Well, most things will be kept standard on the capri, as i always do heres the before shots .






wooo! a day off, bit more cleaning up, polishing up, claybaring etc etc etc, anyway, heres what i ended up with from the days work!







for a 20 year old car, im amazed how much like a mirror this paintwork can become after properly buffing etc!





drivers view! cant get bored of the bonnet bulge , very shiny!



cleaned the inside and got sum nice sill protectors shiny!





then i went to the engine bay, cleaned the carb inside and out!



self tapped the airbox, to make it look nicer rather than white tape holding it in




then i re-painted the fixings matt black, leaving just the spring red, looks a lot better




painted some random brackets, from a rusty colour to matt black, neatening up really.




also neatened up the wiring, just need some black masking tape to tape together parts of wire that theres a lot of wire in one section. and then continue on with shiny new tuning bits for the engine 8) 8) 8)

sorry for crap pics, cam has finally died on me, but these came through the post today!!

GAS spax rear AJUSTABLE shock absorbers, gonna go on the site see if they are ajustable for bump AND rebound cause there seems to be 2 control knobs.

wooo im off to fit em now





okay i finally got around to buying a new cam, woo yea!

first things first, a quick update.
Fitted the spax on the rear... after quite a few runs out im still not happy with them, i can only ajust the robound and the bump stays the same... but thats where the problem is, the bump is too hard so im getting the back end being thrusted upwards rather than the springs and shocks absorbing the bump....



ah well, guess i shall try either AVO (100pound for 2 shocks) or bilstien (150ish pound for 2)
both ajustable!

while i was down there i took a pic of the diff cover, for reference if i ever decide i need a LSD!



got to the engine bay, cleaned up lots of things, more clips sprayed matt black etc, shined up a couple of shiny items.



a metal fuse box... retro lol




then FINALLY after about 3-4 weeks my manifold came!! apart from the join between this and the rest of the system im very happy with this manifold, gives a very precise powerband from 3000rpm upwards, of more power than there was there before, also increases the throttle responce and when sat, lets the engine rev upto 6k and back down rather rapidly
also altered the tickover so it was just over 1krpm... odd, so i unscrewed the screw and it was back down at 750rpm

this is a 4-2-1 manifold, all polished on the inside and is sprayed quickly to protect it! nothing bling about my painting here because as soon as the exhaust heatwrap comes its getting covered in that!





so this is how the engine bay stands now





minus the air filter... hehehe

p.s. sorry for crap cam work, i havent had chance to fiddle with the settings yet!