turbo pinto

captain_communism · September 24th, 2007, 07:26 PM

Hi, I have a 1980 Pinto that I'm thinking about swapping a 2.3 Turbo into. I bought the car a couple years ago planning to swap a 302 with Cleveland heads into it. When I was reading about the swap I discovered the 2.3 Turbo swap and considered it too. Nothing really happened with the pinto at all, then yesterday I found a T-bird Turbo Coupe for sale for $500. That brought up the idea of the engine swap again. The Pinto I have has a 2.3 already, and it also has the automatic, which I believe would be a C4. I'm thinking about buying that T-bird and swapping in the Turbo motor, but I want to keep it an automatic. I heard the C4 in the Pintos is weaker than a regular C4. Is there any conversion kit to make the Pinto C4 stronger? Or would a C4 out of an older car with a 302 fit? What else would be necessary to make the conversion work?

TurboLX · September 24th, 2007, 07:46 PM

this is a mustang site

lets discuss on my forum

www.Ford23.eamped.com

will discuss there

-cold-machine- · September 27th, 2007, 01:10 PM

the sites down :'(

MSO · September 27th, 2007, 01:27 PM

works fine for me

September 24th, 2007, 07:26 PM	#1
captain_communism Newbie 1999 Mustang GT N/A Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bigfork, MT Posts: 34 iTrader: 0 reviews	turbo pinto Hi, I have a 1980 Pinto that I'm thinking about swapping a 2.3 Turbo into. I bought the car a couple years ago planning to swap a 302 with Cleveland heads into it. When I was reading about the swap I discovered the 2.3 Turbo swap and considered it too. Nothing really happened with the pinto at all, then yesterday I found a T-bird Turbo Coupe for sale for $500. That brought up the idea of the engine swap again. The Pinto I have has a 2.3 already, and it also has the automatic, which I believe would be a C4. I'm thinking about buying that T-bird and swapping in the Turbo motor, but I want to keep it an automatic. I heard the C4 in the Pintos is weaker than a regular C4. Is there any conversion kit to make the Pinto C4 stronger? Or would a C4 out of an older car with a 302 fit? What else would be necessary to make the conversion work?

September 24th, 2007, 07:46 PM	#2
TurboLX I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1988 Mustang LX Turbo Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY Posts: 8,792 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	this is a mustang site lets discuss on my forum www.Ford23.eamped.com will discuss there __________________ 1988 LX Coupe 2.5L, GT35R, 44mm WG, 32psi, C16.

September 27th, 2007, 01:10 PM	#3
-cold-machine- Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Winnieg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 498 iTrader: 0 reviews	the sites down :'( __________________ 1990 2.3L Mustang Hatchback. 2000 3.8L Mustang.

September 27th, 2007, 01:27 PM	#4
MSO Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: アメリカ Posts: 5,954 iTrader: 0 reviews	works fine for me __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [SIZE="5"][FONT="Arial Black"]OBEY THE FACE![/FONT][/SIZE] Edited By Moderator. Next time will be a ban.

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