crossflow V pinto

[stevepeanut]

ok I have a 1600 crossflow in the mk2, and I have just got my spigot bearing so thats the last part to convert it to manual that I needed. Now the plan was, to run it as a standard 1600 while the next 12 months was speant buying a pinto, then saving and buying parts to tune it up, so next winter I could drop a fairly quick road pinto into the car. But another part of me is wondering whether to tune the crossflow instead. Cos the money I spend on a pinto + rs2000 sump etc to get me started could be thrown straight towards head/cams etc for the crossflow. I dunno what to do, I know a bit about pintos cos I had one in my old capri, and I know they have great potential for tuning. But I know nothing about crossflows. Do I stick with my original plan and build up a pinto over the year. Or spend money on the crossflow instead?

[Copey]

i would say build a pinto, good strong engines, your escy will fly with a sorted pinto in it

[BIG G]

For cheap tuning and power go pinto Great engine

[zetecmk2]

put a zetec in!!

[timmy4doors]

pinto all day long

[D4N]

Pinto

[jay]

pinto.............

[jamesmk1]

pinto

[Baz.]

pinto

[Toby]

Easier to tune a pinto, depending on spec, but the pinto has the capacity advantage from the outset...

 

Certainly easier to get 150 hp out of a Pinto than a Crossflow....

 

But I do love a nice crossflow!!

[garyv6100e]

How quick do you want it to be you can get 110 to 130 out of a crossflow and still be not to stressed but as toby said pinto has got a capacity / power advantage from the off and can get 130 to 150 without to much trouble

 

personally i love the sound of a Xflow on 40's so for that reason alone Xflow for me

[caprinerd]

id say pinto but there again i love the pinto easy to work the power with little effort

[colin spridgeon]

pushrod power for me

[Col-ashtonmobile]

if it,s a fast road car then i,d say tune the crossflow into a

screamer , you,ll love it