tank1987

hi all

right i need more power and want to turbo the pinto

my plan is to:-

build a manifold
use a t3
fifth injector set up (any ideas where from will help)
about 9 psi
intercooler
and spacer not very big between to head gaskets to lower compression

ive got 218cc injectors now will i need bigger with the fifth or not

i'm not looking for massive out and out power just something different an slightly more power

any HELP welcome


thank you

GARETH T

i bet in the long run it would be cheaper to buy a second hand YB,,,, then you have alot moer tuning scope

tank1987

i just fancy a change and something different

Chip

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As an exercise, cool project, in terms of actually ending up with something worth having, terrible idea!

Chip

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Ps

I wouldnt use two head gaskets, just get a thicker one made, and really you need management or the igintion timing will be a mile out!

Nash

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As on turbosport a few people on there have done it so they will be able to give you some advice.

Chip

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The trouble is, if you look at it logically, you need the following:

head with decent flow
bigger injectors
management
manifolds
nice strong bottom end


And the logical answers to those issues are:
Cossie head
Cossie injectors
Cossie management
Cossie manifolds
Cossie pistons and rods and crank


Cause it all bolts straight on!

Anything else you do is just going to be both harder/dearer and worse in most cases!

Daveysaff

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As above, stick a YB in there, its a glorified pinto turbo anyway!
Its gonna be cheaper in the long run and theres more advice and tuning parts available for the YB



Oh, and your car looks mint btw

ricky

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my m8 as got a complete pinto turbo just lieying in is garage
he took it out to go cossy

tracktoy

although its the easier option, the cost of fitting a yb to the car would be quite high as he would need everything ie engine, box, loom, brain, intercooler, rad, pipework, sensors etc it soon adds up when you start from scratch and decent parts are getting hard to get hold of

the idea for fitting a turbo the his current engine came from an article in this months 'practical performance car' magazine about 'factory approved hot rods'. The courtenay turbo manta basically has a spacer plate fitted, a turbo bolted on blowing through an intercooler with a fifth injector adding fuel when the boost (15psi for 230bhp ) and all this was approved by the dealers

i'm not saying that its the best way of doing it but cant see why it would not work, and because the parts needed could be from any turbo charged car he would not need to pay the 'cosworth' premium



lots of good advice on there

got any more details or a number we could get hold of him

GARETH T

without alot of tweeking,, the car will never be a nice car after

honestly now,,, YB or dont bother

luke89

iTrader: (1)

or how about zetec turbo ? pistions and rods from the us £500 mega squirt £300 turbo and manifolds gonna be no diffrent to the pinto injecters use cossie ones sorted

tracktoy

what about fitting cosworth management to the pinto?

GARETH T

but then you are talking about a 500 quid remap ontop

buy a YB and everything that goes with it

AlexF

do it!

who wants a cossy anyway?!


just make sure you put MegaSquirt on it

tank1987

glad someone agree's wasnt sure weather to run megasquirt or not where the best place to get megasquirt

xr4x4rs

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dont all the usa sierras run a pinto turbo? and getting stupid power from them?

sure ive seem them use a volvo head on them aswell to go the 16v route instead of cosworth but dont know whats involved

i think its fastmaul who runs a website for usa sierras and theres loads on there with good info



its something different and if done rite good be a very good car

but i think you are going to have cossie crank and rods at least

phil_focus

cant the standard crank and rods cope with 9psi boost?

GARETH T

honestly now,,, your not an engineer,,, its takes time and money to do a conversion which is worth doing!

after a fair bit of money,, you might end up with a nice conversion! but i promise you this,,, it still wont be as good as a standard YB

keep your eyes on freeads and the likes! i bet you could get a YB 2wd engine for 800 quid,