, 1300cc, and a 1600cc. ( and some weird derivatives made in Spain I believe ) The same basic block was used for Cosworth MAE ( Formula3 ) 1000cc Screamers, Lotus twincam, Cosworth FVA, and the BDA. The Overhead Cam 4Cyl Was sold as a 1600 and a 2000 in Europe. The 2000 was used in the early pinto's as well, but the 2300 is different. One of the differences is the bore spacing, I believe...
I had a 2000 Pinto in the little blue roadster to the left. It went 14.26 @ 98 mph at Freemont and 128 at El Mirage. I replaced it with a 2000 Lotus 907 (Jensen-Healey) and went 142 out the back on the 3 mile course on the salt. The Pinto was pretty neat, but I liked the Lotus better.
This is great.....Just brought home a FREE low milage 2.0....I'm stoked on it..Keep this sh%t comming
what ever happened to forming a modern 4 banger HAMB group?I have several 4s waiting to go in projects Ford 2.3s and GM 2.5s
What really caught my eye was the YAC cosworth head. Does this fit the euro pinto block or was it for the US engine? I already have a modified pinto ie cam, headwork overbore, twin 45 DCOE's and was wondering if the YAC might be another option - I have been considering building a N/A cosworth YB. Cheers.
I've got 2 projects going on with a Ford 2.3, both need a factory steel oil pan, rear sump. Anyone got one laying around? The aluminum one hits the Nash crossmember.
I think there is a Cosworth head that fits the Escort block. Was sold as the Ford Serria over there. Plenty fast.
Which Escort? The Mk1 & Mk2 had the Kent, but were also sold with the Twincam and the BDA. Later Escorts had the CVH and Zetec ( = modern stuff that I'm not interested in...) I'm pretty sure the Sierra Cosworth is the YB Lee talked about earlyer. 16V Twin Cam. Based on the SOHC 2000 Pinto block, normaly Turbocharged, but can be made to go really good unblown as well.
I wonder which parts DOES and which parts DOES NOT interchange on a 2.0 and a 2.3? European 2.0 if there's any differences...
MK1 Escorts Norminaly had the Kent (x-flow) engine in 1.1, 1.3 & 1.6. They also did the RS2000 with the 2.0 pinto. There were also a few specials such as the Lotus Twin Cam and the RS1600 etc with the Cosworth BDA engine. MK2 Escorts Were a similar story with most having the kent engine, the RS2000 having the 2.0 pinto, the RS1800 the BDA etc. In the MK2 however the Mexico had a 1.6 Pinto. Cosworth were working on a replacement head for the pinto to give a 16V twin cam option (similar to the warrior head), this however with input from Ford turned into the YB an engine that was based on the 2.0 pinto block. With a little work the YB head can be made to work in N/A form which is something I had been considering. If however there was a head already available for the pinto block this may be an option I would be interested in. The Cosworth YB was put into the 3 Sierra cosworth and the Saphire as well as the last shape (mk6) escort.
Here's a 2.0 in a 30A. All hooked to the stock drive train with an A flywheel, starter etc. Runs great and almost sounds like an A with a stock muffler. At least it's all Ford.
My "new" 2.0L Ford powered project... This is going to be turbocharged as well of course More build-pics can be seen here: http://www.panducky.com/Project-Murray_ep_72-1.html I put the project on hold a few months ago since i was moving into a new shop, but now that a few other big projects have been finished, its time to start working on her again I can't wait to get it rolling!
That looks like a Front wheel drive engine...what are you using for a Tranny? Frank www.PintoWorks.com
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