How to Power Tune Ford SOHC 4-Cylinder Pinto & Cosworth DOHC Engines

How to Power Tune Ford SOHC 4-Cylinder Pinto & Cosworth DOHC Engines PDF. This text gives practical advice on how to power tune a high-performance version of Ford’s 4-cylinder 1600, 1800 and 200 cc Pinto engine which has been used in Ford’s most popular cars (Escort, Capri, Cortina, Sierra) over many years. Whether the reader wants a fast road car or to go racing, Des Hammill explains, without using technical jargon, how to build a reliable high power engine using as many stock parts as possible and without wasting money on parts and modifications that don’t work. The text also covers Cosworth versions of Pinto engines and fitting Cosworth heads to normal blocks. It does not cover 1300, E-Max 1600 or American built 2300.

CONTENTS

  • Using this book
  • Essential information
  • Sierra Cosworth engine
  • Chapter 1. Problem areas
  • Standard connecting rods
  • Forged connecting rods
  • Later, cast connecting rods
  • Cosworth rods
  • Standard connecting rods summary
  • Camshaft lobes and rockers
  • Camshaft pillars
  • Camshaft bearings
  • Piston to valve contact
  • Auxiliary shaft gear wear
  • Loose sprockets
  • Valve guides
  • Chapter 2.
    • Short block components
    • Pistons and connecting rods
    • Piston & connecting rod weights
    • Piston & connecting rods – summary
    • Crankshaft and flywheel
    • Large capacity engines
    • Clutches
  • Chapter 3.
    • Replacement parts
    • Pistons
    • Forged pistons
    • Piston ring sets
    • Crankshaft bearings
    • Camshaft bearings
    • Camshaft spray bar
    • Camshaft kit
    • Gaskets
    • Special bolts
    • Auxiliary shaft bearing
    • Seals
    • Valves
    • Competition valves
    • Valve retainers and keepers
    • Valve stem seals
    • Oil pump and oil pump drive
    • Sump (oil pan)
    • Dry sump
    • Timing belt
    • Camshaft and auxiliary shaft thrust plates
  • Chapter 4.
    • Short block rebuild
    • Permissible bore oversizes
    • Repaired blocks
    • Component inspection
    • Block & main bearings
    • Main bearing caps
    • Check-fitting main bearing shells
    • Checking bearing crush
    • Connecting rod checks
    • Connecting rod crack testing
    • Connecting rod straightness
    • Connecting rod length
    • Connecting rod hardness
    • Piston pin to connecting rod fit
    • Checking connecting rod big end tunnel size
    • Connecting rod crankshaft bearing tunnel resizing
    • Removing connecting rod bolts
    • Refacing connecting rod and cap joint
    • Fitting new connecting rod bolts
    • Connecting rod bearing tunnel honing
    • Aftermarket connecting rods
    • Connecting rod bolts
    • Checking connecting rod bolts for stretch
    • Connecting rod bearing crush
    • Checking connecting rod bearing internal diameters
    • Optimum connecting rod bearing clearances
    • Crankshaft
    • Crankshaft checking
    • Crack testing
    • Checking straightness
    • Crankshaft detailing
    • Measuring journals
    • Crankshaft regrinding
    • ‘Check-fitting’ connecting rods to crankshaft
    • Building the short block
  • Chapter 5.
    • Cylinder head
    • Valves
    • The benefit of larger valves
    • Group 1-type valves (1800/2000 engines)
    • Group 2 inlet valves (2000 engines)
    • Sierra IS head/valves
    • Valve size summary
    • Valve throat size
    • Inlet port size (std size valves)
    • Exhaust port size (std size valves)
    • Valve throat & port modifications (std size valves)
    • Valve unmasking
    • Inlet ports
    • Exhaust ports
    • Large valve modifications
    • Enlarging exhaust ports (large valves)
    • Valve guides
  • Chapter 6.
    • Compression ratio
    • Head planing
    • Thinner head gasket
    • Block planing
    • Raised top pistons 0′ ringing blocks
    • Compression ratio summary
  • Chapter 7.
    • Camshafts
    • Standard camshaft
    • High-performance camshafts
    • Choosing a camshaft
    • Competition engines
    • Camshaft data requirements
    • Holbay roller camshafts
    • Camshaft timing
    • Camshaft summary
  • Chapter 8.
    • Valve springs
    • Valve spring dimensions
    • Standard valve spring data
    • Measuring valve spring poundage
    • Advertised valve lift
    • Competition engines
    • Valve spring summary
  • Chapter 9.
    • Rockers & rocker geometry
    • Rocker geometry criteria
    • Valve stem height
    • Altered rocker geometry
    • Lash caps
    • Rocker sizes/designs
    • Roller rockers
    • Checking rocker geometry
  • Chapter 10.
    • Exhaust systems
    • Standard cast iron exhaust manifold
    • Exhaust system construction
    • Four into two into one
    • Four into one
    • Primary pipes
    • Primary pipe diameters
    • Primary pipe lengths
    • Equal length primary pipes
  • Chapter 11.
    • Flywheel & clutch
    • Engine balance
    • Flywheel
    • Engine balance
  • Chapter 12.
    • Ignition system
    • Distributor spindle
    • Drive gear
    • Endfloat / endplay
    • Contact breaker points
    • Condenser
    • Electronic module
    • Distributor cap
    • Rotor arm
    • Coil
    • Low voltage conventional (standard) coil
    • Uprated low voltage conventional coil
    • Ballast resistor coils
    • Electronic coils
    • High tension wires
    • Sparkplugs
    • Checking spark quality
    • Wiring & connections
    • Alternator
    • Ignition switch
    • High tension current (points type distributor)
    • High tension current (electronic type distributor)
    • Ignition timing marks
    • Checking TDC markings
    • Marking crankshaft damper/ pulley
    • Permanent advance degree marking
    • Static advance
    • Total advance
    • Vacuum advance
    • Ignition timing setting and checking
    • Rev-limiters
    • Ignition system summary
  • Chapter 13.
    • Carburettors
    • Throttle action
    • Carburettor summary
    • Inlet manifolds
    • Air filters
    • Ram pipes
    • Fuel supply
  • Chapter 14.
    • Sierra Cosworth
    • engines & Cosworth-headed Pinto engines Ill
    • Introduction
    • Summary of modifications
    • Compression ratio (cr) – pinto & Cosworth blocks
    • Cosworth head/pinto block camshaft drive modifications
    • Cylinder head porting
    • Inlet ports
    • Exhaust ports
    • Camshafts
    • Valve lift limitations
    • High-performance camshafts (low lift)
    • High performance camshafts (high lift)
    • Valves
    • Standard valves
    • Long stem, bigger diameter valves
    • Valve keeper grooves
    • Valve stem seals
    • Valves – summary
    • Valve springs
    • Standard valve springs
    • Valve springs for high lift camshafts
    • Measuring valve spring pressure
    • Valve springs – summary
    • Camshaft followers
    • Cylinder head rebuild
    • Valve guides
    • Refacing valves
    • Short block
    • Piston clearance
    • Pistons
    • Piston rings
    • Valve clearance
    • Crankshaft
    • Connecting rods
    • Piston pin oiling modifications
    • Fitting cylinder head
    • Cylinder head gasket
    • Camshaft timing
    • Valve to piston clearance checking
    • Ignition system
    • High tension (HT) leads
    • Ignition timing
    • Exhaust system
    • Carburettors
    • Road cars
    • Competition cars
    • Minimal conversions
  • Chapter 15.
    • Starting engines & oiling requirements
    • Index

Language: English
Format: PDF
Pages: 140

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