V8 Coops

thanks for the kind words,
it was a stressful year last year and the start of this year,
sometimes i wished i had left the 3.9 v8 in there due to the problems we had with the new motor,
the intake pipe is due to the ultra rare twim plenum intake mate,
this has been modded to suit my application, been converted to the later style injectors (o ring and rail) and had a later style stepper motor setup graphed on,
this all maybe for sale soon if theres not enough room for the charger,
the axle mod is due to the first outing at the pod this year, first run, i broke her big time,
ripped the axle clean off the spring pads, bent the prop in two places and bent and twisted both shafts, that was WITHOUT the gas
still ran a 1.9 60ft and a 14.8 1/4 with shutting off at 1/8 mile due to the damage,
roll on next year

Glenn_

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^
Wow thats what you call damage.Roll on next year fella.

tabetha

V6 ford is pile of shit, had one, been there, done that, my 2.1 pinto AUTO was WAY faster than my 2.9 xr4i, just add a piper 270 to the rover v8 and you're well over 200lbft, my dads puts out around 240bhp and 280lbft, a 4L on su carbs, will crack 30mpg on a run using a 3.14:1 diff.
tabetha

caprizetec170

I wouldn't bother with rover V8 unless ya can get bigger capacity out of TVR not worth hassle. ive had all sorts in mine 2.1 pinto, 2.8i ,3.5V8, standard 2 litre zetec and current zetec st170 engine with a T2 strapped on. must admit V8 sounded well but standard zetec was as quick and was much more reliable

V8 Coops

Time for an update on my v8 capri 4yrs on

The 4.6 now fully lightened and balanced with a decked and top hat linered block
and sporting a rotrex supercharger,
capri + v8 + supercharger what more would you want

Less.

Now that's smart

V8 Coops

Thank you

scoooby slayer

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I just pmsl then realised I wrote it lol

scoooby slayer

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that looks looooovely good work

V8 Coops

cheers

Glenn_

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Thats really smart. Top work.

sridgett

V8 COOPS your car's fu*king mint love a mk3 capri.

boost monster

You've been busy. looks a proper neat job, I really like this.
Were there many tearing your hair out moments?
What sort off power do you expect?

V8 Coops

cheers everyone,
boostmonster you won't believe the moments we had doing this, still pulling my hair out now,
estimated around 450bhp mate,
making plans to build a better engine over the winter and try and push her over 500bhp.

Smudge374

That's very impressive! Definitely something to be proud of! I did my first ever engine change this year and it's not a scratch on this! Hopefully see it this year.

Which shows/events you going to take her to?

gjh

I do like that capri! Looks brilliant, bet it goes well (and sounds epic)

jamie's

I'm certainly not the worlds biggest Capri fans( to be honest I just plain don't like them)
But that my friend is a work of art,

costina

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Seen this car in the flesh tony has done a really nice job of it and that's coming from a YB fan

Its a cool car that I would like to go out in so leave that pass seat in for a bit coops.

Paul

V8 Coops

Paul your name has been on the passengers seat for a while my friend

Hope to be running at classic ford in June then again at the retro show,
bodywork looking a bit tired now though but didn't want to start that area until engine bay was finished etc no point damaging fresh paint with engine mods,

costina

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Cool did your diff get sorted?

V8 Coops

hope this works a test run a few weeks back,

http://s3.photobucket.com/user/thev8...82319.mp4.html

nope still not sorted diff yet lol

costina

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You need to go out in mine lol

V8 Coops

sounds like a plan

V8 Coops

a little update; (current PB down the track was 13.10)
Ran her down the strip at Classic ford day on the 1st June:
run 1: 13.001 new PB,
run 2: 12.89 yup another new PB,
run 3: 12.73 and yup yet another PB,

Then this sunday at Retro show (22nd June)
run 1: 12.39 new PB
run 2: 12.38 new PB and new 60ft PB of 1.67
was so chuffed to run 2 back to back 12.3 runs with no changes made to the car between the two meetings

Eagle

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wow chuff me that's smart ..