My Supercharged V8 Capri Conversion

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:01 pm

JC. wrote:
thev8kid wrote: @ perry
how the hell would i catch you then mate
Get them to announce over the tannoy that they are givng away free pies!!!

never thought of that cheers mate

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:14 pm

Well no turning back now,
the car was collected and delivered to Caprisport today,
she will live there till done now,

looks a lot cleaner after a wash and the removal of nearly a years worth of dust and grime

OOOer a big hole that needs an engine,

The hotwire fuel rail adaptor at last,

And adaptor -6 fuel line and swivel fitting,

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:41 pm

my 4 link rear axle brackets arrived today

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:47 pm

work has started at last

the dummy block fitted with mounts ready for making the new gearbox mount for the R380,

once the gearbox is located on its new mount, the new engine mounts will be made to drop the engine a bit more.

Start of the new R380 gearbox mount.

P.S, that the gearbox oil pump plate at the bottom of the rear of the box?

second shot,

the prop rebuilt:

New axle brackets,

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:01 pm

thats handy,
just spoke to Alex at torques and they do a 1/8npt x-6 adaptor,
so i can use the original fuel take off for the nitrous now with the -6hose in stead of the hose barbs as below

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:16 pm

Bugger me!!!

You is gonna be my Nemesis aint ya Coops!

You are gunning for two front wheels in the air just as I figured out a way to keep mine down

Is 2010 going to be our head to head year mate

Keep up the good work dude!!

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:35 pm

mgbv8 wrote:Bugger me!!!

You is gonna be my Nemesis aint ya Coops!

You are gunning for two front wheels in the air just as I figured out a way to keep mine down

Is 2010 going to be our head to head year mate

Keep up the good work dude!!

im hoping to give the cappa a shake down before the start of the winter mate, (be garaged again when that starts)
The guys at caprisport are working overtime to help me get the car done this year now,
the oil cooler hoses and fittings are sat beside the new engine awaiting fitting,
new brake lines and master cylinder waiting to be fitted, the fuel lines as you know,
its gona be a mad few months

and yes i hope to be challenging you in 2010 mate

(i may even have a pair of slicks to borrow for next year also now)

Post by **Coops** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:38 pm

As always a quick turn around from Alex at www.Torques.co.uk
the fittings for the nitrous fuel take off arrived today

CastleMGBV8 · Post by **CastleMGBV8** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:39 am

Tony,

Great progress and looking very exciting, it's about time someone was giving Perry some thing to worry about, that should get him thinking about an aero package to improve his second 1/8 mile times and top speed.

Kevin.

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:06 am

hehehehehe

im not giving much hope to worrying Pel just yet,
the new set up maybe slower than the old engine (ferkin hope not)
every thing needs setting up and tunning again so that's not going to happen over night,
maybe towards the end of next year i will be at a stage to take Pel on

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:47 pm

Well today was engine mount day

The following are the stage at we have finished tonight

Chassis mount bracket,

Bracket nearly complete,

second shot of bracket (please note the top support bracket from block not fitted yet)

these are going to be a 100% stronger than the old rubber bobbin style mounts the capris use,
SO hopefully i wont break these little babies

the tunnel has to be cut out tomorrow now, as Neil and Jon at Caprisport are not happy with the gearbox clearance

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:02 pm

Nowt like a good bit of fettling eh Coops

Looking very tidy mate.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:36 pm

That looking one hot Capri

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:37 pm

cheers guys,

need to remove the interior tomorrow as need to cut the tunnel again to lift the box a bit more, its defo sitting lower than we want after lowering the engine a bit more,

made the engine bay braided brake lines while there today too,

picking up the bigger fuel filter on the way to the car in the morning so we can start planning the filter location so we can get the fuel line running on the go too,
once we have the engine bay area sorted the new engine can go in,

Neil and Jon have started drawing up the rear end suspenssion that they want to try out (bit different to your standard 4link setup) and rear coilovers, looks like its defo bye bye leaf springs hello coilovers and 4link,.

more updates to follow sunday night,

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:53 am

oh and the reason for the new style engine mounts,

broken engine bobbin mount classicford day at the pod 2007,
engine jumped that violent when it broke on the track it dented the bonnet

still ran a 13.5 though with one engine mount