>I keep ending up with one of these little cars every now and
>then. Thats a good thing I would say
>
> Wow ,, Just came across a nice 71.. Still has the Calif
>smog.. And still has the vinyl top.
What motor Dave?
>
> I was just wanting to know
>
> How close mechanicly are the Capri and a Escort?
Tons of junk is direct interchange but there are some unimportant differences in the STOCK suspension set=ups.
No important on a car getting prepped, as that would be built to the same spec regardless.
>
> If a Capri is a Escort. And a Escort is made in the UK. Why
>is a Capri made in Germany?
They were really made in Genk in Belgium.
Probably because there is MUCH MUCH better bear in Beligium than the weak ass mouse piss brewed in Cologne.
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> What rear end is in a Capri?
US 1600s got the so called "English" axle built by GKN
2000 OHC, the 2600 V6, 2300 OHC and 2800 V6 got Ford's own atlas axle
You can see some piccies of it at
www.f4.ca look for Capri or Atlas in the titles, you can also see the normal way to do what Ford folks call the "Gp4 5 link set up" which EVERYBODY rwd did, and even using Ford Atlas axles.
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> Any one got any info on the V8 Capri they rally in
>Australia?
Come on the car is kinda flimsey to be shoving a 500lbs thing in the front, try something in the 220 lbs range and move it back.
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> Thanks
>
> David
>
> Hazardous Toys inc
> How close mechanicly are the Capri and a Escort?
The wheelbase is different.
Yeah, 100.5" for the Capri, and around 95.5 for the Exsquirt
> If a Capri is a Escort. And a Escort is made in the UK. Why
>is a Capri made in Germany?
All US-bound Capris were built in Germany. Many Capris were built in the UK, however. (We just never got'em) It was probably a cost saving gesture, make the US-spec Capris in a country that is also left hand drive.
Looking at some historical stuff, I see lots of neat things like V4 Capris and 3-liter Capris that were UK-only production.
The UK produced "Essex" V6 in 2500 and 3000cc, and it's cousin the
V4 1750 and 2000 where all big gross POS lumpy POSs.
For some reason many English love the 3000 V6, but roll around on the floor like they took a 7,62mm slug in the gut if you even mention the other motors, especially the V4.
The list of deficientcies of the "Essex" motors is too sordid and woeful to tell.
Thank goodness we didn't get them, they were heavier, less reliable and thirstier, and made less power than the Cologne built distant cousins the 1500 and 1700 V4 and the V6 in 2000, 2300, 2600, and 2800.
In Bob Olsen's Capri project I showed him we could do a 1mm overbore in a 2900 V6 (the next cousin) block to make it a 2993cc 11.0:1 compression Gp2 legal motor since it is push-rods and gets the silly 0.8 multiplier.
In the end I suggested that the things still weighed a ton, and would cost 50% more to do since there were 2 more pistons, a whole bunch more valves etc and more ports to port, and then there would be the expensive proposition of getting some air and fuel in to justify the weight and expense since there aren't any worthwhile manifolds.
In the end e opted for the period "sorta correct" Ford 4 cylinder inline 16 2000cc motor and simpole carbs.
Should be load of fun saving hundreds of pounds and moving back what is there.
Shallow Pockets Racing - that blowed up real good