Zetecs, Duratecs and NA Cossies, might be the engines everyone aspires to, but it’s the staple diet of Pintos and Crossflows that’s reality. The simple fact is, both of these motors refuse to die and a day doesn’t go by when we hear that something trick’s been done to at least one of them. However, we don’t see that many guides on either the Pinto or the Crossflow. As far as tech features go, they tend to get pushed aside in favour of more exotic fodder. So we thought we’d put that right.
We thought we’d show a few basic upgrade jobs to promote old-school power. First off is swapping a cam. For the Crossflow you need to do this with the engine out of the car — it entails pulling
