Hi, New to the forums, My current Project is an oddity, I am taking my 1977 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon
Added Mustang GT Turbines in 15x7 wrapped in 185 55 R15 Bridgestone RE040's
Installing a recent acquired 2.3 Turbo from either a Mustang or Capri Pre-82
We are hooking it up to a rebuilt C3 Transmission with a Shift kit
(yes they made them)
Also, a MSD6-BTM, MSD Disty & BlasterII Coil for the engine,Rock Auto got me the Carb for $212 shipped, a g-pop T3 Rebuild kit and the last thing I need is the damned Turbo Air cleaner, the engine currently sits like this...
I'm waiting on the Adjustable Cam gear, and the manual boost controller.
I'll take any advice & praise for the project, keep the flames to a minimum, The Reason I chose the Pinto to do this with the stock 2.3 had less than 73k miles on it when it was ripped out I got this motor for cheap, the shop is re-enforcing everything they can get to and we hope to have it up & running before January, the most difficult process will be dyno-tuning the car.
Updates to follow.
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Okay, so today i decided to put the fuel pump & water pump on, I started with the engine looking like this...
Now, when I was looking @ what I still had in the Pinto I decided to use the Power Steering and alternator brackets from the N/A 2.3 Motor, Notice the Turbo on the right and the non-turbo on the left... size does matter
Now, the Pinto(s) had a plate to cover the fuel pump, it attached to the block and one of the engine mounts, so I gotta swap this too...
I love the color of Ford Blue combined with a Blue table acquired from a NAPA store, Now, this photo is KEY!, if I hadn't taken this photo I would never have figured out why I was about to have a bad day... do you see it class?
F.M.L. that is all (again do you see the issue with the 2.3T & non-T?)
Turbo is rear sump, Non-Turbo is front sump, which means I gotta swap the oil-pump pickup, and the oil pan, (also gotta knock out a 6 inch dent on the front of the pinto oil pan.)
So here is the intake Manifold off of the head...
here is the Intake manifold, looks shiny and a new-ish gasket, I may re-use these
Here is the Cam & the other Misc bits on the head...
#4 Piston has been replaced
here is the turbo engine rear sump oil pickup
front sump pickup...
Here are the Oil Pans, if anyone else ever tries to do this swap, this is important info...
Here I am installing the junction for the oil sender, notice whats to the left of my hands
Okay, the drivers side of the engine bay had some issues, the people I bought the car back from were intent on doing a 302 swap on it, so we had to remove the one inch spacers and bolt the plate back to where it belongs. Also notice the factory ignition stuffs above that, that will be addressed in a few more photos.
Passenger side engine mount replaced.
WIN!
Wheel & Tire Combo 185 55 R15 Potenza tires
Turbo and related mess :|
Told ya we'd take care of it.
EOD Tech Ford pinto style
marking it for life
a few more wires to go & we're good
Ask me about old technology
Really old, that stereo/CB is April 76 Vintage and it STILL WORKS
here is the Engine & Transmission being lowered in...
Here is the engine sitting in without the engine mounts being bolted together
Engine & Transmission are installed... Notice how much space is between the Exhaust Turbine heat shield and the brake booster...
And here she sits, yes we will have to clearance the hood to make it close I am grafting a mid 70's era trans-am hood scoop to the Apocalypse, should be fairly entertaining.
I run the car with 10psi on 89 Octane
68k miles on the build,been through 2 head gaskets, 2 flywheels, 5 fuel pumps 9 fuel filters & a few oil changes.