2.3L upgrades

PKRWUD · 10-20-1999, 07:47 PM

Come on Jason, not everybody fits into the V8 format, and often not by choice. I have owned three Pintos over the years (I don't talk about it much). The first two were both '78 w/2.3's in them. The first one was bone stock and very fast (as 2.3's go, anyway). I twice raced and beat a stock 302 Fairmont. My second 2.3 Pinto received a beefed up head with a decent cam. I used it for delivering pizzas and raced and beat MANY 5.0 Mustangs (keep in mind that this was back in the mid '80's). My last Pinto was a '72 with a 2000 in it. It had a header, a ported race head with all the bells and whistles, a killer Crane cam, a ported intake, a Holley carb, an MSD 6A box and an MSD timing advance control box, as well as a few other little goodies. I only paid $15 for the car, and the parts I put into it I either had or traded for. It was a very low cost car. It had a best quarter mile time of 13.525 @103 mph. It also got better than 25 mpg. Alas, it was still a Pinto. I ended up selling it for $2500.
Take care,
-Chris

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10-20-1999, 07:47 PM	#1
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	Come on Jason, not everybody fits into the V8 format, and often not by choice. I have owned three Pintos over the years (I don't talk about it much). The first two were both '78 w/2.3's in them. The first one was bone stock and very fast (as 2.3's go, anyway). I twice raced and beat a stock 302 Fairmont. My second 2.3 Pinto received a beefed up head with a decent cam. I used it for delivering pizzas and raced and beat MANY 5.0 Mustangs (keep in mind that this was back in the mid '80's). My last Pinto was a '72 with a 2000 in it. It had a header, a ported race head with all the bells and whistles, a killer Crane cam, a ported intake, a Holley carb, an MSD 6A box and an MSD timing advance control box, as well as a few other little goodies. I only paid $15 for the car, and the parts I put into it I either had or traded for. It was a very low cost car. It had a best quarter mile time of 13.525 @103 mph. It also got better than 25 mpg. Alas, it was still a Pinto. I ended up selling it for $2500. Take care, -Chris ------------------ RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN. The best tool you'll ever have, and it's free !!! '64 Falcon/Ranchero: 302+.040, 10.5:1, .475", 282 Dur., Perf. RPM, Holley 750 Dbl Pumper, MSD, 4-Spd., 8.8 w/3.73 posi. = 12.888 @109 MPH