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  1. 78pinto

    Another story of the cobbled together mustang II

    i hear ya, my car has been a PITA for me this year. Sad thing is....its because of the way i put it together last year. Thankfully i kept all my wiring diagrams that i drew for the conversion, i needed them this year.
  2. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    the fan is a Hayden, and you can change the polarity for mounting in front or behind the rad.
  3. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    thanks, well i fired it up today, a few minor coolant leaks (fixed) then i broke the valvetrain and cam in for about 20 minutes at between 1500 and 2200 rpms. It would not idle at all just kept stalling. I dissconected the battery for 20 minutes, unplugged the idle air control, fired it up and...
  4. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    thanks man, i will do the fenderwell routing. I had it done like that on the old set up that came out the other side, first i have to move some items from that fenderwell (wiring, voltage regulator, ect...) With the ceramic coating on the headers.....the heat has been reduced big time, 5 minutes...
  5. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    Its a Canadian Tire (big auto part place here in Canada) Can't remember the exact name off the top of my head, but it wasn't expensive. No fan on water pump snout, only 3/4 inch of clearance between the rad and pulley bolts. :(
  6. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    It's 4:11 mini spooled, tranny is a built C5 with 7 extra plates, stall is a 2500. Last year off the trailer it ran 12.7 at 105 but there was more in it i'm sure. Rear end is a nine inch with custom traction bars and frame connectors.
  7. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    Friday night is a free for all cruise uptown (unofficial) Cops pretty much let ya go nuts with the smokey burnouts (as long as your not too crazy with the speed) till about 8:00 pm then the tickets start flyin at $106 a pop for unnesasary noise. Saturday they close off a section of Talbot St...
  8. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    thanks guys! Kram2, where in Ontario are you? You should come to Autofest here in St. Thomas June 18-20 There will be lots of cars from all over.
  9. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    and another. New heads, cam, intake (upper and lower), rad, distributor, pullies, alt bracket. Better go 11's or i'll not be happy!
  10. 78pinto

    351w EFI Pinto ready to fire up

    well, tomorrow i'm gonna fire it up for the first time with this set up, i'm hoping for the best!
  11. 78pinto

    5 lug wheels, we've been reading and learning, have ?

    don't know if its true or not, but iv'e heard you can use ranger axles in the 8 inch rear for 5 lug.
  12. 78pinto

    Front suspension rebuild

    got a few for ya :D http://www.fordpinto.com/ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pintocarclubofamerica/ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pinto/ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/FORDPINTOSTREETMACHINES/...
  13. 78pinto

    quarter mile times anyone?

    I'd like to see some pictures if you have any. I was going to do a T3 twin turbo (EFI) 351w in my Pinto.
  14. 78pinto

    quarter mile times anyone?

    12.77@106 351w EFI, factory heads,big valves, ported. Comp cams .510 .512 Hooker headers, C5 tranny with 7 extra clutch plates, 2500 stall, nine inch rear with spooled 4:11 gears. M/T et streets 26x10.5x15's Looking for 11's with new set up this year.
  15. 78pinto

    Front suspension rebuild

    I just finished doing the front end on my Pinto. I got the kit from PST pst it is a decent price i think, all bushings are Energy, and you get ball joints, tie rod ends. I also bought tubular uppers from ebay, very nice, powdercoated black with bushings and ball joints (i didn't get the lowers...
  16. 78pinto

    picture: ceramic coated headers and intake

    because of the march alt set up i now have to get a custom made rad....more $$$ and time! Braided fuel lines from fuel cell to engine going on also.
  17. 78pinto

    picture: ceramic coated headers and intake

    putting it together
  18. 78pinto

    picture: ceramic coated headers and intake

    i think they are 1 5/8 and three inch collectors....but i'm not 100% possitive. I did it mainly because of the heat...and also to make it look nice uderhood.
  19. 78pinto

    picture: ceramic coated headers and intake

    yup, i think they were 302 headers though and someone modified them for the 351
  20. 78pinto

    picture: ceramic coated headers and intake

    Just got them back today :banana: They look great, hopefully it will keep the heat down!
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