TwoLitrePinto

I also think its damon hill

THE STIG?? just saw a thread about top gear, every time i watch it, the question always enters my head! who do we reckon he is???

205 = unleaded head normal = not unleaded head correct me if im wrong as im not 100%

my mk3 capper is getin a bit worn out bien used as a daily driver and rot is really taking over it, also i forgot about a lamppost while i was parking and f*cked the door and wing mechanically its lovely and i spent quite a bit on it, but the shell lets it down! dont think its worth doing. anyone got a mk3 capper shell!? not fussed if it is completely bare. maybe open to other OSF shells so long as itl take a 2.1 pinto and mk3 capper running gear not too fussed on condition as long as its worth tidying up... anyone??

1993 mk5 escort 1.3 and i King hated it, piece of shite, the a 1995 N reg Fiesta 1.3 EFI, just as shite! fine for the first couple of weeks, throw em round a corner and u need new wishbones and shocks! oh and sont even ask about brake fade!

may i just say, ive been in 1 or 2 skylines, and they r pretty rapid and can be quite nutty, thats gona be insane! i been in a standard skyline GTS single turbo 2.5, and it hit 150 with a fooked coilpack that wudnt let it hit past 4000rpm and i was still pinned in the seat the whole time. thats gona seriously scare someone in a capri! good luck!

and about the getting used to it, i went from nackered 1.6 that got beaten by everything, to a 30k miles 2.1 warm pinto. took it out in the rain and gave it some round a bend, went straight round! shit myself for the first few days but used to it now, ive had it in there a few months now and it gets abused everywhere, not half as powerful as that v8 i know but still

sounds nice mate what sort of mpg do u get out of these rover things? i opted to stay with a pinto because of MPG on a v8 but im doing 150miles to a full tank anyway!! might aswell stick a bigger one in, a mate has got one in his garage his offered me before but i said no.

is there anywhere i can get hold of the same sort of carpet they use for car interiors, i want to redo my interior but with new carpet and not a gammy 21yr old one, i will work out how to do round the gear tunnel lol! i think its called woodpile i saw it somewhere before, i want it black! Edit: Ok i found some carpet on ebay pretty cheap, it says about moulding into shape? is there a method to doing this?

yeh bout an inch of fine thread on the end, gets slightly wider, goes thru crossmember thru a sleve inside inner bush of tca and a nut on the end. and yes i was going some with the hammer u should see the state of whats left of the bolt lol! also need the nut as a mullered it aswell. i will just get a round file in the sleve or something.

i once saw a 2.9i granny ghia bieng bangerd at arena essex, it was some bloke nicknames SKID and it was pissing over everyone, i asked him what was done to it after, it was a 2.9i bottom end, 2.8 mk2 heads on a jetted out weber dgas. i couldnt beleive it, it was going sideways round the bends, and all the way up the straights aswell leaving everyone for dust.

pissed all over a mitsubishi FTO 2.0v6 (180bhp) down the a21 towards hastings. lol it was my best mate but my capper is a 2.1 but pretty much standard other than skimmed and bored out. so round about 120bhp i guess, he pisses over me in a straight line but i left him for shit down the a21 because i know the road and my car, and he doesnt know the road or his car i had all 4 tyres screeching at every oppurtunity. and before long i couldnt see him any more. he was amazed! his car also can go 155mph, 215 50 16's on it standard and is generally a sports car anyway.

I just polybushed both front TCA's on mk3 capper 2.0 laser. the sleves supplied were a VERY tight fit for the bolt to go through, i got one side done ok, other side i hammered away at the bolt and got it stuck in there and then snapped it, got the half of it back out, now all i need is a new nut and bolt, but its got to be the exact right bolt and i cant get one anywhere!!!!! sum1 must have one laying around in there garage surely?

lovely thanks i will look them up

anyone know of anywhere i can get my car tested on a dyno in east sussex? just put a 2.1 in and i dont really know whats been done to it but it seems a hell of a lot quicker than my 2.0 was, just wanted to know

Track 'n' road thurrock? dont know personally but been recommended by a mate

lol thanks but what r turbo vecs and deep slots? i know a fair bit about motors and engines etc but still lot to learn... look at my age dnt think im doin bad i own a capri and hav done quite a bit to it on my own and it still works will be working on a 2.1 as from saturday aswell

i have just found a pic of my capri, 1st time i have put it up on here, only difference to it now is it has been de-bumpered on the front but any ideas welcome nice how photobuckets code just copys straight in there too

I am also painting my engine on saturday, but the engine is complete ready to go in so i need to take a few bits and pieces off (mounts etc) to clean it up a bit first, i am unsure what color/s to paint it though and what paint, plus i was hoping to put the engine in saturday also so a paint that doesnt take days to dry would be nice. anyone got any ideas? also my janspeed 4branch manifold is looking a bit rusty these days, can that be painted? thanks

well judging by the two dents in the gasket on that last photo where the water is meant to pass through i would say that the gaskey was upside down and i would say that was the cause of all your overheating problems easy mistake to make ive done it before

i desperately need a 2.0 pinto by saturday as this is the last weekend free i have for a while and it is my run around car. someone must have one knocking around! pleeease lol thanks