'84 Capri LS1 project

the whole drivetrain/rear axle is from the pinks car. i'm putting in new 5 lug axles and a eaton diff anyway so i'll be selling all that stuff.

thanks mike, i grabbed most of those already, but a few i didn't have - would definitely like all the ones you got!
 
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I was wondering if that drive-train was still around!

It was only tuned for nitrous, and only full throttle really. It was a purpose build engine :)
 
unfortunately i have different goals - so i'm taking the drive train out, i think all i'm keeping is the engine. rear end is out and is in the classifieds, i'll take the trans out and sell that too. so i'm starting from scratch and replacing basically everything. it's a good learning experience for me though, but it's slow going.

hopefully i can get a tune that will allow it to be used for road racing purposes!
 
well i've started working on this again. pulled the drive train out, sold the th400 and bought a t56 (from the guy that built the volvette, if you guys are familiar with that swap!). unfortunately, it seems like one of the previous owners slapped a bunch of jb weld all over the passenger side short block. i'm not sure what they were trying to do... i asked everyone that had the pinks car in their possession and no one knows about it. i think it was mostly covered by the rusty k-member and the starter though, so it's possible that it was overlooked. anyone that was involved in the build/testing/tuning of the car know about this? (i've asked mikefastss, 86 notch, sean, and jameser) i'm not sure if i should pony up now and get a new shortblock or not. i have no experience in putting together an engine so it will either be out of my budget or a gamble on how fast i can pick it up... i'll post some pics of it later of the jb.

i ditched the aje and got a maximum motorsports k-member - i'll have to get mounts fabricated for it though. i think i'll be taking my car to Thomson Racing Fabrication in Milan for this and to get my new subframe connectors, sway bar mounts welded in.

I also got a complete 8.8 with torsen diff and different coilovers from a shop's road race mustang part out. so far, I got k-member and front suspension mostly in (still need to square it off - but need a second person for that), rear end mostly in but i have to start installing the panhard bar which will require lots of ocd measuring and drilling - if anyone likes that stuff and wants to give me a hand - let me know! cobra brake booster is in, cut off one of the subframe connectors and will be going at the other (i don't know why it's taking so goddamn long with a recip saw).

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i picked up some more stuff from that shop off their mustang.

breather box
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custom baffled aluminum fuel cell and custom aluminum surge tank
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i also got aluminum door skins, lexan, a custom rear diffuser, a hatch with lexan, and some other bits they were just getting out of the garage. not sure what i'll end up using - but i'll probably do the fuel cell after i get bosch pump and a filter.


turbocoupe pedal assembly, mc/slave (just need the mc arm to weld to the tilton mc), tilton mc. the tc pedal assembly is being used because it's the only fox chassis car with a hydraulic clutch - and it bolts right in with no modification.

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as much as jb cost it would have been cheaper to buy a block,i never noticed it but I never had the motor off the k member
 
already asked him, he said it wasn't there or he didn't see it. asked 86 notch too and he said he didn't know about it either :P
 
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That sux man sorry for your misfortune but I'm sure SOMEONE from the original build knows the story......

But atleast you found it now vs. a nice quarter mile pass!!!!
 
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hahaha

yep, that's why i thought it'd be a pretty stout block, guess i assumed wrong. so i guess i should get a new short block even if i'm just running it NA, no spray.

i had the false hope that maybe it just cracked a little - but with the amount of jb weld, looks like a rod went out the block?
 
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hahaha

yep, that's why i thought it'd be a pretty stout block, guess i assumed wrong. so i guess i should get a new short block even if i'm just running it NA, no spray.

i had the false hope that maybe it just cracked a little - but with the amount of jb weld, looks like a rod went out the block?
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with all that jb its pretty stout now,lol if it dont leak ide run it till it breaks
 
All Fucking around aside I think I would pull the oil pan and look for signs of damage on the Inside of the block. I doubt you will NEVER anyone to admit they did It. That Is just retarted.
 
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