yo people, me & 2 mates decided on doing a track car for 2006 just to have a larf, we've just come across a tidy standard cossie lump for peanuts and decided on a capri to put it in.

Anyway anyone done this conversion and which would be beta a 3.0 or 2.0 litre engined version for the transmission etc??

 

none.







Dave.

 

Rob,

there is Rusty that has got the 4x4 capri, from Manchester.

think Adan Ash will have his number,have a word with him,he should know.


Good luck on the car mate,have fun.



Dave.

 

2.8i is best bet IIRC

lucky to find a 3litre for cheap, and a 2litre is a shopping model

cant stand capris myself tho, id rather wang it in a mk2 escort, esp if it was sommat well daft, like a base model square headlamp 4door

 

Rusty's number is 01457 839587

It's ment to have been rebuilt, bigger and better this time & is supposed to be going to National Day

Was always a quick a car

 

Paul


Rob, get a cheap mk.2 .



Dave.

 

cheers dave, u found another shell yet???

Steve, only reason i going for capri is there cheap, well the 2.0 ones are plus
ive owned 11 of em over the years and got a shit load of spares sumwhere .

thing is there loadsa capris still about and shells are pretty cheap and im a shit driver

 

No Rob, not really looking yet.

Next year i think.


thanks,



Dave.

 

yeah 2.8 because of the injection pump already there plus vented front brakes.
try and get a 2.8i special with lsd
but get a 2litre front crossmember which is different to the v6 one

much cheaper and easier to do a capri than an escort 1 / 2

 

""much cheaper and easier to do a capri than an escort 1 / 2""


Cheers m8, thats wot i was thinking, probally smack in2 a tyre wall 1st time out anyway lol

 

As the original said, it's MUCH MUCH cheaper to Cossie a Capri than an Escort. The 2.8i Special IS the one to go for, although you'll need to have the Gp4 wavy plates put in the LSD as they're pretty 'slack' as standard. It's got the right axle, suspension, brakes etc. don't go for a 2-litre or 3-litre.
Ben

 

2.8, saw a minter in auto trader for £1000 about a tort night ago.

 

""2.8, saw a minter in auto trader for £1000 about a tort night ago. ""

Yea seen a few cheap ones around, dont have to be mint anyway.


Cheers Ben 2.8I it is then

 

as said above, rusty is the man to speak 2, his is an animal


nice fella 2, he works on my frst, but he is busy as fook at the moment

 

Another street sleeper in the making

Have it road legal

 

""Have it road legal"

did think about that but i gota 54 plate transit and use of a free trailor so no point

plus im putting it together so wont be that reliable

 

 

The 2.8i will be the best one for the conversion engine wise, but for the better shell you want the Laser, and I can't remember correctly if they did a 2.8i Laser, but if ya find one, sorted.

 

nice 1 rob

have u got purple hoses on the 3door?

 

fookin nutta