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The "Red Rocket" '78 Ford Pinto |
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Welcome, This site is dedicated to my 1978 Ford Pinto sedan and its conversion to 351 windsor E.F.I. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me! Jeff
[email protected]
If your a Pinto fan head on over to fordpinto.com and check out other Pintos in the communities tab! |
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The previous owner fryin the tires at the local dragstrip |
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This is how i recieved it, in good shape with a great body and undercarriage. The grill had been stepped on and broken when the previous owner was changing motors. |
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The rims were very dirty and the lugs rusty, but they were in good shape. The tires were all bad and the ass end needs to be lowered! |
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The very tired 351w that was in it when i bought the car. Its a good thing i decided to rebuild it instead of putting it together to get it on the road, all the bearings were shot, wore down to the copper in all of them and the transmission clutch packs may have lasted one trip down the quarter mile before they burned out completely |
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This picture was taken just after the engine and tranny were removed for rebuild. All the wiring was removed, cleaned up and all unused wiring was removed from the loom. (duraspark wiring,voltage regulator wiring ect. ect.) The cleaned up loom was reinstalled with the wiring moved to the fenderwells to hide it all from view and make the compartmeant look cleaner....and make room for the EEC4 loom and computer for the fuel injection. |
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Here is the new engine installed with the '89 Mustang loom and computer to run the fuel injected 351w. The upper intake is not installed as it was still being fabricated when the picture was taken |
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This is the personalized plates i ordered for the car! Whenever i tell people that i have a Pinto, they always seem to say "isn't that the car that used to explode in a rear end collision?" On a side note, the gas tank has been removed and replaced by a fuel cell in the trunk. My E-mail address is [email protected] CLICK ON PLATE TO GO TO THE NEXT PAGE WITH MORE PICTURES! |
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A close up of the rebuilt engine. This is what is done: '84 351
block, bored .30 over, KB hyperutectic(sp) pistons, shot peaned truck
rods, ARP bolts, stock crank, '84 351 heads, 1.94 1.60 chev valves,
ported, scorpion roller rockers, screw in studs, comp
cams .512 .528 , lower intake from a 351w crown vic police car (so i was told) its been ported, upper is custom made sheet aluminum, 2003 marauder twin bore 57mm throttle body with marauder
80mm mass air meter and ford motorsport 24lb injectors with billet
adjustable regulator. Wiring is '89 5 liter with computer (EEC4)
from same. Tranny is C4 rebuilt with extra clutches and shift kit
and a 2500 stall (its a street car after all) rear end is nine inch
with a spooled 4:11 gear and M/T 26x10.5x15 rear tires. The headers are Hooker, Super comp i believe, but i'm not 100% sure. |
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