By: 'Anonymous'

one lobe on the camshaft on my 1800 pinto is worn caused by a blocked oil jet that is now cleared ,how long would i be able to use the engine like this ,are the camshafts the same on 1600 & 1800 ? or can i cput a whole 1600 head on an 1800 block ? thanks for any help you can offer

By: 'Graham Austin'

Take the link to Dave Andrews web site and there you will find lots of good stuff about Pinto Cams.

Dave Andrews

By: 'kieth moxey'

I used to work for a company that made pinto camshafts for Ford. The camshafts were identical apart from the shape and timing of the cam lobes and various cast in identification marks, so they are physically interchangeable. There were only two main types in the end, the 1600 and the 2000, I cannot remember offhand which was fitted to the 1800, and anyway the 2000 engine from a transit had the 1600 camshaft fitted. The 1600 had less lift than the 2000 so the valves should not hit the pistons, but you might lose a bit of top end power. If both camshafts are Ford originals look for 'AA'(1600) or 'BA'(2000) on the end of the part numbers or check the number of small raised cast pips is the same on both shafts. By the way the blocked oil pipe theory is a bit suspect, the main factor in overcomming the wear problem was a change to the heat treatment of the cam lobes on later engines.

By: 'Tony Guest'

Early pintos had this problem. Change the oil jets for later (wider) ones when you replace the camshaft.

By: 'Adrian #3400'

Spray bar blockage used to be a ****** on the cortina pinto engines, used to change mine regularly and the engine lasted longer than the rest of the car (171,000 miles)