When the 20 litre pinto engine first appeared in the rs 2000 escort many of our customers chose it to compete with. This section looks at anyway possible of coaxing more power out of the ford 23l lima engine.
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2 litre pinto engine modifications. The pintos crank is able to out rev the rods which can be a weak link 7500 is the absolute maximum we would recommend although this really only applies to the later wider injection rods which are stronger than the early type. The limiting factors are the popularity of modification to your car and engine bay space. The newly introduced 18 l engine used the 20 l crankshaft so to uniform engine parts for the whole range after dropping the 13 l the 16 l was redesigned to also take the 20 l crankshaft which had a 762 mm 300 in stroke. Pegasus auto racing is the exclusive us importer for ff1600 kent engine parts manufactured by formula ford international to original ford motor company specifications. We provide all kinds of performance parts to dramatically increase the speed and power of your ford pinto or improve its look and feel. We specialize in parts for the ford 1600 kent engine and the ford 20l sohc pinto engine for formula ford 1600 and formula ford 2000 sports 2000 race cars.
For very high compression race engines it is worth looking at the 16 head as a starting point for modifying rather than the 2 litre head. A turbo is a lot smaller than a. The idle air control valve larger capacity fuel injectors the o2 sensor the affects of fuel pressure the effect of octance mods to. Fuel the fuel section discusses improvements to the fuel injection. You may have to have custom turbosupercharger kits made depending on the vehicles popularity. At the beginning of 1984 ford pinto engine displacement range switched from 131620 to 161820.
The 16 head has 38cc chambers and the 2 litre has 50cc chambers. The 2 litre heads have massive ports to start with so good gains can be had by merely fitting a kent fr32. We first started building this engine as a group 1 rally engine and then later developing more powerful units with side draft weber carbs dry sump systems and in turn all steel engines for racing. Also if you have a small engine bay it may be hard to find room for a charger without removing or tucking other parts. It takes a lot of skimming to get a 2 litre head to the desired chamber volume for race use and this weakens the deck face. While trying to decide what performance parts are right for your ford pinto whether it be brake parts spark plugs or a new suspension youll be inundated with a vast choice of performance upgrades at carid.
This section is divided into the following.
Gallery of 2 Litre Pinto Engine Modifications
