Ok, so right now I'm in Albany as a quickie vacation with my family...a 4 hour drive from Long Island......I needed reading material, so I brought a book on Turbochargers......sooooo I decided to do some more research, and it's affordable, and do-able. Basically for $400 and some fabrication I can get a decent increase in horsepower...soooo......as soon I get the money I'm gonna tubo the 1600cc motor in my Pinto!!!! I'm hoping to be making at least 120-140HP. This will be in addition to a glasspack and an upgrade to a 2bbl carb fron the 1bbl.
The book I have, which is from the early '70s, has a few pictures of 1600cc turbo kits that were made in the '70s and has a diagram on how to fabricate all the needed stuff, including an exhaust manifold.
Ok now if any of you have some Ford 1600cc motor parts lying around I need the following:
Two barrel manifold with a four bolt pattern
Camshaft, in good condition please
Exhaust manifold
Thanks!!
Ben
Quote from: Chevelle Kid on August 26, 2007, 11:25:19 PM
Ok, so right now I'm in Albany as a quickie vacation with my family...a 4 hour drive from Long Island......I needed reading material, so I brought a book on Turbochargers......sooooo I decided to do some more research, and it's affordable, and do-able. Basically for $400 and some fabrication I can get a decent increase in horsepower...soooo......as soon I get the money I'm gonna tubo the 1600cc motor in my Pinto!!!! I'm hoping to be making at least 120-140HP. This will be in addition to a glasspack and an upgrade to a 2bbl carb fron the 1bbl.
The book I have, which is from the early '70s, has a few pictures of 1600cc turbo kits that were made in the '70s and has a diagram on how to fabricate all the needed stuff, including an exhaust manifold.
Ok now if any of you have some Ford 1600cc motor parts lying around I need the following:
Two barrel manifold with a four bolt pattern You Can get this from a 1978 Fiesta.
Camshaft, in good condition please
Exhaust manifold
Thanks!!
Ben
IMHO: Save your money for school. Drive the car the way it is and have fun. If you don't set up a carb.ed turbo just right it will not last.
Bill
Quote from: 77turbopinto on August 27, 2007, 08:52:10 AM
IMHO: Save your money for school. Drive the car the way it is and have fun. If you don't set up a carb.ed turbo just right it will not last.
Bill
Hey Bill... That is Y Ben has the book!!!
Quote from: 77turbopinto on August 27, 2007, 08:52:10 AM
IMHO: Save your money for school. Drive the car the way it is and have fun. If you don't set up a carb.ed turbo just right it will not last.
Bill
Well I'm going to school for automotive purposes so i consider this "Homework"...lol
But like Pintony said I have a few books for turbos and I'm buying more and doing lots of research online and in person. I know how to weld, and I LOVE doing fabrication, I know motors pretty well and I have guidance from my dad and alot of his friends that did all this stuff back in the '70s. And I have my uncle who is a master at almost everything...lol
So I really don't see this as being out of my range...and if I mess up the motor then I'll learn from the mistake and fix it.
So if anybody else has advice on what should and shouldn't be done please feel free to tell....LOL
Thanks!
Ben
Hey Ben,
R U planning on modifying the stock exhaust manifold OR using tubing???
From Pintony
Quote from: Pintony on August 27, 2007, 10:33:35 PM
Hey Ben,
R U planning on modifying the stock exhaust manifold OR using tubing???
From Pintony
Fabricating one up from tubing. Basically I'm getting the other exhaust manifold to trace it then cut it out on a bandsaw. I need the intake since I am going to run a 2bbl carb on it and the cam is so I can send it to Isky and have them grind it for me.
And as I look at the post again I waaay underestimated myself on the price. It's going to cost me at LEAST $600 to do this....
Ben
Here is a photo of my 2.0 turbo/
Wow that looks good Tony!!! I like the home fabbed stiffeners...I think I may have to steal that idea...lol
Thanks for the pic dude!!! That's basically what my car will be stet up will look like...only not as much shiny stuff....hehehe
Ben
Hey Ben,
I say if you have the time and money DO IT!!!
I have thought about turbo-ing a 1.6... For now I am just doing the body.
From Pintony
Quote from: Pintony on August 27, 2007, 10:53:28 PM
Hey Ben,
I say if you have the time and money DO IT!!!
I have thought about turbo-ing a 1.6... For now I am just doing the body.
From Pintony
Yeah while I'm paying back my sister for the car I'm just doing bodywork. Just a quickie bondo job for now...real metal replacement will be later...once I get another car to drive daily and I can take this off the road for a few months.
Thanks!
Ben
Do U have a turbo model in mind???
Quote from: Pintony on August 27, 2007, 11:14:13 PM
Do U have a turbo model in mind???
I'm still doing basic research for what can and can't be used on a motor this small, what will or won't destroy the motor, etc.
My dad's friend Rich had a MG something that he turboed back in the late '70s and blew the motor because he didn't know what turbo to use. I'm trying to avoid it but I'd like to use something that has little turbo lag (so more low end power, I'm not going to be racing it often...I have to drive a few hundred miles to the track...)
But yeah. What turbo are you using on the 2.0??
Ben
I'm using an Aireasearch T04 W/ turbonetics wastegate.
Way too big for a 1.6.
I have a dinky turbo from a 1.9 Escort I planning to run "IF" I go turbo on the 1.6.
From Pintony
Quote from: Pintony on August 28, 2007, 12:45:05 AM
I'm using an Aireasearch T04 W/ turbonetics wastegate.
Way too big for a 1.6.
I have a dinky turbo from a 1.9 Escort I planning to run "IF" I go turbo on the 1.6.
From Pintony
Ya think that would be good for a 1.6?? I may have to look into getting one of those.
Oh will the Kent Crossflow head from the Ford Fiesta 1.6 work on my Cortina motor? I have heard of the Formula Ford guys using them....
Ben
Hey Ben,
I know the head from the Fiesta will fit BUT "MAY" lower the C.R. to a point too low for any performance.
I have NOT done that much with the fiesta engine so I do not know for sure.The Pinto 1.6 has a FLAT head and CC is in the piston crown.
From Pintony
Quote from: Pintony on August 28, 2007, 01:14:11 AM
Hey Ben,
I know the head from the Fiesta will fit BUT "MAY" lower the C.R. to a point too low for any performance.
I have NOT done that much with the fiesta engine so I do not know for sure.The Pinto 1.6 has a FLAT head and CC is in the piston crown.
From Pintony
Isn't Lower Compression better with a Turbo'ed motor?
I alway's thought that since the Turbo 2.3 is lower than the N/A 2.3
turbowagonman