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1971 Ford Pinto Performance Ideas - 6-Page Vintage Automobile Article
Original, vintage motorcycle articlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good
FORD\'S NEW SUB-COMPACT ISWELL-EQUIPPED TO DO BATTLE WITHTHE VEGA AND THE VW FOR THE\"MINI-PERFORMANCE” CROWN.Small sedans, both foreign anddomestic, usually make more thanadequate transportation, but theyseldom offer the sparkling, out-of-the-box performance that makes the hotrod scene. Sure, there are plenty ofVWs drag racing, but it does cost ahusky amount of hours and loot tomake a hot runner out of theWolfsburg Wonder. Now there are astaggering range of small, four-cylindersedan engines available on theseshores, but there are still darn few ofthem that will get a good accelerationtime without extensive mods.Some of Detroit’s “little” cars mayimprove this factor. A couple of thenew, basic engines offer enoughpotential to make the devoted hotrodder think about four instead ofeight cylinders. Chevy’s new, all-American Vega cammer is an excitingconcept, but in standard form it is abit sluggish. However, hop-up equip-ment is already on the market for theVega that should cure the problems.Across town, Ford came up with adandy solution to the small car in-vasion from foreign manufacturers.Utilizing the worldwide manufacturingfacilities of FoMoCo, they married aEuropean drive train to a domestic-built chassis, added Italianesquestyling, and brought out the Pinto.Taking the idea a bit farther, Fordoffers two engines for the Pinto - onefrom England and one from Germany.Both are four bangers, and, while notexactly the mild and wild type unitsavailable in V-8s, the two engines dooffer a wide range of performancepossibilities.The standard Pinto engine is thetried and true Cortina package out ofFord of England. The factory in Kenthas been cranking out this engine formany years. The tough, overheadvalve, pushrod unit first appeared inthe Anglia series, and then moved overto the Cortina line. The English tookto racing and rugged rally work withthe Cortina, and punched the engineout to 1600cc. At the same time,hordes of conversion .shops appearedwith full lines of hop-up hardware fort-Ke engine, and the British still have ahuge aftermarket in performance...12066-71vol1no1-41
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