DB 996

[cfr1964]

Noise....plus that while the heads were off for the rebuild, my friend who normally spends his time fettling ford pinto race engines took a die grinder and flap wheel to the valve ports and gave her a "little" bit more flow

i tried a straight pipe on it years ago, it sounds more like the engine in a spitfire fighter when it was at full chat...and i couldnt hear that rather soft spreaking woman on radio 4, what ever her name is...

Ford pinto
We're these valves opened up when you did the comparison with the 956

 

[Drillman]

Since i got the USB stick i havent hardly listened to any radio stations, its nice to just listen to what you want, with nothing annoying in between

I can do iPod,ifone, USB and sd card in mine. well I can in the TMs the Renault has am,fm and a tape deck must get that changed.

Although the sound of a 1594 rear diff self destructing would be more soothing than what comes out of whinge and vines mouth.

 

[Drillman]

Ford pinto
We're these valves opened up when you did the comparison with the 956

Ah now the truths coming out. the chimney is a Ford part , the engine has been fettled by a ford man. what next? it's a a real 70,s and 80,s thing in that part of Cambridgeshire bet John drives a marina!

 

[John 1594]

Ford pinto
We're these valves opened up when you did the comparison with the 956

No, she was only running on 5 and a bit then remember! Still wiped the floor with it though

 

[John 1594]

Ah now the truths coming out. the chimney is a Ford part , the engine has been fettled by a ford man. what next? it's a a real 70,s and 80,s thing in that part of Cambridgeshire bet John drives a marina!

This is the thing...in race engine circles, the pinto is regarded as an inert, antiquated tractor engine when compared to the cosworth turbo engine

the said pinto, you wouldnt believe what it sits in

a ford anglia!!!!!!

 

[Drillman]

No, she was only running on 5 and a bit then remember! Still wiped the floor with it though

yeah but it was only a 956! I really don't see what the big deal was with them. Even the engine noise gets on my nerves.






oh sod it I've done it now!

 

[John 1594]

i think we are pretty deep into off topic territory now?

 

[Drillman]

i think we are pretty deep into off topic territory now?

I suspect I'm gonna get lynched for a start.

 

[John 1594]

just to prove im not bullshitting.....ford pinto engine, in an anglia, and by christ does it shift!!!

 

[cfr1964]

This is the thing...in race engine circles, the pinto is regarded as an inert, antiquated tractor engine when compared to the cosworth turbo engine

the said pinto, you wouldnt believe what it sits in

a ford anglia!!!!!!

Years ago we had a P100 pickup with a pinto engine
Gave many a boy racer a red face

 

[cfr1964]

Ah now the truths coming out. the chimney is a Ford part , the engine has been fettled by a ford man. what next? it's a a real 70,s and 80,s thing in that part of Cambridgeshire bet John drives a marina!

So John you haven't denied it
Do you drive a Marina?

 

[andybk]

The whole casting that houses the PTO selector, the top link and the hydraulic pump is prone to break away about the ring of bolts that holds it to the diff casting if used or abused hard.

usually the top link / draft control , breaks away when top tink is left on and catches in the tow plate when hydraulics are raised .

 

[John 1594]

usually the top link / draft control , breaks away when top tink is left on and catches in the tow plate when hydraulics are raised .

it doesnt take much to hook the top link in its holder when your done with it does it

 

[andybk]

it doesnt take much to hook the top link in its holder when your done with it does it

older 900 series didnt have a top link holder , it just dangled down if not removed , which we always do i have bought a couple over the years with botch welded top links

 

[Boohoo]

it doesnt take much to hook the top link in its holder when your done with it does it

Top link holders were rare on Q cabs, don't think they were available for the pre 90 series Sekura cab. The pto guard should keep the top link away from the pick up hitch, I'd assume the slot and reinforced bit of the guard is for resting the top link on

 

[John 1594]

Think ive succeded in getting rid of the "ford" look of the new exhaust @Drillman @cfr1964 ???

 

[7610 super q]

Think ive succeded in getting rid of the "ford" look of the new exhaust @Drillman @cfr1964 ???

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I've seen some terrible things on the internet over the years, but that takes the biscuit.

 

[cfr1964]

Think ive succeded in getting rid of the "ford" look of the new exhaust @Drillman @cfr1964 ???

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Butchery that is,desecration even
Tidy job though

 

[Drillman]

Think ive succeded in getting rid of the "ford" look of the new exhaust @Drillman @cfr1964 ???

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Disguised yes. But you still get the benefit of the ford part

And I still think it would have looked better with the curved top.

 

[John 1594]

Disguised yes. But you still get the benefit of the ford part

And I still think it would have looked better with the curved top.

Curved top wasnt long enough anyway, ive had to add another 4" to it to get it to the height of the original

Wonder if it will last as long as the previous one, 26 years isnt a bad run tbh