Hi

Is anyone out there running a 1600 Pinto

What the performance like

I've got a reconditioned 1600 given to me but don't know whether to use it or go for a 2 ltr and the expense to rebuild it

Is there a vast difference between the two

I want the car to end up quicker than most tin tops but doesn't need to be insanely quick

Thanks

'no replacement for displacement'

I'd go for the 2.0L pinto! (personally)

If it was a 1700 X-Flow - then that's a diff story, those things are insanely quick....

Or investigate a Zetec, cheap in price now and the extra's aren't that much expensive over and above a pinto!

Hope that helps?

i was (quite fun), but always going to upgrade

I'm currently running a 1.6L Pinto w/ R1 Carbs.

It's fast enough to scare me.


Bike Carbs 1

[Edited on 10/5/06 by andyharding]

Not sure about this but what about spending the money you would use on rebuilding a 2;tr, on performance tuning the 1600, you might find you can get a lot of power out of the 1600, possible comparable to a std 2ltr. Just a thought, no facts of figures to back it up.

Later

Hi Andy

Whats it like up against most tin tops?

Any idea of the 0-60 roughly

I got a ride in a locost with a standard 1600 engine a full sierra back end and lots of extra steel. it still went quick enough to leave the tintops.
i am building a book car with 1600 pinto running webber 40s and possibly a fast road cam and I am looking forward to spritely performance!

Caber

i was planning a 1600cc MK but in the end i had a 2000cc in the garage. used this and part x'd for a 2100cc pinto well fast

ditch

I think it depends on your budget! If I had a fully reconded engine for free, like you I would use this and add bike carbs latter, or full FI.... (but I am tight!)... Afer all you could change latter for a 2ltr pinto, engine mounts etc will all be the same...

[Edited on 11/5/06 by Bluemoon]

Hi All

Thanks for the response

Iv'e got a set of 32mm bike carbs I'd like to use just so I don't have have a hole in the top of the bonnet

Theres a chance a 2 ltr lump might be coming up

Is there really that much difference between the 1600 and 2000?

I think that you will find the 32mm cabs a mite restricted as the recommendations on here seem to be that you really should be using 36mm. As my 1600 is not running yet i cannot comment.

32mm are fine for a 1600.

You really want 36mm on a 2 litre to match the size of the inlet ports.

Hi mate im running a 1600 pinto with single webber carb with k&n filter, when i got it i loved it but soon got board and drove my mates 2.1 ltr pinto and this weekend im fitting a 2ltr engine with twin webbers and fast road cam then poss fit a megajolt ecu. its down to prefrance and when you are going to use the car, on the road its faster than most tin tops but when i took her on the track it was amazing in the corners but rubbish on the straight. if i wasnt going on the track with it i prob would leave the 1600 in her.

Yep been there had a 1640cc pinto with zx6r carbs not bad when on my own but with the amigos i go about with had to work it hard to keep up.......... Then i fitted a 2040cc pinto with all the tricks that was fast but not what i was wanting

so i changed it all for a nissan 2.0l turbo with standard nissan ecu now this is bloody fast and im now happy i have a fast standard set up



1640cc pinto esti power 90/110 BHP
2040cc pinto esti power 130/155 BHP
1998cc nissan turbo esti power 215/225 BHP