Pinto Car Club of America

I just bought a clean 73 sedan with 2.0 and C4 and only 38K on the clock. The plans call for a T5 swap and that's about it other than an exhaust upgrade. YERAS ago when i had three different 2.0 Pintos i remember the header 2.25 exhuast i had custom made helping a lot. Anyway the 2.0 is all but gone these  days and i was wondering if the 2.0 used in the early rangers is the same 2.0 german engine or just a smaller 2.3L ???
Also i do not foloow circle track racing of any sorts especially dirt and i know ther are mini-stock classes that still run these engines. Those type tracks are closing fast these days but am curious if anyone knows of a knowleable person/engine builder on the east coast not to far from Philly??
I bought small cams years ago(I kinda remember Shelby cams? with 230/480 specs??) and they made the cars run worse and i don't want that again. I had the heads cut and i was TOLD that w/o an adjustable cam pulley that it retards the cam.  
Lastly. I always like d the original staged 2 bbl carb it offers decent economy(my reason for buying a Pinto again, well that, and i don't want to drive a Toyota or Honda!) anyway is there anyone doing tricks to the original autolite carbs?, thanx for bearing with me. crossy

From what I've heard the Ranger 2.0 is a totally differenc beast. Not too sure about this but I think the ranger 2.0 was manufactured by Ford. Could be wrong, probably am. lol

If my guess is right, it's like the 2.3 Pinto engine and the 2.3 HSC used in the Tempo. Both are the same size, but that's where the similarities end. Again, I could be wrong, but thought I'd take a stab at the question.

The 2.0 Ranger is a smaller 2.3 and nothing will interchange with the german 2.0. Be very careful picking a cam, less duration and more lift is the way to go. I ran a motorsport cam that was 300 advertised duration and 450" lift w/117 lobe center, a decent overall cam but a little too much duration. Idle had to be 1500 and it had a lot of wopity-wop, sounded good but below 2000 RPM you had to go to a lower gear. A real pain to drive in stop-n-go traffic. Years ago I had a 270/468 cam and it ran great. good idle, good power and it sounded like an angry bumble bee!!
If you cut the head you need an adjustable gear. Period.
There are a lot of little tricks that can be done to the carb, When I raced dirt tracks and we had to use a stock carb, I modified one that flowed about 365 CFM but it was made to run wide open so it would not be streetable. A 350 2bbl Holley with an adaptor or a 4bbl intake with a 390 works great. The 390 has small primary bores and will give better economy than the 350 if you can keep your foot out of it!  ;D