Pinto Turbo Conversion - Howto

Haven´t had any problems with it, perhaps your turbo is in bad shape.

Hy, I'm from Latvia.
This is my sierra

This summer I'm going to replace te DOHC engine with pinto and try to add turbo to it.

I have got some questions about your turbo conversion.

1. Where can I mount the oil pick up for the turbo?
2. And where can I buy the splitter for the fuel lines for the extra injectors.

Thanks for your help, hope my T25 will be fine for this engine.

Figured out all my questions my self.

Jus one major question: should I get the Pinto engine with or without Lambda and CAT?

Cat has less compression so it´s a better choice if you are planing to go with stock engine

Im planning to run the presshurebutton operated fuel system. Won't there be any problems with an engine which has lambda?
Yes, I will be running the engine competely stock.
Thanks for the quick reply.

Hello, my name's Thierry , i'm from france.

Tomorrow i'm going to buy a 1986 Sierra 2L pinto EFI.

I want to convert it, but in your tutorial some fotos are missing.

I don't understand every thing. Thx for your help

Ouch, i must check if i have the right pics on my computer.

I have searched for the pics but don´t have them om my computer anymore

Erf !

Hi!
Which size of a turbo fits to pinto if I want a low cost k-jet cold start injectors whith pressure switch solution with about 0,6-0,7 bar of boost? The engine is stock also. Now I found a same as this one:
http://www.turbodaddy.net/garrett/pdfs/garrett-TA0304-465384-5.pdf
But I think it will be too small because this is the stock turbo of VW golfII/jetta 1.6GTD

A turbo from a car with similar engine size would do great

Are you use oil cooler on these low cost pinto turbos?

Actually not, but it´s a god idea to mount one

Hey Mikael

your probably sick of people asking silly questions but what is this



I have been buying the cold start injectors off ebay but dont know what to search for with this.

ive tried Fuel rail adapter, fuel splitter, nos splitter, gas splitter, nos adapter.

the list will go on and on if you dont tell me!!


also, what kind of pressure switch am i looking for.

i would have imagined something that turns on around 5 psi.

It´s bought from store that sales spares for pnenumatic machines

I don´t have a name on the pressuare swicth but the pnenumatic store can find you one if it well sorted

ahh found it, its for air brushing and is called an air brush splitter or manifold.

thanks

would a turbo from a nissan pulsar run my pinto ok

think its a T28

just came into the scrapyard near me!

it will work

They are talking about you on ebay.uk

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Pinto-2-0-RS-SOHC-STAINLESS-TURBO-MANIFOLD_W0QQitemZ230383644381QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item35a3ef6edd

Nice Manifold there.

Have you seen the links to your movies ? You're famous !

Yes a saw that, no big deal really . There were just one there thats on my car

started on the efi inlet manifold today

i wanted to have extra space on the flat areas of the manifold so i could mount extra injectors at a later date.

so i roughly positioned the current injectors 8 inches from the head.

i made a template out of a plastic card and drilled the holes. 4,5mm for the screws and 8mm for the injector.

i then filed the area round the big hole flat for a decent seal.

i was going to use o-rings but went for chemical metal to seal round the holes.

the injectors were a tight fit so a tap in with a glasgow screwdriver and they were home.

i finally fastened them using 5mm stainless self tappers and hey presto, an 8 injector set up!

still got to find an adjustable pressure switch to turn them on.

does anybody know the banjo size of a k-jet cold start injector for the plumbing?

When I use standard injectors whith Kjet cold start injectors do I need to adjust harder the MAF spring? Or the only reason if I put in bigger injectors to standard? And what size do you suggest? Around 300cc enough?

You don´t need to adjust the MAF with extra injectors.

If you don´t want extra fuelinjectors you can skip it and exchange the standard injectors for example 300. But it can be tricky to get it to work fine on lower rpm