QuadCamCapri

Donington 1989, 3 weeks after the Oulton Park shunt and first time out in the new shell, didn't go quite to plan but good fun all the same........

There's only 1 manufacturer of pattern wings for the Capri now, in Spain or Italy can't remember, the UK importer is Hadrian. This place does them for £80 with the vat..... http://www.bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk/default.asp?go=8 or you might be able to get them cheaper at your local panel supplier, as they can usually get them in within a couple of days.

In OSF dreamland I would have bid on the ex-works Cologne Capri that came up for auction a couple of years ago in TWR's collection, went for £65k. I would have then raced it in the FIA Historic's. Also done the 246 thing, after setting the carb's up on this one I spent a few hours spanking it round a private airfield, although it wasn't as quick in a straight line or as composed on the corners as my Capri

I'll have some more of that 1 .RETRO_AL 2. antz 3. jamesmk1 4. james p 5. Stuball 6. Cossymax 7. Kev16v 8. Bigrod 9. 105eturbo 10. Gary the light 11 Harrier Ian 12 Driver for it this year 13. Ian1300 (soon to be 1700 ) 14. Cmpod83 (just for the novelty of sending a beige estate around Silverstone!) 15. Kevmk2 16. Garymk2 17. Marky4 18. QuadCamCapri

Brakes....No difference in braking force just a slight improvement in fade resistance with the vents. Oh and the 2.8 has bigger bore rear cylinders for it's worth! Suspension.....the 2.8 suspension was sorted by SVE so is an improvement and would be the quicker car point to point. 3.0S with 2.8 suspension & LSD

3.0S for me

Haha...yeah he was getting more and more untidy and missing the apexes. Well I raced for 10 years and this year I will have been out of it for 10, still have the car in the hope I'll get out again one day. Also have the green one below which I use to blow the cobwebs off on the ocasional trackday. At that time it was in Road Saloon spec ie. full interior, std. brakes except for lining material, std. wheels, Uniroyals, no LSD allowed, internal engine mods were allowed. So it was heavy, didn't stop, didn't have much grip but had about 230bhp so was a lot of fun Cheers Tim Will be adding more as and when time allows, most of the 40 hrs of footage is still on vhs

I'm all paid up as well

Yeh, thats the way it goes sometimes, I was putting him under pressure and when he cracked he took me with him, what you call a racing accident. I remember saying all the way home from there, thats it I'm finished no more racing. Of course 3 weeks later the car was re-shelled and I was out again, making sure those Rovers didn't have it all their own way

Thought I would start with the end of my 2nd shell at Oulton Park, 1989 ( luckily I didn't video the end of my 1st shell as that was my fault ) This was the end result..... More to come as I did about 200 races and have around 40 hours of video!

Think the limit for the road is 82db, but as mentioned they have no way of checking it at an MOT so it's at their discretion. Last year I was told mine was too noisy so took it to a more old skool friendly place and he said as long as it's silenced and doesn't leak he's happy

A car park full of Capri's, I'll definitely be going to that

I made a system for the race car many years ago including the silencer. The first 1/3 of the silencer was an expansion chamber to take some of the energy out of the gasses. Then the other section I filled with rockwool, the perforated tube I used had holes approx 3mm diameter. Last year I made a stainless system for the green Capri and used a couple of Jetex silencers. http://www.jetex.co.uk/website/custom_p ... a=2.5+inch These people do some useful bits.... http://www.milneroffroad.com/PIPE.HTM

The RS2 bellhousing can be used on the 2.8 5-speed (Type 9) as it's from the same family as the RS2 4-speed (Type E). The 2.8 4-speed cannot be used as it's the same as the 3.0 4-speed (except for the input shaft and bellhousing) ie a 'Type 5' and the only bellhousings available are for the 2.8 or 3.0 V6's.

If it's a 4-speed from an early 2.8 it will be the 'Type 5' also used on the 3.0 Essex with a different bellhousing and input shaft. I think your biggest problem will be mounting it on a 4-pot as it was only ever used on V6's so I don't think there is a bellhousing available. If the other one is from an early Mk1 it will be the one with external rods and awful ratios !

As Ian mentioned there is no measurable power to be gained from them being lighter, but the crank driving the pump and alternator slower would, although 6-8 bhp seems a bit high. I made a smaller ally crank pulley for my Essex and a larger one for the alternator, plus a larger steel one on the waterpump. So when the engine is spinning at 8000rpm the water pump is doing the same rpm as it would at 6000 with the standard pulley, to prevent cavitation. As for overheating at low rpm I couldn't say because it doesn't have any cooling fans fitted and doesn't do slow

Cheers Tim & Kev Connected to a Cosworth 24V on a pair of triple choke carbs it certainly sounds different, but from where I'm sitting I'm not sure what it sounds like. Perhaps if anybody heard it on the track at Ford Fair could compare it with anything?

I've made a few, even made the silencers from scratch on the race car. Just made a stainless steel one this summer for my 24V, got the silencers from Jetex. After a lot of searching for the best (cheapest) place to get bends and tubing i found www.nexusflow.co.uk in Hounslow who supply the food industry were about half the price or more than exhaust suppliers and also very helpful. As already mentioned above best to tack it together as you work along under the car then when your happy weld fully. Although a TIG welder would be nice the MIG didn't do a bad job. I also made some flanges to bolt it together, much easier to remove when needed. Total cost of system £210.....

Mine's off the road for the winter now, made a start on it at the weekend as the weather was nice, so have updated the list (#38 ). 1.Jason Harris VBH 301 L 2. Jimbob - DFR 584Y or AFX 524A 3.russ105e UMG773F 4.oldschoolgeezer - 448 UXT 5. STEVE - MK2 ESCORT - CNO729T 6. CapriLuke - A314BJH 7. MARTY (mk1) - DMR 121C or WLT 585X 8.MK2 Jo GRF `109T 9.Puddy,KAF450E 10.big G KLL 248V 11. punty DHC 658C or DLJ 519L 12. Tom mgo 961p 13. Baz UPX 85N 14. consul classic - jvs 860 15. marky4 NRB131P 16. Paul Mk2 Escort SLB898R 17. paulashman DJK 959W 18. mkonekev ear435t 19. 105Speed BPB 370B 20. Retro Ford MLP 780P 21. kms - YBJ 476Y 22. KEVSWAYV6 OKO 134M 23. BaileyMex YMR 524K 24. theovalmaster NGK 81Y 25. pelvins RNG 492D 26.escort21 omj 444h 27.Paul kent (not sure what car he is bringing?) 28 Cossymax EHK 548B 29. stekcop JYE 103D 30. v6dale DLE 667T 31. El Sumo B591 YVW...( or the new toy if i have it ) 32. Anthony White Mk1 Escort: NOT 103F 33. ermine lmx221k 34. Thefatcapri FAT 744T 35. m bird D O H C 36. 1760 H.P.E. Anglia - MDJ 886K or BGK118B 37. my mate rob - C409 RAL(if thats ok??) 38. xno 336s 39. TONY - BLUE MK1 ESCORT - OPU 307M 40.RICHARD - YELLOW MK2 RS2000 - JRA 295V 41. DeuceCoupe VBP 103F 42. Morley AAL 971H 43. dot43 - D176 GWT 44. knight rider - C217 HOE 45. RICHARD - MK2 ESCORT VAN - BROWN - NVX 545V 46. JAMES - YELLOW MK2 ESCORT - USF 68R 47. SiDeWaYsPiG - XUX 125T 48. Twinkle - reg?? 49.Escort mk2 v8tt - JHU 495P 50.Escort Mk1 Cos - CUU 837H RESERVE LIST 1. guvnor888 898 uxa 2. mr zefect xuf 333a 3. Dave Brown PVF 150R

Favorite pic of mine at 150mph on the run down to the Bus Stop Chicane at Spa 1997... My most favorite Capri pic, works RS2600 airborne at the Flugplatz, Nurburgring 1972. Just love the shades ... Everything about this pic is great, Spa 24hrs 1971...

1.Driver FOE 856V 2. Jimbob - DFR 584Y or AFX 524A 3.russ105e UMG773F 4.oldschoolgeezer - 448 UXT 5. STEVE - MK2 ESCORT - CNO729T 6. CapriLuke - A314BJH 7. MARTY (mk1) - DMR 121C 8.MK2 Jo GRF `109T 9.Puddy,KAF450E 10.big G KLL 248V 11. punty DHC 658C or DLJ 519L 12. Tom mgo 961p 13. Baz UPX 85N 14. JohnnyH WCD 91K 15. marky4 NRB131P 16. ratman MYV 70D 17. paulashman DJK 959W 18. mkonekev ear435t 19. 105Speed BPB 370B 20. Retro Ford MLP 780P 21. kms - YBJ 476Y 22. KEVSWAYV6 OKO 134M 23. BaileyMex YMR 524K 24. theovalmaster NGK 81Y 25. pelvins RNG 492D 26.escort21 omj 444h 27.Paul kent (not sure what car he is bringing?) 28 Cossymax EHK 548B 29. stekcop JYE 103D 30. v6dale DLE 667T 31. El Sumo B591 YVW...( or the new toy if i have it ) 32. Anthony White Mk1 Escort: NOT 103F 33. ermine lmx221k 34. Thefatcapri FAT 744T 35. m bird D O H C 36. 1300 MK1 ESCORT - MDJ 886K 37. my mate rob - C409 RAL(if thats ok??) 38. Sarnie KMH 430W

Have driven a few Maserati's including the Shamal with the 32V Twin Turbo V8 and the 24V Twin Turbo V6 fitted to the Ghibli Cup which is what I would go for as it has more power than the V8 Would like to do a BMW S38 straight-6 fom an M5 into a Capri, 350bhp N/A yes please

1. POSSE PTR 612G 2. TOM MGO 961P 3. RATMAN MYV 70D 4. JohnnyH WCD791K 5. Cmpod83 VPP 224S 6. Viv Ashton YAK 407X (the fezza ) 7. Jimbob - DFR 584Y 8.Cossymax...EHK 348B 9. Darran Escort-Tec...pmo 899r 10 russ105e UMG773F 11. capriclive cuw 457h 12. Sarnie KMH 430W

Two very different disciplines, threading a car through the forest at 3 figure speeds takes some doing, but also leading a race with a pack of cars chewing your rear bumper off for 10 laps takes some doing, and it seems to take for ever to get to the chequer flag! Each to there own, enjoy.

I'm surprised, I assumed most of you Escort owners would be rally biased as thats were the majority of it's motorsport history lies. Circuit racing - and my favorites would have to be the Zakspeed Escorts.