baxterbaxter Posted October 10, 2010 Report Posted October 10, 2010 Hi all! i have a mk3 capper, curently 2.9, but have a lust for moar poweeerrrr! anyways, bit of a general question, best engine swap for an old ford? best power/torque for price, dont mind being sacraligious, ill go jap or anything, always been one for controversey. Got a budget of about £1300, 1500 at a push, was thinking zeeetec turbo, or turbo my current 2.9, or have a 4.6 v8 now, but thats where the money will come from, wayyy to many options! helpp!
Mrs O/H/C Posted October 10, 2010 Report Posted October 10, 2010 Something about V8 Capri's for me I second that
Craigorypeck Posted October 10, 2010 Report Posted October 10, 2010 Your 2.9 capri is already uprated, it might fetch good money. Then seek out a cheap minimal rust 1.6 and start from there, may give you extra monies for the power box. I'm stickin an N/A YB cosworth in mine, not cheap tho. A honda s2000 lump will give 250bhp in standard form, pretty simple too- no turbos or the like. Anyhow I'm sure others have more experience than me on a good conversion. Enjoy!
Beakster Posted October 11, 2010 Report Posted October 11, 2010 Is it the 12V or 24V 2.9 you have? If you have the 12V then fit a 24v. Then you could supercharge for 24v for 300bhp+. If that's not enough for you then best engine to put in is a ford windsor 302. Lots of cheap tuning parts available so once it's in you can keep upgrading it as money allows.
Grizzley Dell Posted October 11, 2010 Report Posted October 11, 2010 Something about V8 Capri's for me I second that yeah me to
baxterbaxter Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Posted October 12, 2010 wow, quite a respone! enjoying the input! erm, as far as selling and getting another, erm, its abit of a wreck at the mo (hedge) but got another shell ready so when i re shell it shall do the engine change or whatever. cossie v6 was a consideration, but shyed away from it for the fact spares seem to cost a bomb, and correct me if im wrong, but they are very rare engines with minimal tuning parts available, since they were only in one model (as far as i know) Nitrous is cool, but the power is not always there, unles you can afford to refill the bottle every day So looking like it has got to be V8! any idea how much you can grab a half decent windsor or cleveland lump for? already got this 4.6 but rover engines never seem to fill me with confidence... Thanks for the inspiration chaps!
Pipster007 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-427 ... 3cafbdfb11
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