pinto bearing question

[Manucolz]

hi! i have to buy the bearings for my engine, i was thinking in mahle motorsport bearings or mahle original... but some friends said me i must buy copper bearings, where can i buy them or why i must choose the cooper bearing? what bearing u would choose? my engine was std

[Graham]

normal ordinary bearings will do fine

the copper ones are stronger and better in a race engine with is much higher stressed and may have to cope with oil surge, but in a standard engine give no benefit

[TJM]

I can supply engine bearings for the pinto made by ACL. Please have a look at link below:

https://www.tjmotorsport.co.uk/products.php?man=122

Also able to supply gaskets.

Regards
Tim

[Manucolz]

thank you graham, but mahle don't do copper bearings? or where can i buy?

[Clint]

I have Mahle Heavy Duty Bearings in stock

https://shopbhp.com/collections/pinto-parts/bearing

[Manucolz]

hi clint, yes i saw u have alot of parts for pinto, the bearings are copper?

[Graham]

hi clint, yes i saw u have alot of parts for pinto, the bearings are copper?

uprated bearings are not pure copper, so no one actually calls them copper, in the old days they were referred to as lead copper, or tri metal, steel backing with copper layer and lead top layer.

theres absolutely nothing wrong with the bearings clint is selling, although in my opinion a bit overkill for your engine spec, but there no harm in having a top spec bearing

[Manucolz]

thank you graham, what bearing should i buy ? engine was all std, piston std, original ford bearings....

[Graham]

thank you graham, what bearing should i buy ? engine was all std, piston std, original ford bearings....

in my opinion a std engine being used on the road requires nothing better than standard replacement bearings

[Graham]

thank you graham, what bearing should i buy ? engine was all std, piston std, original ford bearings....

in my opinion a std engine being used on the road requires nothing better than standard replacement bearings