Crossflow or Pinto 100e

[surrey_100e]

hi,

i am undecided in which engine to eventually put in my 100e. it will either be a 1600 crossflow or 2L pinto. my next door neighbor has a mk3 capri in the garage that has only done 45,000 miles from new and he says i can have the car, its a 2.0l s and i think is a 205 block (maybe wrong). But i dont know.... all i know is i want a fair bit of power and just the ease of going sideways

 

thanks alot

 

martin

[Dom]

Well i've gone for pinto because as standard they've got more power and more importantly more grunt than a standard xflow

[escort21]

Depends if ya wanna go round corners or not

[Guest M.Bird DOHC]

doubt it is a 205 block m8 as i thought they were only put in injection sierra's but im no expert on the old pinto!

 

Have the neighbours car and sell it on and buy yourself a 1600 x-flow, get boss racing engines to build it, tell him exactly what you want from it and he'l build it to your spec!

 

 

The weight distribution will be much better with a cross flow and should be easier to fit due to the option of front bowl sump from a tina! And limitates the cutting of the bulkhead, some mod's may be necessary!

 

Look at twinks 100e thats a 1300 and has been done very nicely and is still on the good ole steering box! Im sure his taken a few pics b4 to answer a very similar post!

 

A pinto is heavier than a pinto and good power can be achieved from both!

 

Then you get involved in gearbox options! And if standard, axle options too!

 

Hope this helps, im no guru but i do know a little!

[walsh253]

pinto now, youll only want more power later on

[Guest M.Bird DOHC]

Sorry m8 a pinto really is quite heavy for a 100e!

 

But each to their own, really good power can be acheived from the good old crossflow!

 

Just look at Posse old van, on 45's!

[Dom]

Depends if you really want to put the hard graft in and stick a pinto in. If you don't want to go cutting stuff up i'd stick with a xflow

[Guest M.Bird DOHC]

but if your gonna go through all the effort of cutting etc.........

 

 

 

Then why not fit a zetec?????

[Arched Escy]

Look at Odschoolgeezers Pinto 100E on bike carbs.That should give you an idea of how much work needs to be done,and will also make you want his car.

[ExotronGammaPlusSequencer]

To put a crossflow in your 100e you will still have to mod the bulkhead & tunnell,they dont just drop straight in as people would have you believe,Twinkles is a 107e which has a recessed bulkhead & different crossmember from the factory & you will still have to stretch the tunnell widthways anyway.

Crossflow is probably less work but your pinto is free & the capri will also have some useful bits if you decide to go for a rack conversion.........Depends on your budget/whether you intend to mod the engine further/what you are using the car for etc