Capri Technical Forum:

errrrr......hello...... Despite Santa Pod being RAMMED today (more than 200 cars were signed on!) I managed to get a couple of runs in the Capri! Here are the numbers........perhaps someone would like to hazard a guess as to where it should be with a decent launch? 60ft 2.6020 330ft 6.3249 1/8 9.211...

Just ordered some rod and main bearings for the engine - the crank has one more grind left in it so I am going to bite the bullet and rebuild the engine..........

Just a standard one I am afraid, with copius amounts of weld locking it up!

Price........haven't got a clue!! At the moment I may well be better stripping all the goodies off it and weighing in the shell!

Iwill never recoup my costs, but that is not really what it is all about is it!

Anyone want to buy my project? The engine is in bits and needs a rebuild after a couple of spun bearings. Or you could buy the car without the engine and drop in a V8 of your choice to bolt up to the TH400 box. I have some health issues that prevent any further work at this time and it seems a waste...

Bleuuuurgghhhhh! The Capri was plauged by problems all day! Some reasonable 1/8 mile times for a shakedown, but the 1/4 were appaling! Only picked up 3mph in the last 1/8 mile!!! No nitrous used as the engine wasn't revving past 4000 and the gearbox was changing up really early! I was in 3rd long be...

I am ready for York

Fitted a bicycle speedo today and found that at idle the rear wheels are doing 25mph!! Looks like the whole 1/4 will be done in 1st!!!!

I am sure I have calibrated it correctly.........oh well we will see on Sunday!

A 35A fuse :shock: sorted the radiator fan circuit, and I have applied the final stickers, not sponsors but local companies that have helped me out sourcing parts...............the job list is running very low! http://www.babybda.co.uk/images/capri/capri%20080.jpg http://www.babybda.co.uk/images/cap...

Found out today that I have a severe lack of grip on the back wheels, was doing some final checks and decided to do a couple of test launches. It all went a bit squiffy and was all over the drive :shock: Wasn't until I got out that I realised in my excitement I had forgotten to take the cling film o...

LOL, wish thats all I had to do ! I think your build is in a different league to mine! I found a few more jobs yesterday (after purchasing the fluffy dice!) Still nothing major, but I need a new coil (should be here Tuesday) and I decided to fit some radiator fans........done bar the switch from pa...

I am now reduced to jobs that dont actually need doing lol! I find myself in the odd position of having 9 days before I am due to take the car out for its shakedown and having a fully working vehicle! It is so bad that my main job for today is to get some fluffy dice!!!

In daylight in full glorious technicolour!

So............nearly there

yawn, couldn't go to bed without finishing up!!



Just got to d othe other side now........but I cant see that when I look in the garage

Well another long tiring day comes to a close. I have started with the striping............what do you think??