someone wrote:
>Actually I had one that a DPO had placed a 1.6Liter Pinto (Ford) 4cyl
>engine. Ford only made it one year before they jumped up to a 2.0L as I
>understand it (DPO passed it off as a Cortina, and there appear to be some
>similarities). Fits OK, parts OK to come by, peppy little engine, I'd try
>and rebuild what you got first and don't recommend it as I think the
>modification would be more work that a rebuild.
If I had an Alpine, I'd want it original but that pushrod Pinto motor was
one of the Kent series Ford engines that form the basic motor in Ford
formula juniors, formula Fords, Lotus Super Sevens, and even the bottom of
the Lotus twincam engines in various race and road cars. It's infinitly
tunable and probably has more performance parts available than any engine
made ('cept a small block Chev, I guess)
Tony
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