In this video we bring you the final part of our Harris pinto rebuild where we make some good noise on the Dyno. Special thanks to Bestek for a cracking distributor, and Burtons for fast and efficent service
I've been following this build with great interest. I had a 1971 Pinto Hatchback which ran a best of 16:45--80 mph flat with only the addition of headers and richer jets in the carb. At that time the National record was 16:25---83 MPH. I never had the funds to campaign the car. It needed a locking rear end and bigger rear tires. Also the transmission had the very low 1st gear causing a power drop after the 1-2 shift. A transmission change was needed also so it had a more favorable gear. Fun little car though.
Hi Graham, love watching your vids. Have you ever done a side by side comparison on simpson vs tony law headers on a dyno run? If not, I would love to see that.. especially considering how expensive simpson exhaust are compared to tony law. Keep up the good work.
As an Aussie I would love to have an engine built and setup by Graham. Also it would be interesting to see a pinto head built with the David Visard Polyquad idea of having the exhaust set further up in the head so the intake mixture goes over the exhaust on cross over. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--vY5Z3nCJLQ.htmlsi=YQsxzJDrVG3S071D
not done a 1.6 for many years, essentually they tune same as 2.0 EXCEPT you really do need to be careful with cam and carb selection or you end up with a really revy engine which has no torque
That's around the same No's as the best GRP1 on 40mm DCNF's all be it on better fuel. Ign. timing was 36 deg. Not 100% sure if Pipers GRP1 cam was the same as an original Ford item 🤐 😮 torque and RPM were the same No's also. So long ago it's irrelevant now🙂 Referring to your first pull.
Great build 👌 I suspect my capri 2.0 pinto needs some jetting work as im getting pinking on the top end as you go into the second choke, (standard weber carb) at higher speeds. Do you think bigger main jets would be the way to go?
What was the advance curve of the Bestek distributor if it was advanced from 28 deg to 34 deg without having too much ignition advance lower down in the rev range or was it altered to suit
i never expected it to work properly with only 28 degrees advance, you have to start somewhere and you want to start at a safe number which is why i started at 28
