Originally Posted by
Karl
Andy,
If you're changing the rod's then why not use cossie items and cossie mahle pistons. They're the best quality pistons and rings available for a cossie!
The std pinto crank is fine up to 400bhp, but you may want to consider dowling the flywheel to the crank as its only a 6 bolter compared to the cosworths 9.
I'll certainly look into cossie bits but im a bit concerned that by the time I buy them overseas and ship em they will simply be too expensive and risky if somethings up. Although I'll check them out, the local dealers here look useless, only subaru and mitsubishi stuff mentioned so I doubt they stock anything for pintos. If I was going 300+hp im sure they'd be a lot more appealing but part of keeping the HP down is keeping the cost down, at least for now. Having said that I may be plesently surprised when I get a cossie price list
Good advice on the crankshaft btw, thanks.