Pinto power here we come

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:10 pm

dave j wrote:oh dear whos in trouble now

Hi Dave, Peter certainly knows his stuff!
He sounded almost disappointed I was nt going the carbs route, bless him:)
Should be interesting to delve into this a little deeper, as he was saying the fixed fan vs an electric fan he has dyno'd at over 10 BHP different

Guess what I'm going to be looking for now?
Fan
Injection head
Megasquirt and similar
Newman Cam......what can possibly go wrong?:cheers2:

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:13 pm

electric fans you say would twin fans suit you:rolleyes:

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:22 pm

I'll be under the bonnet tomorrow checking to see if mine is viscous or "fixed", I take it you have some in the spares department you call home? I reckon you've got enough to build another car mate!!

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:29 pm

Rob S wrote:I'll be under the bonnet tomorrow checking to see if mine is viscous or "fixed", I take it you have some in the spares department you call home? I reckon you've got enough to build another car mate!!

im sure i have a 2.0l dohc fans in pauls shed or you can refer to them as "cosworth" fans on ebay:D

you dont know how right you are mate about the spares we have if we had a shell i could build another car.

your mate is write about the viscus they sap power even worse than aircon does, get rid of it and as well as more power ull get better fuel economy as well.

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:41 pm

Next time you're there I'd appreciate it if you can check, in the mean time I'll get under the bonnet and see what I've got.

On the down side, I started exploration work with the rust on the back of the sills, it's a little worse than I hoped and will need some new metal before too long, for the short term I'll treat it as a short term fix to treat the rust I can't get rid of (amazing what you can do with a wire stripping head and a drill

) fill it and paint it.

Thanks Al!

dave j · Post by **dave j** » Sun May 30, 2010 10:04 am

in due course i can build them and drive them but i am crap with computors

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:46 pm

Email sent Dave;)
Update from Pete regards the build was wide ranging, and leaves plenty of scope for long term development.
Initially I'll be going for a nicely developed head and cam, going with improved intake and exhaust. This won't set the world on fire, but will improve things greatly, and not hurt should I go down the displacement route in the future.
I'll also spend the interim reading up on megasquirt and the like, and the EEC-IV's are apparently a little restrictive.
Onwards and upwards eh?

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:57 pm

good news mate, with that work your having done to start with you will get much better torque and throtal response out the car:thumbs:

dave j · Post by **dave j** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:53 pm

lets go out and play then

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:11 pm

hay mate had look in the spares department today and i have spare twin fans, it also has the wiring on it still as well, so its yours when you want it mate.