Tramp Drift 24v Capri *updated 30/07/07*

[theundertaker]

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

[jizzy gillespie]

ooo i love a good capri

[street]

Nice one! Those wheels were a bit of a bargain
Should go well with that 24 valver in there, great stuff!

[Smiler]

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.

[tigran]

Nice looking. Should be a bit nippy once it's released into the wild.

[Miller]

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

[ewokracing]

tougher than a crowbar. not happy that we didnt get these things in Oz.

[Nathan]

Why am i teased by these cars. I MUST OWN A CAPRI NOW!!!!!!!! lol

Love it mate.

[samyboy]

smells like fun to me

[Robinxr4i]

Well be ace once you've got it running!

Are you going with a welded diff or the 2.8i LSD?

[theundertaker]

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.

[Neak]

nice.... i reckon yes to the satin/gloss roof

tramp drift is the way forward, love the exhausts.

[theundertaker]

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

[Robinxr4i]

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

[leigh]

Evil Capri!!!!

[trg1984]

that is awesome id love a capri with a large engine, this swap sounds perfect really. what the engine out of?

[Robinxr4i]

trg1984 said:

what the engine out of?

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.htm

Popuptoaster is a sourse of 24v knowledge too ;D

[trg1984]

ah sweet. 200bhp isnt bad at all is, what does a capri weight, cant be alot really

[theundertaker]

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

[trg1984]

are there still a few granada cossies about then?