pleeez Gawd...make it stop

its my M.O....half the cars i've owned i bought cuz i had wheels that would look good on it..

hell ..i've bought 6 sets of Egay this year alone!!!!

 

Puts a whole new meaning to Long Term Planning!

 

Agony or Ecstasy Rev

Pintos Galore!

http://www.fordpinto.com/yourpintos.asp

 

Racing Pinto?

I'm gaining some R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for the beast!

Here's a couple drag racing files (arun and aburn):

http://www.merkurtech.com/merkurtech/downloads/main.php

 

They have a dead link to a BATCatalog, so I went to the BAT site, and lo and behold there's all kinds of Performance goodies for Pintos, Focus, Contour, Fiesta, ESCORTS, etc. including the 2.3 V4 for the Fairmont/Zephyr wagons - stuff I never knew about! Imagine some OOMPH and Gas Mileage at the same time!!!

http://www.batinc.net/main.htm

 

Sounds like some engine mods are in the works.

 

Not yet! I'm going to find the best machine-shop I can, here, then a good 2.3 V4, and transmission, rear-end, suspension and fuel/ignition system before I do anything! I'm still leaning to a 1995-96 2.3 Diesel, but if I can do up a strong Gasoline 2.3 with EFI or SEFI, and beef it up to 150 HP or the 134 HP that the 302 had, I may go that way. I don't want a rocket, just a greener engine with 'adequate power', to quote old Rolls Royce sales literature.

 

Cool I think that is a great idea. I would like a diesel in mine but right now diesel fuel is 20-30 cents higher than gasoline

 

Well, with the Diesel, you can burn Stove Oil, restaurant grease, pure ethanol made from newsprint or weeds or straw.

 

I knew about the restaurant oil,but didn't know about the rest

 

Yeah! With the V4's running so smooth, it just doesn't make sense to haul around 4 more pistons to get the same power without the fuel waste from a V4. I figure it'll cost a few G's but now that the body is secure, why not!

 

A few more links:

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me1.html

http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/forum.shtml

http://www.dieselforum.org/retrofit-tool-kit-homepage/

http://www.greasecar.com/mnep.cfm

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/biodiesel-fuel/news2006-05-21.php

Ethanol recipes:
http://www.recipeland.com:8080/facts/index.php/Alcohol

Auto Industry Info (takes a while to load)
http://www.kipnotes.com/Automotive.htm

Burning Water?!:
http://better-mileage.com/index.html

Reb, I like saving money and if I can get control of the basics that we need to live, water, food, fuel, etc. I'll dig for every bone I can find.

These are some good sources of general info. Then you have to see how you can make it work within your limits. I started with the house utilities and shaved off about $300 per month (Water, Natural Gas and Hydro), then I went for the car. I figure I'll save about $150 /month in gasoline with this 6 cylinder.

It's not that I'm cheap. It's that I don't see why my wife should have less than the wives of the CEOs at the utility companies or the OilCos.