QuestionMy name is Lauri.............
I live in Southern Oregon.
I have a 1957 Nash Metropolitan that needed some oompfh & also needed an automatic transmission.
I chose a Ford Pinto 2300cc Motor & a C3 Tranny.
They are all installed (looks awesome too!)
We bought a ford Ranger header, and it slipped in perfectly (almost as if it was designed to fit a Metropolitan as well.)
but..........................
Now I have the motor in the hole, the tranny all installed and i can not figure out where the vacuum lines go? where to route the hoses on the motor, I can figure the top & bottom radiator, but the autolite carb (weber)has a water port to pre heat the fuel to avoid need for choke?
and all this mechanical is not functioning, (was blocked off) so how can I hook it to my motor? where do I run the heater & radiator lines from the motor?
is there a guide?
I am so perplexed I am befuddled!
And frustrated.
Been trying to get this conversion installed for over 4 months, and keep hitting snafu after snafu and now we are at crunch time because there is a week long international Metropolitan even in Astoria Oregon on Tuesday next week and I am trying to start this awesome set up and am stuck!
another question.
do they make a Pinto water neck that is at a 70 or so angle instead of the 45 it is stock.
Any help would be so appreciated. (pix are good too)
AnswerHello and thanks for the question...I'll try to help.
As far as a 70* instead of a 45* water neck...your best bet would be to have one machined. The preheater usually ran off of the heater core lines.
As for the vacuum lines...I need to know the year OR the pinto that you took the engine out of should have a emission decal on the hood with all of the vacuum lines on it.
Erik
