my new cappa . with pics .

[xpackken]

some people call me the bargain huter but this one takes the mick i was driving home yesterday and seen this on someones drive so i stopped for a chat . anyway he tells me that he selling it and he wants 1500 quid he reckons it pushing out 271 bhp and shows me a rolling road sheet . i said ow right thinking it sounds alot for a pinto anyway . he starts it up and see pics for what happened next .

 

 

anyway more pics and more info tommorow when i bring it home .

 

 

 

 

 

anyway its mine now .

 

 

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[antz]

CHEAP AS CHIPS! in the words of david dkickinson

[Mr Sam]

OOF OOF OOF OOF OOF

 

8 cyliners of carb fed greatness

[johnboy]

Rover V8 & the capri, perfect match!

[jimihendrix]

A V8 X-pack for 1500 quid ya jammy swine

[ASBO CAPRI]

Cool rover V8 power whats the spec? 271bhp sounds a bit optamistic to me with the su carb set up. If u get rid of the su's and fit edelbrock 500cfm carb and edelbrock performer manifold its sure to make even more power.

[xpackken]

yeah he said that to me . he is keeping the holley he had on it for his other v8 . so will the su,s restrict it alot or what .

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[Duke3s]

How many Capri's have you had now Ken?

[jimihendrix]

yeah he said that to me . he is keeping the holley he had on it for his other v8 . so will the su,s restrict it alot or what .

 

Standard output for these motors was 150, i recon the SU's would be ok up to about 200 bhp then they'd restrict the power and you'd be looking for a Holley or an Edelbrock, a new set up will cost ya £500 but knowing you'r luck you may find a mint used set up for £50

[davidglanza]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet............

[stevepeanut]

good bargain hunting!

[bmxdave]

I need to come round and see that some time. My dream garage would have an Xpacked V8 capper!

[hotrodholty]

another capri

v8 though

manual or auto?

what ye planning and whens the meet starting again fella?

[Daveyboy20]

Wow! wanna see this! Nice one ken

[xpackken]

this is what th the build sheet reads on the new v8 capri so if anyone can make propa sense of it all let me know whats what . i few people have said it wont be making alot of horse power because its on su,s but it seems to be a very scary car to drive a fellow v8 owning member dan455v8 will tell you that it aint no standard v8 and the owner told him whats been done to the carbs .

 

 

THE BUILD SHEET EXACTLY AS WRITTEN .

 

 

Rear axle consists of 2.8i lsd

scorpian axle location kit fitted .

single leafs

bilistein

third engine mount plate (under gbox) cut and rewelded to allow gbox and engine to move 1inch back .

 

gbox ios standard 3.0s 4 speed no changes bar aps bell housing .

 

engine mounts are one off by aps . exhaust manifolds are pattern item by aps .

 

 

engine . standards su,s bar jaguar inlets into fuel chambers, neddles are reprofiled by north wales rolling road . exhaust is 2inch bore by pcs .heads are standard sd1 bar vittesse vaves and springs, spring seats lowered some by reel steel .

oil connected to remote filter setup.

spark plugs are bosch platinum. water pump is p6 type .

alternater is ford , coil is rover, ignition is rove sd1 including ballast resistor plate on passenger side inner wing (silverplate)

 

fuel pump is facet red top upto 300hp and is wired to oil preasure switch so it shuts down if engine stalls or oil preasure is low .(legal)

 

hydraulic lifter are .rhoads type and can be noisy if driven hard (there designed to pump up at high revs to give more valve lift (more bhp) and bleed down at low revs to give better torque . pushrods are vittese (lighter than sd1) new cam chain fitted on rebuild .cam is crane 214 .

 

the engine is rebored to 3.9 and high compression pistons are fitted .crank is reground and tuftrided .flywheel is lightened and alanced . crank and pistons and pulley wheel are balanced .

 

clutch is standard vittese clutch (tvr) release arm etc from aps . thrust bearing is ford .supm and ick up pipe are both aps specials . the radiator is standard 3.0s and is moved ack 3 inchs .

 

the radiator was rebuld and wider inlet and outlet pipes were welded on, also a little join was put on the top to allow water flow through the carb tower otherwise it get to hot and the fel evaporates .

kenlowe fan is set to come on at 90 otherwise can override from the dash with a switch .

 

 

 

 

i hope someone can tell me just what sort of spec this engine is because tbh it just makes no sense to me . ive counted up all of the recipts and they toal at 6000 odd pound

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[bortaf]

I know the P6 water pump is shorter than the SD1s, that's why it gets used in non SD1 installs

The oil pressure switch thing is standard on the V8 SD1, which is a good idea as long as you don't use a BL one that packs up every 2000 miles (Ex SD1 V8 owner here )

[danny455v8]

have you guys ever drove a car that fast you actually got out shaking well this is like that

[xpackken]

im still shaking now dan . ill post the pics up of your little bargain in abit .

 

watch this space .

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[danny455v8]

hey do i now qualify for your classic ford meet as i now have a kent engine?