Hehe thanx guys, I got some more pics comming soon, as the engine bay has now been painted

 

Ello peeps,righto, time for an update..... Nice load of pics for you guys to oggle over....

Here's a few of the engine in the engine bay before it was taken back out. It was initially fitted so I could get all the hoses,parts and holes drilled before the engine bay was sprayed.....

Before the cam belt was fitted ( and what a bit of a nightmare that was ! )









Now with Rad and Intercooler fitted....



Here's the modified front hubs....



Nice new set of wheel bearings for them....



Ta Da ! Bearings fitted....



And now the modified Hubs on the car, sadly no caliper fitting yet, as I was supplied the wrong fitting kit ....



Engine bay, Primed and ready for topcoat







And now, are you ready ....



Drum roll please....
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Ta Da !!!!!..... The Pics don't do Dan's spray work justice....







Now's the daunting task of slowly and VERY carefully putting the bits in the engine bay as the paint,this time of the year is still soft and will take a while to go hard.

Hope you guys like the update, sorry it's been a while

 

Looking good what front hubs are they ???

And why did you have the front part machined were the cap fits??

 

Thanx mate They are Capri hubs machined so I can fit MK III Escort RS Turbo front Discs and S2 RS Turbo front Calipers on, it's the Caprisport 260 conversion kit using a 2.0L Capri servo and a Land Rover 88 model master cylinder as the Landy master cylinder is a 25 bore as the Capri is only about a 23 bore. It places the disc at the front of the hub instead of the back so heat dissipation is alot better. Cos i'm sticking with the 13 inch rims i'm a little limited on what size I can put under the rim.

Thanks for them bits at Ford Fair btw mate

 

great to see

top work lads respect

 

Thnx slim, she's getting there slowly

 

 

this is a pukka build any more updates matey??

 

Thanx not at the mo, it's getting a bit too cold fer working on her, come next year though i'll be getting back to work on the ole girl. The only other thing I have done so far is put the other rear X-pack arch on, but thats about it for the mo.

Thanks for all the great comments guys

 

this build is amazing! cant wait to see it fully done!

really miss my old capri now!

 

Any of u capri-old skool lads fancy a set of brookland 15`s with tyres and centre caps, bought them for my mk3 escort project but they sit to wide and will rub when i lower it. They look mint, like they`ve just been re-furbed. Or uze cud give me an idea of what they`re worth??

 

Xindi
Top build mate , my mate has just got the very same X-pac for his MK2 capri and has some 8jx18's to go under it but it really is quite a beast of an arch to fill.
Are you going super wide wheels or spacers?

 

Thanx bud

Going old skool 4 spoke X-pack wheels, 7.5j on the rears and 7j's on the front, starting work on her again now that xmas is all over n done with and i've recovered

 

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keep the updates coming.

 

come one mate, get some more work doen on this, lol
i cant wait to see it finished it looks stunnin, u just fitting the rear arches?
i love the 1/2 xpacks and i love cossie power lol

 

Looking real nice, YB power is exactly what I want in mine when I get the chance

Will be interested to hear how you get on with the M/C choice. I've got a similar conversion on my Capri..... Mondeo calipers and S2 discs. (had the skim the calipers to get them to fit under 13's!).

Have a search on the Laser page for info on the M/C choice if you like, a while back there was a lot of discussion and conflicting ideas and experiences on that.

 

Looking well nice mate
Can't wait to see the finished artical

 

Been a while since I logged on to read your project mate, but you are making serious progress there. Looking awesome.

 

I like that alot

 

Thank you very much for all the great comments guys I got a few new pics i'm gonna add in the next day or two,just a lil update,when the bloomin weather gets better i'll get right on it

 

Ok, small update since the last time,not done much,it's too bloomin cold still !!!!

Yup,this is the engine bay wiring loom and it's longer than the car ! :shock: .....



Brand new Wiring clips for the engine bay,courtesy of E-bay ! .....


Wiring Loom now fitted .....


And at last,bought this Bad Boy ! AP Racing Fast Road Clutch .....

 

, get a heater on the go .

 

Lol I got one, but it's still bloody cold in there

 

What Laser page do you mean mate? on this site?

 

No this one..... www.fordcaprilaser.co.uk

Look in the Q&A section, a lot of good stuff in there.
Direct link: http://www.network54.com/Forum/67242/


Was a great wee forum until it was made subscription only, you can still view and search it for free though.

 

cool,thnx dude

 

Buy a bigger heater as more updates needed.

 

LOL, well I've done a bit more work on her, but now i'm waiting for the brake parts to put the servo in the engine bay. I'm also repainting the servo as it's paint hasn't gone right for my liking. I've also done a bit of work fitting the X-Pack arch linings. I'll get some piccies on later It's not a lot of pics,but it's time consuming work fitting the linings.

I'm also thinking about the cylinder head now, because I know it's been skimmed but dunno by how much and i'm a little worried about valves kissing the top of the pistons as I am going to be running BD10 cams.

 

They are 139.1mm-139.2mm new ,so get a set of vernier calipers and check how much has been taken off. Norris motorsport or cylinder head developments are supposed to be quite good with heads and fairly helpful.

 

Cool,thanx mate

 

Where you based as i`m looking for some bodywork doing on my 2.8i, if your mate is interested.

 

Ok folks time fer a little update....

Arch prepped for fitting of the arch liner....



Arch liner cut and fitted....







Had to weld in a bridging plate to meet the arch liner....



Then skimmed over with chopped strand filler....





Then sanded down and refillered in places....







Waiting for the last bit to dry off....



Sadly the Brake Servo had some rust comming through again....



So stripped down,rust treated and filler primered....



And now repainted....



Well, thats about it folks for now, still waiting for my brake parts to come through, so can't really do much with the enigne bay yet

Hope you guys like the update

Sorry there ain't much to it, but it's all time consuming stuff and I only get to work on her on Saturdays

 

Ok time fer an update....

Got the Master Cylinder come through for the Brakes ....





Now fitted in the Engine bay ....





Sierra Bias valve fitted to stop the rear discs locking up ....





New Brake pipes fitted ....







Now if I catch the numpty who thought it was a great idea to paint the boot in Emulsion paint i'll do more than have a sturn word with them







Took me the best part of 4 hours to get this crap off ....



Had to paint the wheel well with some rust inhibitor to kill some mild rust off....







And thats all i've done for now, got some different rear lights to sort out next and save up to have the gearbox rebuilt and a new shorter propshaft to be made

At the moment it's come to a bit of a halt, as last week I pulled a muscle in my chest, for the life of me I don't know how i've done it, wasn't doing any work on the car

 

get a single piece shaft more lairy power to the rear end haha!

 

What a quality project mate


Having the same problems fitting pattern wings to my 2.8i im restoring, took 3 nights of dicking around and modifying them before they fitted anything like halfways decent !!

 

Thanx fer the comments guys

Yeah mate,these wings are bloody naff now days, can't get a decent one fer love nor money

 

ebay had a few but the price meh!

 

I got mine off fleabay and cost 70 quid each, most of the pattern made stuff used to be a half decent fit but reallt struggled with these wings and still not completely happy with the fit. Just when you get it lined up with the front edge of the bonnet they go all to fuck at the edge with the door Then they dont fit wirth a fuck at the door pillar and when you try and sort that it pulls it too close to the edge of the bonnet !!!!

Still not bad enough though to make me pay the crazy money for are asking for genuine ford wings !!

 

I love it! I soo want a cossie powered Capri!

 

Ok Peeps,update comming soon,just started doing some more work on the ole girl