capri-rs

have been thinking of making a thread about this car for a long time.

the car in question


bought the car 4 years ago from a friend of jens.

nice example running greys, t34 ,ported head but on std. gearbox.the previous owner was a 58 year old that didnt drive like he stole it.

when i got it the first thing that let go was the gearbox.bought a new/used gearbox of ian howell at racetek.

where having some good fun with it before i got powerhungry and started putting on bigger turbo and injectors.

then jens talked me into converting to pectel T2 management.

then i started building a new garage/storage facility.
everything was looking good until this happend




that has to be one off the worst days ever
the cossie,my capri,my dieselbimmer,the caravan,my boat and both my tractors where damaged when the building collapsed.
the only vehicle that werent damaged were a mini mkII that is the rustiest car in the world

this picc is after the garage were rebuilt


so after a lot of thought i decided that i should rebuild the car.

soon realised that the body of the car was in a worse state than i first thought so i decided to reshell it

talked to rolf klypen about this reshelling idea and he said that he knew of a bloody good shell.

went to vinstra and looked at it.i couldnt belive my eyes,a mint sapph shell in black,stored for the last 8 years.one off the last wolf sierras

picked it up after a lot of work getting it on the trailer.

here we are going over valdresflya.next to jotunheimen national park


at home my mechanic started to work straight away



its my 4 year old boy practising

thats all for now.have been hoping to get it running again to gatebil but...

i havent got a loom for the pectel sq6,my rods are still in sweden,my pistons are in the usa and my gearbox is sold

cheers

KSA-Cossie

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Looked a nice one too m8 proper gutted,bigger and better this time though.

capri-rs

have bought a lot of stuff.for it .proper grp a tcas and comp struts.new gearbox is planned and a new rearend

ital_cossie

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waiting for updates

capri-rs

started the topic 20 min ago.havent been in the garage since

capri-rs

did some work today.

got bored and wondered how i can fit some wider wheels in the front

so i got busy with the angle grinder


a full 38mm wider


compared to this


thats it for this year

ps sorry for the crap quality of the pics
sweedish shit phone

fiesta_xr2i

Dette var nytt for meg .......

Hva med en trĺd pĺ fmcn ?

Cool projekt

capri-rs

maybe.....

takker.er litt jobb ennĺ men....

gregxr3i

gutted mate, sure you'll get it looking as good or better again!

SS1

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i remember all your storm damage pics you must post some up

before and after

awesome rebuild

capri-rs

garage link

capri-rs

bought one of these today


should make this a piece of cake to fit


this is a r33 gts or something but i will use a r32 gtr

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

nice project, going to be very cool, are you english living in norway? or pure norwegian?
i only ask as your english is perfect!

capri-rs

Thanks.

I`m norwegian all the way.

fezzajsy

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capri-rs

starting next week with the job of fitting the r32 beam. in the mean time i will try to get the wolf sierra up and running

capri-rs

well fitting the r32 rear end will result in some "cut and paste".the chassi rails on the r32 is narrower and higher up than the sierra ones but with some help from bosch and fronius i probably will have it fitted be the end of the week. will take some pics tomorrow.

also started on another thing.fitting a r32 front diff

that will be a f**kin lot of work

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

sweet

capri-rs

offered the craddle up and soon noticed that the chassi rails needed some "cut & paste"





the bracket for the upper arm is hitting the chassi rail of the sierra

have drilled out all of the spot weld on the sierra rails tonight and will be cutting the rest tomorrow

hopefully that a little reposition of the rails will give me enough clearance.

its a lot of work but hopefully will be worth it in the end.

sorry for the shitty pics.my camera is with my wife i scarborough.

Karl 3dr

iTrader: (9)

Gutted for you that your garage collapsed on your cars but fair play for sticking with it!

And good luck fitting the rear end, looks like a lot of work!!

capri-rs

less work than the wrc route and much cheaper.

Brian

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Brian

Miller 3

iTrader: (4)

fair play for sticking with it mate, im guessing this will have some huge turbo being bolted up soon enough

Kverna

iTrader: (1)

Good to see this car being rebuilt.

Since skylinebits is trespassing onto the sierra, are you going to use an skyline box too ?

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

Nice work so far m8.

neil andeRSon

iTrader: (3)

gutting to see the garage pics.. upward's and onward's tho!!

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Gutted that your shed fell down(chip didnt build it did he)lol.Well done for sticking with the project.

capri-rs

yup.bought a secondhand box from a breaker for 300Ł and found out when i stripped for welding that it was already uprated with straight cut gears and dog rings

will use the front diff also

capri-rs

no.its not chip´s handywork.

capri-rs

Thanks. engine spec is not quite finished yet but will consist of rs500 block and 4x4 head.probably 931 cams or something similar,turbo will be a schwitzer 258 or 362.inlet top secret and wrc exhaust manifold

engine will be built by the best

AGAR-COSWORTH

Very interesting project with the R32 bits

Simmo

iTrader: (20)

Ditto that... Will be keeping an eye on this one!

That's shite about the garage though!

m4tt274

iTrader: (2)

anything happen with this ???

capri-rs

sorry no.have been working in the middle east and havent been home since july last year.

gearbox is hopefully working now,a friend of mine is testing it.

frontdiff hit a little setback but should be finished by christmas.

having good friends helping me out with these things

the car itself havent been touched since june last year,good news is that i got a roof without sunroof waiting for me when i come home