A adapter plates

[Beater]

might be the wrong place, but ill ask it anyways, on my way with a speedster project, and when the A engine is used up I have a B or C engine{depending on who you believe} im going to rebuild. but it got me thinkin seeinf as im going to run a hood im wondering if any of you guys have swapped in a pinto engine or something like that? yes I know its not right, but it just got me thinkin what would fit and work good in there. in the past there must have been adapter plates and such for some engines?

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by Beater

might be the wrong place, but ill ask it anyways, on my way with a speedster project, and when the A engine is used up I have a B or C engine{depending on who you believe} im going to rebuild. but it got me thinkin seeinf as im going to run a hood im wondering if any of you guys have swapped in a pinto engine or something like that? yes I know its not right, but it just got me thinkin what would fit and work good in there. in the past there must have been adapter plates and such for some engines?

Pinto engine!! There is no right place for putting one of those in a car.

Do a search and you will find all kinds of reasons not to use that engine.

Here is a start;
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78089

[Dollar Bill]

Didn't the Shay Roadster use a Pinto power train?
Why keep the transmission if you're swapping engines?

[tbirdtbird]

Pinto motors have no low-end torque. you have to rev the nuts off them to get them to do anything

[Jim Brierley]

As tbirdbird says, and not as much fun to drive because of that.

[Beater]

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)

wow never heard of the SHAY before. pretty neat. im not really thinking about doing this but I figured it must have been done in the past? say a little continental 4 with modern oil preasure sytem

[Pete]

Pinto's are outdated technology.
Use an Olds Quad 4 or Ford Focus. You can get 300 hp from them.

[Charlie Stephens]

Originally Posted by Beater

might be the wrong place, but ill ask it anyways, on my way with a speedster project, and when the A engine is used up I have a B or C engine{depending on who you believe} im going to rebuild. but it got me thinkin seeinf as im going to run a hood im wondering if any of you guys have swapped in a pinto engine or something like that? yes I know its not right, but it just got me thinkin what would fit and work good in there. in the past there must have been adapter plates and such for some engines?

The Pinto engine is a terrible choice. If an evil sorcerer waved his magic wand and all of the Model A and Model B engines disappeared I would go with the 4 cylinder Chevy II engine that was introduced in 1962. This engine has evolved into the current 181 cubic inch GM Industrial engine. There is a ton of information on these engines on HAMB (which is where the information belongs), use the archives there.

You are probably thinking of the kit that was available in the seventies to mate a Pinto to a stock Model A transmission. I think it was poorly designed (Model A flywheel at the end of a Pinto crank), didn't look right and was underpowered. The only good thing about the conversion was that it was easy to go back to the original engine, which is what most people did.

Charlie Stephens

[CarlG]

I didn't like the Pinto engine even when it was in my Wife's Pinto.