Pinto into Mk5 = LEZ Compliance

[robbie.cee]

Just spoken to a nice lady at Equity Red Star, said fitted petrol engine from old transit. went away for a bit,returned and said "has it affected the horsepower?"

to which i replied "it feels slower than the diesel!"

"ok hold on"

few mins later, returns says "ok i have amended the policy, no extra costs, no admin fee, new docs in post!"

CANT SAY FAIRER THAN THAT CAN YOU????


TOP INSURERS EVEN IF MY PREMIUM WAS £730 INC full breakdown cover and courtesy car and converted 9 yrs car ncb to commercial ncb!

happy bunny i am! just need a supercharger now

[Vandalism]

hmmm pinto supercharger.....good luck with that ...think my dad might have one for a morris minor ...dont you have to change the bottom crank..my dad did in his mini with supercharger?

[robbie.cee]

hmmm pinto supercharger.....good luck with that ...think my dad might have one for a morris minor ...dont you have to change the bottom crank..my dad did in his mini with supercharger?

m8 ive no idea but was joking, but, would love one for the 3.0 i got brewing!!

[dieselhead123]

Best start saving the pennies then Rob.
The first 'mock-up', 'experimental' Essex to MT75 adapter plate is due back soon.
Keep an eye on the 'Surrogate Mother'

[robbie.cee]

any news on the essex plate ,mate?

[bungle720]

fitted and finished my pinto into my mk5 , been running now for 2 weeks , went out tanite and i have no dash lights , no main beam , no heater , no indacaters , no wipers , only have side lights and the dash clock back light lights up , checked fuses , all ok

[robbie.cee]

prob a loose earth m8 but if not , its worth posting a new thread in the mk3/4/5 section but dont forget to mention all the work undertaken recently during swap!

[Maltesefalcon]

I had fitted a DOHC on a mk3 .

[robbie.cee]

Gotta say the pinto takes a good thrash all day long and still returns reasonable fuel return. no more than my 320i beemer. prob same ish!
i do have heavy right foot and with thoughts on keeping corringham oil refinery in business im adding the weber 32/36 very soon hehehe
wanna get cams but no point as the only way is ESSEX V6 3.0...coming soon to a van on here!

[transitandy]

Just spoken to a nice lady at Equity Red Star,
TOP INSURERS EVEN IF MY PREMIUM WAS £730 INC and converted 9 yrs car ncb to commercial ncb!

The cis told me that you cant swap a no claims bonus from a car to a commercial policy
Anyone else no any different

[robbie.cee]

well i wont argue!

[MinorMatt]

I think its up to the insurer...

[robbie.cee]

may well renew with em next year, been good re pinto so far , didnt cost a penny to change ins over etc!!!

[dieselhead123]

Right then lads,

The lez is now in 'full swing' so hopefully you are all 'compliant'

For any of you that have 'missed the boat' or contemplating purchasing older vans, we still have quite a few parts left in stock, engine adapter plates, flywheels, engine mounts etc, plus a few engines, all 205's and associated parts.

For those of you that didn't go for the pinto, worried about performance limitations perhaps, we have finally started working on the Essex 'kits'.
These will include an adapter plate enabling you to use the mt75 box, engine mountings and a power steering pump bracket so as to utilize the standard 2.5di pump as we did for the pinto conversions.
The engine adapter plate is in 'mock-up' stage and should be going over for scan/laser next week, once we have the first one back I will get a picture up so get ready to 'dribble'
The engine adapter may also be of interest to any of you running a V4 as it should allow the mt75 to be fitted, giving you a cheap 5th gear

In readiness for the next round of lez restrictions, we will be looking at engine conversions for the Mk6, 2.0 zetec and 2.5 duratec seem likely candidates for these as post 2002 models will need a cat and therefore fuel injection.

TIM

[transitandy]

I think its up to the insurer...

That must be the case i reckon