kieths doing the welding and helping me with the painting etc...... i cant do anymore on it really until i get a welder

your basically 90% done once you have it painted underneath,, just a matter of puting it all back together then!

 

pm me if you want info on my welder, price etc, its pretty good and sure it did my job

not just painting it underneath, painting everything except the roof pretty much like kieths white 1 in the garage lol
but yeah putting it all back together and paintin, cleaning everything as i go along
if i get my ass in gear the shell should be white by the end of this month...'should be'

 

Top work.Keep it up.

 

hows it going fella ?


looking good

 

thanks il try my best lol

 

its going the very best, and yourself?

thanks your wagon is looking well, coming along rightly

 

Unreal lad, shame your dropping the twincam donkey back in though after going so far with the shell lol v6 would be the ticket planted in there lad

 

x2, buy my black one

 

x3 ,

but i can see why your sticking with the originality ...


you boys heading over for ford fair ?>???

 

sorry to disappoint you all but i dont like v6's lol. But if theres ever going to be a change of donkey it will have 4 cylinders but until then il be trying to fit and map cossie injectors, we'll see how that goes lol

And beefy when will ford fair be? Lets hope its a good few months away yet lol

 

btw jake, i saw a pinto shoot flames last night, id have to say it was the first time i was impressed by a pinto :P lol

 

are cossy injectors not a different impetence and shape?

 

Whys that mate? (about the cossie injectors) you had a change of plans re the engine? I think we are going to have to club together and donate you a digital camera mate, your pics are shocking lol would love to see a few nice clear ones

 

Superb engine, stronger and more powerful than any production pinto ever produced, despite common misconception its actually very easy to tune etcetc.

With a 2.3 bottom end a guy on the sierra forum made more torque and power than a 2.9 v6. With a full on 16v head and 2.3 bottom end people consistently make more power than the cossy v6, AND its dirt cheap.

They turbo really well too.

Sensible choice in my opinion.

Rob,

 

Me and kieth lined up a set of each and they where pretty much the exact same, im going to try to fit them and if they dont leak then ill get something like an omex management and get it mapped to suit the injectors. Atm this is all just theory, its worth a try if nothing else. And with a 4branch and full s/s i should have some form of power lol
Btw what do you mean by impetence?

 

Well, im thinking cossie injectors because they seem identical and with a real good map i could have a well tuned engine, as said above, theory atm. And what do you mean by changes re. The engine? Lol
Yea sorry about that, my fones always there and i just take pics with it lol. Ill try and remember to tell the sis to bring up her digital camera and get some good pics this weekend

 

ford fairs august fella Ź!!

 

Good stuff,

Thing it mate, as far as i know your ecu isn't particularly mappable, AND bigger injectors will not give you ANY power increase... unless there is a demand for more fuel.

Rob,

 

as said above

put a 16v head on and u will have 150-160bhp already then, 4 branch, exhaust, filter, cams, decent management should see 180bhp+ then if your going like me set of carbs or TBs to get you past the 200bhp mark

least you have the twincam box already like so will bolt straight up

oh theres 2 types of injectors low and high impedence, would be worth checking

 

I should be able to make that no problem, and in the sierra id hope where abouts in england is it at?

 

Well i think you can get a omex mappable ecu for the 8v, seen them on burton power. Aw i know that lad, ive just got too look into it a little more.

 

Hmm i was considering that at a stage, but that would mean getting the power i want too easy lol (im a little awkward) its just i want to keep it 8v and n/a and see how much power i can achieve through that, i want a fast 8v, not a fast 16v or 2.3. As stupid as that may sound id say theres a point to it somewhere lol. Ill just keep on looking into other things that i can do.
Can u get a set of cams for the 8v?
Oh, i think i will look into that as it seems interesting :P, thanks for the info

 

lad look on burtonpower for performance upgrades for the 8v and SE specialisedengines.com

 

ahh, good stuff, didn't realise you were prepared to go after market management. In which case the worlds your oyster.... turbo it is

Or, fast road cams, ported head 4-2-1 manifold and tbh thats probably all thats available for the 8v off the shelf... probably 140bhp ish.

 

Fair played. I didnt realise he was doing much engine work on it you see. Everyone to there own and all that, i like pinto's for a reason i do not know i just think there fun to drive and although drinking far more fuel than a twincam and v6 together i think its more about smiles per gallon not miles

 

Im not sure he is lol, but a fair reason none the less guess every one has preferences. But after stripping a few twin cams, they are pretty meaty where its important. Friend also has a 160,000 mile one that hasn't ever missed a beat, not sure how many pintos would do that

 

What i meant was i didnt think he was doing anything bar exhaust, air filter manifold etc.etc.

 

Ive been looking on burton power and found a few things for it, havent seen cams yet thought, must get a look on that other website when i get a chance. Need to sit down and think about what the best options are lol

 

its at silverstone fella !!

 

ive got a few things planned

 

Speak to me about the turbo, what turbos fit, the story about the 5th injector, availibilty of parts, and possible power? Oh and cost?

 

Wouldnt mind going there for a run, ill have to try and get something sorted for it

 

got the bits that where sandblasted etch primed there tonight at last and have the car half ready for painting lol. Should i do the axle beam black or silver? I have peugeot black here which would be a good shiny colour lol. Opinions please

 

ok tasty update for ya'll i got my wings on friday so was busy lining them and getting them fitted, finished them up yesterday, welded on and all i also fitted all parts around the front panel to ensure they fitted and lined up nicely, which thankfully they did i also have the 2 quarters, most of the bootlid, some of the engine bay and the 4 door shuts sanded up, almost ready for paint, so i am geting on pretty well if i do say so myself :P
and last night i painted my crossmember and driveshaft peugeot black (same colour as my dturbo) looks really well
i also got some more work done to the engine, i lifted out the cams and tappets and cleaned out all the tappets from oul burnt oil, etc. hopefully this will sort out the 1 or 2 sticky tappets, wont really know until shes fired up lol. i also got the block painted, not really happy with the colour although its growing on me.
my plans now are to send the head away to be polished and ported and new valves+springs etc fitted, and also to get the car ready to paint, should hopefully have it ready or painted this weekend, depends on how i get on and if i get paint, etc sorted out.
now for a few pics

 

looks good. Good tough engines those are, will be interesting to see how you get on modifying it.

 

looking well lad.mine on the spit too

 

yeah you should keep an eye on it, id love to see what power i can get out of it without converting to 16v or 2.3.. or turbo lol
hopefully something rewarding

thanks for the comment btw

 

thanks lad
well im hoping not to have mine on the spit for much longer lol, hopefully it will be off it within the next few weeks although its hard to know.
have you got a build thread of yours or any pics? is it a cosworth?

 

your doing well mate,keep up the good work

 

thanks kieth do you think it could be ready for donegal rally at this rate of going? lol

oh btw do you have the p/s bonnet vent or is yours d/s?