Well I guess its time to stick my foot in my mouth by:
1 admitting my history with a Pinto
2 sending out information that I have not reviewed in ages (watch for possible
errors)
I don't know much about the 2300 motor that went in the pinto's, but there was
a 2000 that was opitional in the earliest years and was the base engine in 1974
( one of my high School Cars). At least in 74 this car had a Holley carberetor
2BBL that I believe was made under license from Weber. I don't know much about
the DGV, but I think this Holley was a vacuum secondary and worked quite well
in racing applications. An outfit in NY called Racer Walsh sold all kinds of
goodies for these engines. A very similar Holley was also used on early
Chrysler 2.2 engines.
Offenhauser used to make a beautiful dual port intake manifold for that engine
which my father installed on our Pinto.
BTW a Pinto with the 2000 and an upgraded cam, dual point distributor, header
and the offy manifolds will top out at over 100! (just barely, and according to
the internal speedometer) With three in the car!
With an inordinate amount of flogging the poor Pinto could almost keep up with
a friends 302 Mustang (on a road with enough curves).
Actually the 2000 and 2300 and 1600 are all pretty good motors. The 2000 and
2300 are german designs and will rev to your hearts content (with appropriate
manifolds etc).
Tom Leake
Who also drove a 62 AH 3000 MKI to High School. Did not get to compare it to
the Mustang as it had been totaled by then!
65 TR 4 A IRS (still in pieces)
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