READ ABOUT A GUY WHO RACED A 2.0 TURBO PINTO PUSHING 500 HORSEPOWER.THIS WAS BACK IN THE 70'S I BELIEVE GUY THEY CALLED GEORGE "OHIO" Montgomery anybody ever heard of him?id sure love to know what he did to his motor.his car is supposed to be in California in a private collection
The best I recall Ohio George ran more of a Funny Car type - Turbo, Boss 429. Perhaps it is Buddy Ingersoll you are thinking of. He ran a Turbo 4 cylinder Pinto.
http://www.jrthompson.net/ohiogeorgemontgomery.html (scroll down for the Mustang)
http://pintopage.fordpinto.com/buddy.htm
ohio ran the boss 429 before the turbo pinto.go to Georgesspeedshop.com an it shows you every car he ran.the 74 pinto being one of them
Hot Rod magazine ran a two part story on Montgomery's 2.0 AA/MC in Oct. and Nov. of 1976. Maybe a library would have the back issues. My photo copies of the articles are only partially readable. I can scan them and email them if desired. What I find impressive is they did this without intercoolers (not NHRA allowed, I believe).
Thank you for the correction. Turbos did not interest me back in the 70's and this car somehow slipped by my knowing. Here is a link to some pictures of the OG Pinto. Interesting that Ingersoll ran a draw through while Montgomery ran a blow through.
http://rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=391390
Very nice link. Seems like the package evolved since the Hot Rod magazine articles which showed a draw through carb set up. I see the class went from AA/MC to SS/AC also.
A little side note here is the 33 Willys George won the 59 NHRA Nationals with was powered by a big block Caddy. The car had a recessed area on the deck lid for a spare tire and George always on step ahead made the spare out of concrete complete with a steel wheel. It was the full size of one of his slicks. Must have weighed a ton. How do I know this? I was there crewing on a Hemi powered 32 Ford A-Gaser. Long time ago, in a land far away.
Hearing stories like this makes me wish I lived back then
B.I. was my 'hero' back then. He & his little 2.0 were quite controversial back then..
I remember watching him back in the day, that Pinto was a humpin' little car.