Talk:Ford Pinto engine

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The entire section on the DOHC engine in this article is complete rubbish. Maybe someone is getting confused and thinking of the Cosworth YB? Never fitted to a RWD escort as standard though.

What vehicles still use this engine? The Ranger switched over to a Mazda engine in 2001. The industrial powerplant version is still available. --Sable232 01:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

The Ranger does not use a Mazda Engine. The Ranger still uses a development of the 2.3L Lima 4 cylinder.

The 2.3L Lima engine is not a development of the original 2.0L German Built Pinto Engine. It is a significantly different design. It did replace the 2.0L German engine in Pintos. And eventually a 2.0L Lima engine was produced, but it is a completely different design than the original 2.0L Pinto engine.

The Lima engine is referred to on this page.

And no, the Ranger currently uses a DOHC 2.3L engine which was designed by Ford and Mazda it is NOT either the Pinto or the Lima. --Sable232 20:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

The 2.0OHC section is rubbish as well, because the de-bored 2.3 lima engine was not used in any vehicle named "Escort" and the Sierra(also listed) IIRC used the 2.0EAO engine, not the LIMA. We need to disambiguate the several 2.0 engines all simplistic labeled as "OHC".AllanDeGroot 01NOV06

Not necessarily a disambiguation, just splitting off the Lima engine into a new article. I don't know much about the original EAO (I still can't find a PInto for sale) so I'm not sure how similar these two are. It would help to know when production of the EAO stopped. --Sable232 07:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I put a split tag on the 2.3 OHC section so maybe a few more folks will see it. I'm not sure about those smaller ones, they were only used in European models, so I'd guess they're still EAOs. But the later 2.0, 2.3, and 2.5 are Limas. --Sable232 07:45, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ranger engine dimensions incorrect

The bore/stroke dimensions for the Ranger 2.0L are incorrect, according to [1]. I have corrected them. Vykk 18:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

the section under the "lima" motor it is including 1.3 OHC; 1.6 OHC; 1.8 OHC. which is incorrect. these motors are european and belong under the "EAO" section.

The 1.6 liter engine as used in the early North American Pintos is not overhead cam. It is a pushrod design (Kent crossflow).

The 2.0L engine used in 1971 to 1974 Pintos and early Capris is an overhead cam engine, but it is not metric, and shares nothing with the later 2.3 Lima engine except the placement of the bottom bellhousing bolts (the two top bolts are different). 64.250.237.7 16:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusion?

I dont think that the Cosworth YB should be stuck on this page as being a subsection of the 2.0. While the YB may have been based on the 2.0's bottom end, it was definitely NOT a 'Pinto' engine. Cosworth made these under contract for Ford, and Ford never produced these in-house.

In addition the BDA and BDG were NOT based on the Pinto - they were introduced before the Pinto Engine, in 1970, as a derivative of the 1600 X/Flow.

Please see here: http://www.burtonpower.com/technical_1/bda_bdg_16v.aspx

--Fordsierra4x4 (talk) 22:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)