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I gave up messing with Kent engines (more specifically, carbs and points) and fitted a 2 litre injected pinto from a Granada Ghia. This was more straight-forward than people think.

Please see here for how the engine conversion was done and all the problems that I encountered.

After running the injected Pinto for a few months I was very impressed by it. The fuel economy was amazing compared with a crossflow running 45's! It also had amazing driveability and pulled strongly from 1500rpm in fourth gear. You could provoke lurid tail slides around any corner without any real effort. It really was steerable by the throttle.

The extra weight of the Pinto lowered the front of the car by another inch! Rather than just change the front springs I bought a 2¼" coil conversion kit with a pair of 225lb 10½" springs. This provided adjustable ride height at the front. See here for details.
I also took the opportunity to buy some poly bushes for the track control arms.

Once again, further driving revealed the need for a 5-speed gearbox as the car lacked any real top end speed. While the gearbox was out I removed the clutch and flywheel and had the flywheel lightened. See here for details about the gearbox change.

I had decided to take the car to a track day to see how it performed. This meant that I had a deadline for carrying out the gearbox conversion and improving the front brakes. The brake discs were replaced with 2.8i Capri discs. I also had to buy a Princess caliper spacing kit.


part 1 The History

part 2 The Track Day

part 4 Bodywork repairs