My Supercharged V8 Capri Conversion

r2d2hp · Post by **r2d2hp** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:25 am

Are the top mounts 342 from Rally Design as I have a set that look similar and the circlip is at the top if I was to mount them the way you have which I was told was incorrect.

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:11 pm

CIRCLIPS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE TOP, this means the shock absorber loadings are going thru the circlip, and it wont be long before the circlip pops and the insert says hello to the bonnet

r2d2hp · Post by **r2d2hp** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:18 pm

Had a closer look at the picture and think Tonys are ok. And thinking about it again Tony is doing the work with Caprisport cant see them getting it wrong.

Post by **Coops** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:50 pm

nope my circlips are underneath guys,
thanks for the concern

Post by **Coops** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:53 pm

chodjinn wrote:does this mean your thermostat housing is up for grabs Tony?!

its looking that way Olly.

Post by **Coops** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:18 pm

Exhaust manifolds gaskets have arrived

another bit completed on the buying side,

Post by **Coops** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:14 pm

Just got in from the village pub with the family (usuall friday night thing now)
And Neil from www.caprisport.com (where my car is) sent me an email saying the stat housing has been finished and he has collected it for me,

the welding the guys did for me at the engineering shop.,

fink that looks quite pucker

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:54 am

thev8kid wrote:

fink that looks quite pucker

Lookin at that, is PUCKER the correct word?????

Post by **Coops** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:25 pm

sweet aint it

Right had another good day on the car,

finished off the wiring and installing the ecu,

ignore the masking tape on the relay bases, forgot the name tag printer, so could not change it to pucker printed lables today.

then came crunch time best i had test the system,
plugged laptop in opened MT and nothing,
tried the com port settings and still nothing,
saw the jack plug wires had crossed and looked to be shorting out bent theses outwards a bit then,

the ecu talked to the lap top PHEW

SO now the ecu seemed to be ok,
time to start on the exhaust,
The guys at caprisport went into hyper mode on the exhaust,
after stripping my old system down we came to the joint decision the boxes were fooked,

BUT they had a new system on the shelf for a customer which i now own (i paid for)
after sorting the new exhaust the down pipes had to be removed from the manifolds (hit the floor now engine and box sit differently)

Manifold on block with downpipes tacked in.,

Exhaust pipes removed from box inlets and the middle pipes from my old system tacked in place to run the exhaust close together in tunnel,

and up near the down pipe the start of the 'X' pipe.

And after the downpipe interlink pipes have been tacked in place.

And how it looks all tacked up from the front of the car,

also have wired up the fuelpump and that works from the ecu also,

topcatcustom · Post by **topcatcustom** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:00 pm

Sweeet Tony! Your progress has been amazing!

Post by **Coops** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:06 pm

ta mate,
its a bit of a pain as the deadline passed last month

so up against it now to get it finished

Post by **Coops** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:34 pm

Another busy busy day,

i think the guys at caprisport are working harder and longer hrs to get rid of me and the car

well Neil and Jon today completed the exhaust system,

I got rid of the masking tape on the relay holders after numerous PM's saying it looks bad

The center console has been fitted for last time along with new shortened gearstick and new Knob. (no not me)

The new O/E knock sensor studs from land rover arrived and we fitted them along with the correct knock sensors this time

the new handbrake set up for the rear discks got fitted today,
the propshaft has now been fitted too,
the cable clutch components were fitted today and tested, (working sweet)
Reversing lights all wired up back to the gear box switch,

so a good day again today,
its looking mighty close to fire up time next weekend.

Oh and before i forget the reason i needed a new exhaust (not in the budget) would you say it fooked?

dnb · Post by **dnb** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:06 pm

More excellent progress there. I'm looking forward to seeing it run and will be here to help you do the tuning if you want

Should be a decent amount of power even without the gas

Post by **Coops** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:39 am

Cheers dave for the tunning offer,
did you get my PM with the msq mate?

Darkspeed · Post by **Darkspeed** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:51 pm

Tony,

Whats the idea with the crossover in the exhaust because intuitively it looks completely wrong.

Andrew