Mike1

I think the 10bhp difference in quoted power was supposed to come from the fact that the Capri had a twin system exhaust! - as said though, these engines often struggled to make the factory power. From the original road tests, there's not much difference in actual straight line performance - what appealed to me was the amount of upgrade stuff you could get for the Sierra in terms of suspension, brakes, wheels etc

The MFi is quite simple but as I didn't know what I was doing with it I got someone who did to set it up! The main impression I got from Mick is that a lot of the problems people had with it were down to the system losing fuel pressure. I think someone had fiddled with the metering plate on mine before I got it to try and cure the starting issues ( it always started but sometimes only on 4 or 5 down to poor residual fuel pressure )

One thing I remember about having the Janspeed manifolds was that they would only mate up to a Janspeed system i.e. unless you make up a custom piece other systems won't fit without some work as the manifolds have longer exits than standard. Not sure if that's still the case but worth asking if you do get some.

I also found the standard brakes a bit lacking ( think they are basically the same as S2 Escort RS Turbo ). I got a set of Wilwoods and 300mm discs for the front which were more than ample for the 160ish bhp but there's plenty of options there.



I really enjoyed mine - had a nice burble with the Janspeeds.