hotrodholty Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 just wondering what sort of power can be got out of a 2.0 pinto running the efi in pretty much standard tune, maybe manifold and airfilter?
kevmk2 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Probably around 125bhp. With a cam and bit of porting around 140ish
bortaf Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 standard EFi , ashley manifold and system pluss a cone filter i had 102 at the rear wheels didn't get a flywheel calc so prolly about 125 not had it redone since the FR30 cam was installed you'll struggle to get past 135/140 IMHO just by adding bits like head, ex ect.
hotrodholty Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Posted March 27, 2008 standard EFi , ashley manifold and system pluss a cone filter i had 102 at the rear wheels didn't get a flywheel calc so prolly about 125 not had it redone since the FR30 cam was installed you'll struggle to get past 135/140 IMHO just by adding bits like head, ex ect. im thinking in an everyday car it would be more reliable than carbs and bertter on the juice but still have a fair bit of poke, am i right?
Guest MK1gaz Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 What can be more reliable than a twin choke weber carb from a capri , cortina etc then ? Not injection that's for sure
Fiesta Steve Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 I'll have to agree with Gaz on this one, why can't carbs be reliable ?
Guest MK1gaz Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Twin choke carb , mechanical pump and one bit of hose = reliable , cheap and simple . Or injectors , ecu, high pressure electric pumps , metering heads , etc etc (all donkeys years old of course) = not as reliable or simple
bortaf Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Well i can't really argue for the EFi reliability cos i've only done 8K odd with the EFi in the cortina but it's been ok since i fitted it. Pisses over any carbed (standard) pinto i've ever had for drivability and nearly 40 MPG at just over the leagal motorway speed in a fully loaded 1981 ford aint bad, 25 round town and that's driving it "normaly" the wife gets ni-on 35 round town Depends what you want it for ? if your gonna tune it you you can allways go back to carbs later, if you want a daily thats cheaper to drive you can't really loose. BUT fault finding can be a longer experiance due to being more complicated, having said that if you have a fault code reader (£15 of ebay) 70% of any faults are told to you in under 5 mins I find there's more loom related problems than mechanical, other than the usuall idle solenoid issue that requires a clean every now and then, most problems that sent the EFIs that i've broken to the breakers were loom plug faults that i fixed for pence. The trouble is most of the cars that are used for conversions are sold cheap for a reason, they are at the end of their life (in a monetary sense IE they need new parts), i replaced everthing replaceable on my conversion so i don't expect any troubles cos it's all new, same as i would a rebuilt carb set up but i recon i'd be looking at the carb again before the EFi. The carb set up overhaul would be cheaper but not nessersaraly easyer. It's horses for course TBH i use mine every day and i simply couldn't afford to drive it (even when it was a 1.6) and i'm not really into weekend cars.
30psi MK2 CORTINA Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 A mate of mine had one with a aftermarket ecu and it made 132hp at the treads. It was a basicly std engine too .....just extractors/ exhaust and air filter. He has now changed the inlet manifold to a dcoe webber one and fitted twin throttle bodys. Will keep you posted as to its results as it is due for dyno soon.
hotrodholty Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Posted March 28, 2008 A mate of mine had one with a aftermarket ecu and it made 132hp at the treads.It was a basicly std engine too .....just extractors/ exhaust and air filter. He has now changed the inlet manifold to a dcoe webber one and fitted twin throttle bodys. Will keep you posted as to its results as it is due for dyno soon. sound mate just out of interest what time is it over in oz. its 11.00am friday here
bortaf Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 A mate of mine had one with a aftermarket ecu and it made 132hp at the treads.It was a basicly std engine too .....just extractors/ exhaust and air filter. He has now changed the inlet manifold to a dcoe webber one and fitted twin throttle bodys. Will keep you posted as to its results as it is due for dyno soon. I'd love to here more about that 130 at the flywheel is more common over here and that's on a tuined engine! Are the EFI pintos rare over there, sent a few sets that way (postage is astronomical) but they seem in demand
caprinerd Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 just out of interest what time is it over in oz. its 11.00am friday here my old man live over there and is 10an ahalf hours ahead of us
lee_capri Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 i had a 2.0efi cappa i did'nt rate it that if i got to have a 2.0l cappa i want the following nice hot pinto and a set of 45s and the twinklet's to go with it any-day but int bothered about fuel cost's :thumbsup:unless it is for towing then i want has much has i can get so diesel
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