Ford Capri 2.3 T

Hi from Bulgaria i`m Geo Slavov and i have a Capri mk 3
well i fond it 3 years ago like that




me and my father are owner of a small garage were we restore OSF fords
and this the when the mk 3 is in it


it originaly came with 1600 ohc



then i changed it with 2000 dohc efi from sierra with mt 75 gearbox





then i dacided to paint it up








then i was hitted by an idiot

then i fix it again

then i went a little track day and two competitions for old skool cars
and i fond all of the suspension problems in it
well i made a whole new front suspension ... adapted from sierra
i reversed left and and right control arms and the connecting rod went in front , it`s also from sierra and its 28 mm thick.
i also adapted fron discs form escort rs turbo and mondeo calippers
well now i`m going to put a trottle bodies and megasquirt 2 , to increase a bit more power .and may be a inderpendent rear suspension from sierra with lsd , cause... i need lsd . So far so good .... so what
`il be using it as a car for classic car competitions .

Wow really nice car paint!

thanks , it`s the first painting i `ve made

deshi skrev:

thanks , it`s the first painting i `ve made

Wow nice, The first paint i did lookt just like my grandma pantied the car

The car looks just fantastic in that General Lee orange? will be fun to see how you did with the suspnsion,good luck

i have sime pics from the making of the front suspension well the most important thing was this




here i wanted to see if t fits good ... so it did





well as you can see this cames from sierra and i cut the left and the right end of it.then i welded some new metal sheets and then i made the holes for the control arms in them.welding new metal sheets there alows you to choose the place for control arms ... well in my case this was it :)well as i said in previos post i also use carrier hubs from sierra and and escort mk 5 / fiesta suspension... it can be used from sierra too but these from escort are shorter ... and they are shorter.
so ...as you can see here in the folowing pictures the pc pherson


so these are fiesta shocks and sierra hub carriers + now eibach springs and escort rs turbo disc brakes.and i dont use any spacers ford the wheels
hope it `ll be helpful... for you too
cheers

So sweet,what offset do you get with the Sierra hubs compared to the old Capri ones?

the offset is 6 cm more than the original one for each hub... actually the front is 12 cm wider ... in compare to the stock one

Ah must try this myself sounds to good to be true Are you using the Capri steering rack?

some pics with the new front susp.


and 1 compared to my father`s mk 1






no i`m not , i`m using rack from sierra , you can also use a hydraulic rack ... and the steering is custum , i`m using part of sierra , part of capri and in the middle from fiesta ... there was no other way

So i gave up from dohc 2000 for now cause i both a 2300 ohc turbo engine from sierra xr4 ti , i liked it when it was on sierra and i am going to fit in the capri may be next week

Did this car die or is it still rocking around?

No it`s not dead , i`m enjoing the turbo power now ... soon i`ll post some pics here , and what about your car ... how far are you ?

So i took the 2.0 DOHC away and swaped the 2.3 Turbo OHC. Well as you can se on the pics, the real breakdown was the wiring ,
Me starting to rip out the dashboard and the loom from DOHC...

2.3wiring

the messs









Engine IN


The moment when i started with engine wiring and sensors




the engine bay looks like that now


i`m intending to hide all of wiring to have a better look ...
so it was originaly coupled with automatic gearbox and no intercooler and the level of boost was 0.5
now `im running on 1 bar boost and it goes nuts , well i think it is a a good and reliable engine
now i use MT 75 gearbox
last month i received some stuff for the engine from USA including all new gaskets , piston rings, timingbelt kit , spark plugs , cables , distributor , engine bearings and many other

wow, that is great work! I like it very much. How much hp makes the 2.3 Ohc Turbo ?

I read that you moved to Reutlingen in Germany. There lives a friend of me and he had a Ford Capri mk3 2.8 Turbo with around 300Hp.