Ford Capri Cosworth 24v conversion

[WaxDaddy]

Alright guys, here is my pride and joy at the moment. 1987 2.8 Injection Special

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I think i need to find some photo's where im not going sideways haha

Next week its gonna be running this beasty...

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This is the old lump thats being taken out. 2.8 Cologne V6 rebuilt with ARP bolts, ported and polished heads and inlet, janspeed manifolds and a full janspeed exhaust. K&N panel filter and a rotor arm with no rev limiter.

Rolling road result when i first did it 12 months ago was 168.9 bhp.

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spent this week pulling the lump out of the cossie and wiring in the new loom and ecu into the capri...

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Oh and chucked in a set of BMW 520i SE headlights so i can actually see the road at night, much better than the naff things the capri has as stock

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and stripping the current engine a little...

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Well the 24valver should have been quick to fit, but when i was swapping the clutch over i found this...

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That will teach me for wanting to reuse parts...

But its an excuse to buy a new Borg Warner clutch kit

Battery relocated to the boot and cable run via the drive shaft tunnel

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Janspeed manifolds removed

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Most of the engine disconnected and bits removed, just held on by a couple of bolts here

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Starting to lift it..

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Free from the gearbox..

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and now totally out of the car...

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Big empty space for the cossie lump

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Getting closer now boys and girls

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Ok so i've done a test fit on the ex manifolds. They didn't clear the clutch cable to start with but i've removed the cable and rerouted it and this is the result

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Still have the problem with my oil filter arm, i'm thinking about using the original capri item which is a touch shorter. However this means i lose the oil cooling water feed.

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Did a trial fit on my K&N as well lol

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[WaxDaddy]

Just realised i have failed to keep this thread up to date with the progress, so here is a long over due and very large update

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Start of detrim and flatting down for her respray. getting excited now...

I'm using 800 grit 3m discs on a DA to flat the paint down, and just to prove i am the daddy of wax and polish... i polished out a section id flatted (by hand) just to prove you can even remove 800 grit damage by hand with a cheap polish (poorboys SSR3 in this case)

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Right started the prep work for the respray last weekend.

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Bit of a worrying hole where the wing and front valence meet. ground it all out and repaired.

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Another worrying hole... Originally i thought it was just surface rust but turned into a large hole when i attacked it. Got worse when i took the wind screen out. Again all the rot was removed and the hole repaired.

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This is NOT how you polish your car :nerrnerr:

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Starting to fill out the dents and knocks that couldn't be removed with my tapping stick.

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Looking like its been in a scrap down town on a Saturday night. 'Should av seen the other guy'

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Small hole bridged and filled with fibre glass, smoothed over later with p38 and then knifing putty.

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Can you tell i couldn't be arsed masking the lights off? lol

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Tyres and alloys are being replaced anyway so i didn't mask them either

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My gravity feed gun broke so i'm stuck with this suction feed gun for now, its a decent gun but i dislike the suction feed.

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Repair is barely visable, should be perfect when the primers been flatted with a guide coat.

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Repair totally invisible here, looking pretty good.

So only a tiny update. It should have been in paint by now but the yellow tinter was out of stock. So i spent a bit more time stripping bits off to get a better finish at the end of it.

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Got the paint now tho, so should be in white base coat by tuesday and then painted fully by thursday. It's going to be in and out of the oven several times as a whole and just the panels and then the shell again.

These came today...

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Which then turned into this...

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And thus this...

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Just want to say a massive thanks to Burnley Accident Repair Centre for the use of their ovenand to Andy from UK Car Cruise who is a really nice bloke and has been very patient with me

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Its not been flatted and polished yet, going to 2000 grit it and then 3 stage it with 3M perfect-it range of compounds and polishes.

[WaxDaddy]

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Its not been flatted and polished yet, going to 2000 grit it and then 3 stage it with 3M perfect-it range of compounds and polishes.

I've also done the metal window trims in BMW Cosmos Black Met


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Started to flat anf polish the paint now. Only managed one wing before the rain closed play for the day.

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New brakes as well

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Had a bit of an accident...

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Time for some long over due bling shots of the car now its starting to look like a car again :thumbup1:

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The uncolour coded sunroof due to the...er...accident
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I hope you all like it, I'm very happy with it so far :kev: