Hey, I have learned now its going to be to expensive to build a cosworth from my pinto engine, can anyone advise me on the topic of making a conversion from my 2.0 pinto to a 2.0 zetec in my sapphire?

 

you can buy a second hand cossie engine for around 1500 if you look hard enough.

pinto's are good - im selling the bottom end of a pinto for 50 quid this weekend to a mate as need the space. You could even try and put the cossie 16v head with turbo onto a pinto and run low boost.

or zetec which are fairly cheap to get out of mondeos, etc

 

I tawt of that putting in a cossy, shipping to sa is expensive. Is there a way to put a 16 valve top on the pinto block?

 

in all honesty, i'd go pinto in a sierra if you just want cheapness and ease of fitting.

 

you can put a 16v head on a pinto block, yes.. there used to be warrior conversions.. but if you think the cossie lump's expensive, i'd forget all about those!!!!!

 

I have a existing pinto in the car, its a 202, I just bought a 205 sub assembly for 1500 rand which is not a bad price, how can I make it faster?

 

dont some volvo heads fit onto pinto with little mods

 

I believe you did get it, unfortunately not here in south africa, what would you say is the best option with that pinto? What is that engine capability?

 

a decent pinto will give about 150bhp dependant on mods and should be fairly reliable and relatively cheap to get to that power level.

I sold a pinto head with kent cam for Ł130 on ebay. Am in the process of sellling the complete bottom end for 50 quid to a mate.

 

I did look al over for a kent cam, what mods are we looking towards that kind of bhp?

 

id have to get this if was to do another sierra,
https://passionford.com/forum/non-fo...-a-sierra.html