The 20l engine that we specialize in is the earliest one in the list. When the 20 litre pinto engine first appeared in the rs 2000 escort many of our customers chose it to compete with.
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Ford 2 0 pinto engine. A turbo version was. At the beginning of 1984 ford pinto engine displacement range switched from 131620 to 161820. Nos rare 1971 1972 1973 ford pinto 16 20 4 cylinder engine pcv valve ac delco fits. Ending saturday at 125pm pdt 4d 6h. 20l23l25l sohc engines fords first north american metric engine featured a belt driven overhead cam and finger follower valve train while retaining traditional cast iron block and head. The 23l sohc was the base engine of numerous 1974 1997 models including mustang pinto fairmont ranger and early aerostar vans.
But it really makes little sense to call it a pinto engine and not just because ford doesnt want us to. The latter was mostly unleaded. It is often called the pinto because it was used in a couple million ford pintos. John ehrlich a builder of aftermarket hot rod enginedriveline components has all sorts of neat adapters for the ford zetec ford mazda duratec and the gm olds quad 4 engines. Introduced by ford in 1970 the pinto was one of the first production engines to carry the cam on top of the head driven by a toothed belt. Ford pintocapri 20 sohc seven blade fan pulley.
We first started building this engine as a group 1 rally engine and then later developing more powerful units with side draft weber carbs dry sump systems and in turn all steel engines for racing. Both of those classes use the old ford 20 pinto engine. Nos rare 1971 1972 1973 ford pinto 16 20 4 cylinder engine pcv valve ac delco see more like this watch trw 83126 front engine motor mount fits 1971 1974 ford pinto 16l 20l fits. The newly introduced 18 l engine used the 20 l crankshaft so to uniform engine parts for the whole range after dropping the 13 l the 16 l was redesigned to also take the 20 l crankshaft which had a 7695 mm 3030 in stroke. The bellhousing bolt pattern is almost identical to the ford 20 sohc engine. At the beginning of 1984 ford pinto engine displacement range switched from 131620 to 161820.
There are two main versions cortina rs2000 and sierra. The newly introduced 18 l engine used the 20 l crankshaft so to uniform engine parts for the whole range after dropping the 13 l the 16 l was redesigned to also take the 20 l crankshaft which had a 762 mm 300 in stroke.