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The stance is spot on fella, I'm gonna get some of those coilover conversion kits and get cracking, the only part of the stance on mine I've never been 100% happy with is the front, It just eneds to go down another inch or so.. Good luck with the coolant issue, as said do a hydrocarbon test before you buy anything to rule out the head gasket, also another way of checking the head gasket is ok is take the rad cap off when its cold and start the car, rev it up and if loads of bubbles come up through the header then it could of gone... Good luck dude
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Loxlee
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Your car will look epic with hardcore rake Daveyboy!  I had the cap off and looked to see if any of the oil was a bit white but it does all look good in there. I hope it isn't the HG, I only just got that all back on! |
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I love this!! it just looks awesome at every angle!
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Cheers mykez! ;D Was down at a little vintage car show in Paignton on Sunday (Our little stand was pretty funny compared to the flat cappers and polishers! ) and somebody took this picture of my car...  It made me realise I need more lows!  So hopefully tonight a mate is making me up some new coily top caps that will be smaller and machining down my top mounts as much as I can possibly go without breaking them! There is a point where you kinda go, is it really worth making up new top caps from scratch just to get 5mm lower?! ;D Anyway have a bonus pics of our stand    |
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Jul 29, 2010 14:45:32 GMT
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join ford power for build threads on the 24V mate they also have more info than you can ever need on most ford engines and gearboxes car looks fookin hard by the way it makes me want to watch mad max again.
where do you guys meet up in the south I'm from manchester but based in london with the army could do with a decent local meet.
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new workshop incoming
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Loxlee
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Jul 29, 2010 14:50:49 GMT
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I joined Ford Power a while back actually but then forgot about it! lol
We're all based down in Devon, so a fair trek from London! haha I know there are a lot of RR'ers in London area though so shouldn't be too hard to find a meet.
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Jul 29, 2010 16:27:15 GMT
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Wow that Escort drove past us on Holiday in Torquay ;D we live in the Lakes many many miles away |
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Jul 29, 2010 16:30:35 GMT
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I NEED A CAPRI IN MY LIFE AGAIN. Its photos of yours that make me really regret selling mine  |
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Jul 29, 2010 17:32:07 GMT
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Saw this at the Retro Show mate, love it. Looks hard as, really like the peep mirror too. |
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Jul 29, 2010 20:55:17 GMT
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love it. rat look capri = win  |
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Jul 29, 2010 21:46:41 GMT
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that looks hard as nails.fancy doing something like that with mine if i cant sell it
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"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you
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Loxlee
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Just a little update today because my car has now been badged up again I also dark red tinted the rear lights, massive love for fly eyes again  I just got some spacers for the front now so just gotta find the time to get the new studs put in the hub and then the front should be sitting a hellava lot better! Before winter gets here i'm gonna have to rip my dash out and replace my heater, its never worked in the 5 or so years I've had it and steaming up is just getting dangerous now  Anyone know how much replacement heater motors go for? After that I think I just need some major work to raise my engine/front crossmember for more lows (atm it scrapes on cambered roads...) oh yeah and I will need to get the exhaust all tucked up tight  Bonus pictures just because everyone loves pictures right? And it shows some of the places I've been over the last month or so     and an awesome pic taken by Spiny  |
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Nathan
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Sept 2, 2010 10:52:17 GMT
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Amazing as usual mate.
I think CCI were doing them for £35 when I replaced one in my 2.0.
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Sept 2, 2010 10:54:37 GMT
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Ahhhh I have missed this capper!! Glad I have found where it's gettin updates, looking great!
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Loxlee
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Sept 2, 2010 11:02:19 GMT
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Ah that's cool, hopefully have a fan soon then, will be like living in a 5star hotel compared to normal! Cheers copey |
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Loxlee
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So now my car is so low and erm stiff it actually has become a bit of a winner in the handling stakes, much to my amazement and joy. However this has caused me all sorts of problems because it's meant I have caught the performance bug, something which I've never really had before. This has been my only car I've ever had (except a woeful clio that I drove for about a month) and its never been fast or chuckable with any confidence, so I didn't and that was fine by me, I just wanted it to get looking as cool as possible and I always thought if one day I fancy a proper fast drivers car I'd get something else as well. However in my aim for looks I've inadvertently made it a lot better in the performance stakes and now the car might be taking a bit of a new direction. Looks wise it will be staying mostly the same and I definitely will never be raising it (i'll just only drive hard on decent roads...) but I do need some advice on how to make my car into a bit of a part time mini drift wannabe. I'm not gonna go all out and turn it into some mega tyte drifter yo thing but something that would do a few skids and keep me amused sounds like a lot of fun. Obviously I need a bit more power but I'll do everything else first and then when I can drive it well, i'll add more power to the mix. A welded diff or LSD? Some kind of rear axle bracing/anti tramp stuff? This is where I mostly need help because I've seen all the usual escort stuff and to be honest I'm a bit confused by it all, what stuff do I actually need and what does what exactly? Panhard rods, 4 linking, anti tramp bars etc and is the Escort stuff ideal for a capri or will I have to make up my own parts? What other basic things will I need? I think the rear end needs to be a lot stiffer overall so adjustable rear shocks or a full on coilover conversion etc? Hmm anyway thats quite a lot of writing for now but hopefully some people have got some decent advice for me Have a bonus picture as thanks for the reading...  |
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Sept 30, 2010 20:20:14 GMT
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As this is your every day car, I'd go for an LSD over welding and take your car down the fast road route. Really like the look of your car.
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Living the dream. Restore's classic car's for a living!
Project Racer: '99 Arosa
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Copey
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Agreed on the LSD front, decent 2.1 pinto will see you sideways and I fitted an x-frame to my capper, made a big difference to cutting down axle tramp and sideways movement
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Welder vs. LSD.... depends on your budget? the more aggressive a locker the better really. What moneys do ford LSDs go for? TBH above 15-20mph theres little difference in the way the two drive, I still found my old carlton to be a blast to hoon about in the dry as it made the back end so predictable and was really easy to set up into a very neutral drift. But it is personal preference. I did a lot of 'grip' stuff in a car with a welder and it was fine. (track days and what not..... never did one in the wet though...) As for anything else, go to a drift day, have lots of fun, find ways to tweak car to have more fun.... modify car don't worry about not having the right mods to start with One thing..... hows the self-centering? a chap on TD was skidding a capri and his was lowered lots which he said messed up the castor and he had no self centering...... winding lock off by yourself is NO fun What kinda HP is it running too? Not too necessary, people skid 1.4 volvos LOL |
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Loxlee
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From what I can see an LSD from somewhere like Rallydesign that is a new trans X type thing is about 600 and 2.8 LSD's go for similar but are apparently pretty rubbish and would need rebuilding anyway...
Thats a lot of money in my book and would take some mega saving and a while to get there.
Self centering isn't great tbh but I'm hopefully getting some of these Castor and camber adjustable top mounts soon (http://www.mcmotorsport.co.uk/topmounts_1.htm) so that should be able to set my castor up nicely!
Erm as for power it has none... I can spin the wheels in first and second in the dry with some heavy clutch action though so would have thought this would have been enough to get started with.
Copey whats the x frame you have for yours? got a link to it or pics of it?
As a final note it is my only car but I don't drive much and have no need to ever so its just a bit of fun mostly, I don't know if this would make a welded diff more easy to live with?
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Anyone know how much replacement heater motors go for?
