theundertaker
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Jun 24, 2007 23:43:59 GMT
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Well as promised here's a couple of taster piccies of my freshly restarted tramp drifter, it got kind of postponed when I bought the hearse 18months ago. So, friday night we drag it back the 35 or so miles where it was stored, Had a puncture on the car trailer on the way back, shredded tyre, no spare, no wheel brace, 11.30pm! Anyways, here it is, in the garage again finally   Bought some wheels for it on Saturday, wanted to get banded steelies for it but got quoted £300, which I suppose ain't bad. Luckily some one came up trumps with a set of these for £80 ;D  Bit scabby, so I'm gonna satin black em when I do the car. Just gotta do a bit of welding, then a mate's gonna wire this up for me  More pics as it happens, hoping to get it on the road in time for the Powderham car show in 3 weeks time |
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If it ain't scrapin it ain't low enough
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ooo i love a good capri
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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street
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6.2 ft/lbs of talk
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Jun 25, 2007 10:44:02 GMT
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Nice one! Those wheels were a bit of a bargain  Should go well with that 24 valver in there, great stuff!  |
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Smiler
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I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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Jun 25, 2007 15:12:56 GMT
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Lurvely, has he wired in one of these before? If not, take a look on my website as there are a few clues in there. Scroll down to the Cortina section. I can't remember how far I got with the wiring bit on the website but if anything is missing then give me a shout. The link is in my sig.
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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Jun 25, 2007 15:27:36 GMT
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Nice looking. Should be a bit nippy once it's released into the wild.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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Miller
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Jun 25, 2007 15:31:45 GMT
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Love it!! I'm hunting around for a Capri plaything at the moment after seeing too many rottern 2 Door Escorts up for stupid money. Ive got my eye on a very nice 1600 at the moment, they are such a cool shape! ;D
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ewokracing
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Snuffling for food in a river
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Jun 25, 2007 23:05:59 GMT
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tougher than a crowbar. not happy that we didnt get these things in Oz.
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Nathan
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Jun 26, 2007 12:37:04 GMT
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Why am i teased by these cars. I MUST OWN A CAPRI NOW!!!!!!!! lol
Love it mate.
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Jun 27, 2007 11:04:41 GMT
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smells like fun to me
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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Jun 27, 2007 11:51:07 GMT
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Well be ace once you've got it running!
Are you going with a welded diff or the 2.8i LSD?
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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theundertaker
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Progress report  New arch in  Inner wing/sill end repair completed and bit of wing back on, got carried away and removed all the rubbing strips and welded the holes up.  Exhausts sorted, gone under the axle and done away with the back boxes  Mate reckons to put a chequered roof on it while I've got the satin black spray can out, all black, satin chequers on a gloss roof? RobinXR4i, looking for a slipper but it's gotta be cheeeeeeap, this one's on a shoestring  . Might still weld the non slipper up, depends what turns up. |
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Neak
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Jun 28, 2007 18:53:28 GMT
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nice.... i reckon yes to the satin/gloss roof
tramp drift is the way forward, love the exhausts.
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theundertaker
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Jul 29, 2007 23:05:06 GMT
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Hooray, it lives ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Mate came over Thursday, wired it up and at half midnight I went for my first blast up the road Massive thanks to Smiler without whose assistance with wiring diagrams and notes we wouldn't have known where to start, sorry for not replying to your emails. (had internet issues for a couple of weeks  ) So, with a few snags ironed out, (1 of the wheels 295grams out of balance  , broken pipe on heater matrix and resulting wet carpet, non functioning fuel gauge, iffy fuel pump, burst fuel pipe next to ex manifold , power steering fluid leak from union i'd forgotten to do up  ) it was in for mot Saturday morning and................. IT PASSED ;D ;D *breathes massive sigh of relief* It's so much fun, and quicker than i'd expected, (indicated 80mph on the limiter in 2nd!) Sideways, sideways, bucketloads of torque. I've put coilovered gaz sierra legs with capri hubcarriers on the front and 2" blocks on the back.   Should at RR in it too ;D |
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Cool!! Glad it passed the MOT. Bet it shifts like a goodun.......... Satin with gloss cheques sound good, I am sure I will see this beast cruising the mean streets of Torbay soon  |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Jul 30, 2007 12:38:34 GMT
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Evil Capri!!!!
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Jul 30, 2007 13:27:51 GMT
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that is awesome id love a capri with a large engine, this swap sounds perfect really. what the engine out of?
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Jul 30, 2007 13:44:42 GMT
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Sorry to answer for him............... it a Ford Granada engine. 2.9 24v V6 they all have around 200 bhp, and were designed in collaboration with cosworth. Hence the cosworth badge on the back of some granada. More info........... www.fordscorpio.co.uk/24valve.htmPopuptoaster is a sourse of 24v knowledge too ;D |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Jul 30, 2007 14:23:18 GMT
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ah sweet. 200bhp isnt bad at all is, what does a capri weight, cant be alot really
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theundertaker
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Jul 30, 2007 22:43:57 GMT
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yeah, as Robin says 24v Granny Cossie motor, 200 bhp, 203lb/ft. It's the torque that makes these engines great, it'll pull a house down! Not sure how much the capri weighs, 1- 1 1/2 tonnes maybe? Torque means you can trickle around on tickover and it'll still pull no matter what gear you're in |
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are there still a few granada cossies about then?
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. Might still weld the non slipper up, depends what turns up.
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, broken pipe on heater matrix and resulting wet carpet, non functioning fuel gauge, iffy fuel pump, burst fuel pipe next to ex manifold 
) it was in for mot Saturday morning and.................
