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Old 11-23-2010, 03:28 PM
Bill Ladd Bill Ladd is offline
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Originally Posted by catmandoo62 View Post
not these engines.
your thinking of the 2300cc engines.the later ones in rangers had 8 spark plugs.the valve cover looped over the end cam journals.and they threw timing belts like candy in the winter.if they ever did use em in pinto's mustangs etc i never saw one.which was kinda weird as whenever i called for parts they asked if it was a 2000 or 2300.but i never in 18 yrs saw a 2000cc engine.

I always heard the Kent 1600* wound up in early Pintos. Never really checked it out, though.





*FFs are 1600 -- their big brothers with wings and things, Formula Continental, used the early 2000s and have since gone to a newer 2 liter Ford powerplant. Zetec or something like that.
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