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    I have a '76 Pinto Wagon with auto trans that needs an engine......

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    Quote Originally Posted by PHHHHTT View Post
    I have a '76 Pinto Wagon with auto trans that needs an engine......
    With the red, white, and blue badge? Only year to have that. Bi-centennial edition.


    Still get a chuckle from the scene in Top Secret the movie with the Pinto.



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    No, just white with full glass. My brother did have a '76 Maverick Stallion, though.

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    How much for the Pinto Wagon? (asking for a friend)

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    Appreciate your asking, but I'm not ready to let it go yet. I'll let you know if I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Walsh View Post
    After waffling on my '84 Mustang GT Turbo Vert...I think that I am going to keep it and 'Resto-mod' it with a new 2.3L EcoBoost engine.
    Not sure if I will go with a 6 speed manual or a 10 speed automatic.
    I'm leaning towards the 10 speed....it'll keep the Turbo 4 on 'full boil' better than a 6 speed manual.
    This means that I will be selling the Turbo 4 cylinder engine parts that I had bought back in the early 2000s.....
    just before I fell in love with, bought, and started modding, a 2003 Mercury Marauder....

    I am going to sell the following:

    2.3L '88 Turbo T-Bird block
    Ported Aluminum Esslinger 'D' port Cylinder head
    Garrett GT30 ball bearing turbo
    Custom stainless steel Exhaust header
    NIB 2.5L Ranger crank
    Wiseco, skirt & crown Calico coated, forged pistons
    Crower 5.7" forged rods
    Calico coated bearings
    Esslinger billet aluminum water pump
    Gutted, ported, port matched and rotated 90 degree Turbo T-Bird intake manifold.

    Will need to pick a roller cam and followers, plus injectors and an Intercooler set-up.

    (I have an OEM Turbo T-bird intercooler)
    Plus more parts that I can't even remember.....

    Anyone into the old 'Pinto' motor 2.3L FORD engines...?
    This set-up will make and easy 400+ HP.
    Your doing it wrong...... Ls would be less then a 3rd of the price.....faster on motor with a camshaft and valve springs.....parts are inexpensive ..........way lighter and smaller.......way easier to work on....
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcowl-imp View Post
    Your doing it wrong...... Ls would be less then a 3rd of the price.....faster on motor with a camshaft and valve springs.....parts are inexpensive ..........way lighter and smaller.......way easier to work on....

    ^^^THIS^^^ I had numerous hopped up Pinto's back in the day, it took a lot of $$$ to make power, V8 was the answer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigcowl-imp View Post
    Your doing it wrong...... Ls would be less then a 3rd of the price.....faster on motor with a camshaft and valve springs.....parts are inexpensive ..........way lighter and smaller.......way easier to work on....
    Quote Originally Posted by Spectragod View Post
    ^^^THIS^^^ I had numerous hopped up Pinto's back in the day, it took a lot of $$$ to make power, V8 was the answer.
    That's why I'm selling all the 2.3L 'Pinto' stuff.....too much work.
    A junkyard 2.3L Ecoboost, not a junkyard LS, is the answer!

    When my brother and I were building our ERA Cobra, an LS motor would have been the cheapest solution.......
    but who would want to drive a '427 Cobra' with a Chevy smallblock in it?

    We did it really right with an all aluminum Shelby block & heads, solid lifter 427 FE FORD big block.
    (With a stroker crank to make the FE 468 cubes...heh heh heh...)
    Makes the 2,400 lb Cobra move at warp speed!

    Cheapest way to go....? Heck NO!
    The least expensive way to mod a car is seldom a major factor for my projects.

    '85 Mustang GT will get a Gen 3 Coyote swap.

    You guys know how to get me riled up by suggesting Chevy LS motors...lol
    Last edited by Joe Walsh; 12-20-2018 at 07:20 AM.
    2020 Ford Ranger STX DFI Turbo 2.3L 10 speed Auto
    2017 Ford Fusion Sport DFI Twin Turbo 2.7L V6 6 speed Auto (14.000 ET bone stock in 82 degree heat)
    1985 Mustang GT 5.0 Hatchback 4bbl 5 speed manual (525 HP 363 Dart block/AFR heads with Magnum 6 speed in the works)
    1984 Mustang GT 2.3 Turbo Convertible FI. 5 speed manual
    1966 427 Cobra (ERA) 468 all Aluminum FE 2x4bbl 5 speed manual

    SOLD : 2003 Mercury Marauder FI. 4 speed Auto
    w/Crower Cams & Springs, +1mm SS valves, mild port job on the cylinder heads.
    Extrude honed intake w/PHP spacer.
    Kooks Headers w/2.5" High Flow Cats & X-Pipe, Magnaflow mufflers, OEM tailpipes w/Megs Tips
    B&M Trans cooler w/fan, Level 10 Shift Kit, Art Carr Hughes Deep Sump Trans Pan,
    SVO Rearend Girdle, Redline Gear lube; OEM 3.55s
    'Real Gauges' + matching Trans Temp, Oil Temp, Water Temp, Fuel Pressure, Vacuum/Boost Gauge
    Built: 10/15/02 Bought: 12/16/02 Sold: 10/15/18

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Walsh View Post
    After waffling on my '84 Mustang GT Turbo Vert...

    For three years
    Steven

    2004 Marauder Black, loaded
    Vortec S/C
    4.10s
    3500 PI Stall
    Kook's headers
    476.9 rwhp 385 lbs/tq
    KVR's, QA1's, M&Z control arms, rear sway bar
    Lidio tune
    2004 Suburban Dark Charcoal
    1970 W-30 442 convertible twilight Blue

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevengerard View Post
    For three years
    Yep ...I finally realized that Fox Mustangs don't bring diddly squat if you sell them.
    For the measly $3,500 +/- I'd get selling it...it'll stay in my garage.

    My brother just sold his super clean 1984 GT350 5.0 T-Top Mustang on eBay....managed to get $7,000 for it.
    2020 Ford Ranger STX DFI Turbo 2.3L 10 speed Auto
    2017 Ford Fusion Sport DFI Twin Turbo 2.7L V6 6 speed Auto (14.000 ET bone stock in 82 degree heat)
    1985 Mustang GT 5.0 Hatchback 4bbl 5 speed manual (525 HP 363 Dart block/AFR heads with Magnum 6 speed in the works)
    1984 Mustang GT 2.3 Turbo Convertible FI. 5 speed manual
    1966 427 Cobra (ERA) 468 all Aluminum FE 2x4bbl 5 speed manual

    SOLD : 2003 Mercury Marauder FI. 4 speed Auto
    w/Crower Cams & Springs, +1mm SS valves, mild port job on the cylinder heads.
    Extrude honed intake w/PHP spacer.
    Kooks Headers w/2.5" High Flow Cats & X-Pipe, Magnaflow mufflers, OEM tailpipes w/Megs Tips
    B&M Trans cooler w/fan, Level 10 Shift Kit, Art Carr Hughes Deep Sump Trans Pan,
    SVO Rearend Girdle, Redline Gear lube; OEM 3.55s
    'Real Gauges' + matching Trans Temp, Oil Temp, Water Temp, Fuel Pressure, Vacuum/Boost Gauge
    Built: 10/15/02 Bought: 12/16/02 Sold: 10/15/18

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Walsh View Post
    That's why I'm selling all the 2.3L 'Pinto' stuff.....too much work.
    A junkyard 2.3L Ecoboost, not a junkyard LS, is the answer!

    When my brother and I were building our ERA Cobra, an LS motor would have been the cheapest solution.......
    but who would want to drive a '427 Cobra' with a Chevy smallblock in it?

    We did it really right with an all aluminum Shelby block & heads, solid lifter 427 FE FORD big block.
    (With a stroker crank to make the FE 468 cubes...heh heh heh...)
    Makes the 2,400 lb Cobra move at warp speed!

    Cheapest way to go....? Heck NO!
    The least expensive way to mod a car is seldom a major factor for my projects.

    '85 Mustang GT will get a Gen 3 Coyote swap.

    You guys know how to get me riled up by suggesting Chevy LS motors...lol
    This sounds like code for V-TEC

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Walsh View Post
    Yep ...I finally realized that Fox Mustangs don't bring diddly squat if you sell them.
    For the measly $3,500 +/- I'd get selling it...it'll stay in my garage.

    My brother just sold his super clean 1984 GT350 5.0 T-Top Mustang on eBay....managed to get $7,000 for it.
    Hey Joe, I feel ya! I just had a guy at work who's been "trying" to buy (or should I say "steal") my 1986 GT vert. Right now it's a solid 7 to 8 foot car sporting its original paint (rock chips etc) and original leather interior (driver quality but has a couple cracks in drivers seat and dash). Everything else is new (powertrain, suspension, gas tank, brakes, trans, clutch, rear, exhaust, top etc). He was pissed that I wouldn't take $4k. You know what? Registered and insured as an antique now, it's cheaper to drop the top and enjoy it rather than give this thing away after all the work over the last 18 years I have owned it.

    "RescuRauder", Born on 09/02/2003 & rescued on 04/05/2013. #236 of 3214 and #62 of 1237 in Black. CAI, Some kind of tune, Kooks Headers, X-pipe w/Hi-Flow cats, Magnaflow mufflers, Resonators removed, 4.10's, Metco U&L CA and Watts link, Drilled & slotted rotors, now BOOSTED!! Eaton Swapped 12/29/19!!
    Sold! 1986 Mustang GT Vert, Black, 5spd, new short block, Powerheads, Crower 15511, gears, exhaust etc.

    1968 Ford (Galaxie) XL fastback, 390, factory buckets & auto on floor
    2011 Shelby GT500, Kona Blue with SVT Performance Pkg & Navigation, VMP tuned ~550rwhp/550rwtq. Finally Blown!

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    That is a rare car. I've owned a number of fox bodies (currently have an '86 SSP coupe) and I think you'll find the values have been rising on these, especially on some of the rarer versions such as yours.



    I would avoid the temptation to resto-mod it, and just hang onto it as-as-is if you can.



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