UPDATED Jan 13 2009: pages 10 and up.
NEW SHOES
More on page 8
PAINT AND BODY COMPLETE!!!
more pics on page 5. hard to believe it's the same car.
Me at Windsor Weekend '06, first time ever drag racing. More pics on page 3.
This is my 1984 Mercury Capri, former 3.8 V6 carbed car. This car is my pride and joy. I haven't updated this page in forever til now. I got this car as a rolling chassis in august 02 and put a mildly built .020" 302 in it (305).
I just had the car dyno'd at a local place called WP Racing and it put down 242.3 hp at the wheels and 293.9 ft/lbs on 87 octane with 35% humidity. the average power was at 166.3 hp, and average torque was 233.3 ft/lbs. The car is a lot more powerful than this however, as my distributor hold down i later found was stripped out and base was back at 8 degrees. That backed my total timing to 28 degrees. I wish I knew that was messed up before the dyno day. oh well.
Messed around with the secondaries because the car was dipping way rich on acceleration on the a/f dyno run sheets. The secondaries were kicking in too slow, so now those are set up and I want to get it back to the dyno when the body and paint are complete.
My best 1/4 mile track time to date is 14.5 at 97. Couldn't get the 60ft below 2.2 due to a broken motor mount. This car should run high to mid 13's in current form so I can't wait to see what goes down this year, since it has since got new rubber out back, new poly motor mounts, timing bumped where it should be and the secondaries dialed in.
Right now the car looks like an innocent little 4 banger. It surprises everyone on start up :)
Watch out for more pictures coming soon of the car when i first got it back in 2002. Just need time to figure out this frickon scanner.
Specs:
85 non roller 5.0
elgin prostock hydraulic camshaft
ported d8 heads with stud mounts and guide plates 0.010 milled
600 cfm edelbrock carb with electric choke
professional products dual plane manifold
bbk equal legnth shorties to 2.5 hedman o/r h-pipe
2.5" flowmaster cat back
knn filter, factory cold air setup
msd blaster coil, taylor 8mm wires, accel u groove plugs
taurus 3.8L electric fan
3g alternator
8.8 locker with 3.55 gears
maximum motorsports lcas
frpp uppers
wc t5 with steel bearing retainer
poly motor mounts
poly transmission mount
frpp heavy duty clutch
upr weld in subframe connectors
falken ziex tires
this list will grow because i am getting addicted to modifying this car. i've also now got an 88 camaro on the go as well i'm building a 355 chev for. the same one as on these pages.
wanna hear it? exhaust clip with 6k revs.
My car on the dyno.
click here to see dyno pull 1!
click here to see dyno pull 2!
dyno results:
the car will be painted this winter, and the 86 rs ground effects will be put on. car will be the same colour with a 84 rs inspired paint job, the bottom silver with red and silver pin striping.
