Ford Pinto Books
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Ford Pinto and Mercury Bobcat Automotive Repair Manual, 1975-1980 (Haynes Ford Pinto & (Mercury Bobcat) Owners Workshop Manual) by Peter Strasman
Haynes Publications (June 1, 1987) Reviewer: Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System) Hi there. I'm Frank, and I'm fillin' in for Zaggy in the reviews department while he gets a bit of a rest from it all. My latest review is on this here Pinto repair manual. I've been drivin' my 1979 Pinto hatchback all around town (mainly from home to work and back) ever since I bought it brand-spankin'-new way back in... um... well, I don't recall exactly what year it was that I bought it. I do know, however, that it's only one more smog check away from smog exemption in my state! And five years after that, it'll be considered a classic! Yep, I can just see it now-in five years I'll be cruisin' the main drag and ALL the mad hotties will be swoonin' in the presence of my classic Pinto! I might even let my good buddies Zaggy and Ro'y tag along with me so we can REALLY get down! Ya know what I'm sayin' down on the G-Funk, dawg? Oh wait... I'm supposed to be talkin' `bout the Pinto repair guide, ain't I?Well, lemme start it off by tellin' you the story of how I got my copy of it It was given to me for free by the supervisor of a local repair shop where they replaced a worn flywheel-thingy on my rear-end detonator. The guy said that I should learn to do my own repairs more, and then mumbled something about my presence in the shop `creeping out' alla' the mechanics working there. They were really good mechanics, too-one of `em said the repair time would run about four-and-a-half hours, but it only took `em three! And I should know, `cuz I was in the waiting room the whole time, watchin' `em doing the fix-up! Talk about service! But anyway, after looking through this neat-o book, I was quite amazed by how many parts there are in a Pinto! And I don't just mean the radio dial knobs and the window-roller knobs either! Heck, the motor and other stuff under the hood is made up of all sortsa things! Heck, there's even things inside the things, according to the cross-section illustrations I looked at! From the alternator to the universal joint, you got a whole lotta pieces with really weird names that I have a tough time tryin' to understand! Heck, I'm even thinkin' of takin' my Pinto completely apart and then-- with the aid of this manual-- put it all back together again! Now I know what I'll be doin' on my next vacation break-- all three hours of it! |
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Ford Pinto: All Models Thru 1974 97.5 Cu In, 122 Cu In, 140 Cu in : Owners Workshop Manual by J H Haynes
Haynes Pubns (June 1, 1975) |
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Ford Pinto & Mercury Bobcat, 1971-1980 shop manual by Alan Ahlstrand
301 pages, Clymer Publications; 6th ed edition (1982) |
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How to Power Tune Ford SOHC 4-Cylinder Pinto & Cosworth DOHC Engines by Des Hammill
144 pages, Motorbooks International; Updated edition (July, 2002) Reviewer: William K. Smith (Texas, USA) In the world of uncompromised racing engines, few people outside of the manufacturers have real knowledge- this certainly is the case for Cosworth engine conversions covered in Des Hammill's book. Having spent plenty of money in my own dyno sessions, Mr. Hammill got to the point of real working engine packages nicely with head porting, cam, and carburettor specifics; he could have saved me plenty of time and money in development had I known of his work earlier. What he describes can be extrapolated to other Cosworth conversions including Formula Atlantic (Ford), Cosworth-Vega, and Cosworth-Pontiac engine street/race tunings. It's indeed a rarified atmosphere at this level, only recently broached by Honda with their S2000, and you won't find Steve Jennings writing about his top-flight engine tuning/tricks anywhere! Its a world where 2-valve motor rules-of-thumb and assumptions don't apply: just ask David Vizard. Complaints? I do wish the DOHC section had been more than just a single chapter, but what's there is gold! |
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Rebuilding & Tuning Ford X-Flow & Pinto Engines by Peter Wallage, John Wallage
Blueprint Books Ltd (August, 1999) |
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Tuning Four Cylinder Fords: Cortinas, Corsairs, Capris, Anglias, Escorts, Pintos by Paul Davies
Motor Racing Publications (March 1, 1987) |
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