After disapointment last night with the thread vanishing, here are the details of the 180mph Capri.. (in the wet I may add)


HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Nik, Mark, Jim, Keith and all involved in the build.



503.6 BHP @ Flywheel
485 Ft/LB @ Flywheel





430.6 BHP @ The Wheels
414 FT/LB @ The Wheels







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ZFexeqEaQ

 

Stunning car, and 180mph at brunters is SERIOUSLY quick IMHO

 

Great car just got better

That speed in a Capri takes some balls, let alone in the wet

 

now thats an awesome car

 

Excellent stuff. Well done all involved. 180 mph is just plain scary

 

Fuckin hell!! 180mph!! My capri 2.8 is as unstable as fuck at about 115-120!

Congratulations, give the man with the granite potatoes a big cigar!!

 

Thats awesome

 

that is awsome,nice car aswell

it says 430@wheels

503@crank

if this calculation is correct mine cant be far off 500@crank aswell.....

 

absolutely awesome

 

well what do ya know 17 % drivetrain looses again defo a good guide on rwd 17 %

 

awesome awesome awesome car!!!


Love it!

 

luke have you seen much of tonys big block v8 capri i saw it once think it made around 400hp under 4000rpm on the jkm rollers not seen it for while so sure it should be making over 1000hp by now

 

Colin its very difficult to compare AVA wheels figs to DD ones.

from what I can gather any car that has been ran on AVA will see a lower wheel fig to a DD but will probably get a fly fig higher than you might expect.

 

Tony needs to do alot more work on it I believe then he will be back to Jkm to see what it will do.
He would be better off handing the keys to Jim and letting them sort it for him. At present its about the same power as it was before

 

I love it!! What rear beam does it use?

 

Nice car, can't beat a classic. Gives me enthusiasm to get my Firenza done

Doesn't the car sit at funny angle on those rollers though.

 

Fantastic result for Nick and MA Developments

Good speed, cool car to do it in too!

 

What GT30 is it?

 

Thats is real lovely!

I too have done 180 at brunters, and it is indeed very scary!!

It must have been even scarier in a capri!!! fair play!

 

Radders

GT3076 i beleive

 

That just makes me sick, I just spent all day on mine and it looks so scruffy and untidy in comparison.lol.

 

Oh I'm loving that!!

Perfectly put together, sleeper looks, weapons grade power

 

Rich -

 

Funny angle in what way?

Looks normal to me.

 

Thanks for the nice comments guys
I'm still buzzing from the experience even now
As well as Mark Shead's great engine build and mappingI would also like to acknowledge the great work done to the car by JKM Performance in Portsmouth who handled virtually the entire build.Thanks Jim (and Keith) you did me proud!!

ps.The above credit is not an advert,after all we've been through with the Capri they never want to see another old Ford ever again!!!!!!

Nick

 

What axle setup are you running? Im doing a yb capri atm and have an atlas with quaife lsd and shafts (t34, grey ect.) and I dont know if its man enough for the job?

p.s well done, very nice.

 

Correct Rich,GT3076.82

Incidentally the DD rolling road calculated flywheel figure was only 3bhp different to the figure measured on the Norris engine dyno on the same boost.........

 

Nice bit of consistancy there then

 

I bet that sounds sweet too.

btw could you not get a bigger air filter on there

 

Nick you might have to drive mine up at Brunters you sounded so cooool headed about the whole thing..

 

Loader,your axle should be fine
Mine survived 170 1/4 mile blasts at well over 300bhp and so far so good with the new engine,with just uprated shafts and a tightened up diff
Actually standard shafts were fine until I fitted sticky track day tyres

 

so this was done on an engine dyno and r/r and made same power ? so this is genuine proof that in your car you have exactly 17 % trans losses proven buy r/r and engine dyno.

 

Scooby slayer

I guessed the significance of engine dyno/rolling road figures wouldn't be wasted on you!

 

that just wild in a capri
hope you cleaned your binoculars before you set off for the 180 run lol

 

yep mate its good to see proof to prove a theory

 

well done nick makes all the work worth while
i hear you had a panic on the night before

 

Nik,

when are you at MAD HQ again?

 

Anything for a free ride......

 

That was going to be my question .

The figure recorded on the Norris dyno, was this 3bhp more or 3bhp less ?

More importantly, what about the difference in torque recorded on the two?

 

do you need a lift anywhere then Q ive got ALL my revs