My 3.9 V8 Mk3 Capri

[Tony C]

after many weeks dicking about trying to get a stat housing,
we decided to say F@@K IT,
and made our own , this way we have it the way we need it,  :wink:


And the new ecu fixing is nearly finished,

First take a sheet of Ally, and workout what you want to fix onto it,


Then after a bit of cutting drilling and fettling, work out where you are going to mount it all,


after a while:
with Caprisports help,
things are going together fast,

ecu bracket spacers bolted through the floor and carpet trimmed to go over the spacers.


Starting of the rewire of the ecu relays and fusebox,


Finished, now comes the wiring job from the fusebox and relays back to the ecu,


Also Caprisport made a start on the suspension upgrade:
Front end:

Old strut removed, and new coil over inserted, with 300lb springs,


The HUGE 315mm Caprisport front discs refitted.


Now the Brembo calipers are refitted,


Alloy spherical adjustable top mounts are also fitted,



And sat back down on all 4, we have decided it can go another inch lower on the front still,  :wink:


Ecu all finished,



Knock sensor fitted (same on passengers side)


So next on the list, fit the exhaust,
this went together real sweet and didnt take long,






This is how the engine bay looks this evening when i left the car,
stage 3 4.6 high comp v8 fitted  ready to go, (as long as i can get her to trigger)
just the power steering bottle to plumb in and engine bay finished, has fuel and pump runs with ecu ok, has oil and water.

[Tony C]

going back together last weekend,


The car was finished today minus the ecu.
now put away in the garage, fingers crossed the ecu is ok again soon,

waiting to be loaded on the trailor,




Now loaded for the journey home:

[Tony C]

It lives,
A big thank you to Dave (dnb)
for the work he has done on the ecu over the last week,

Idling after the cam bed in,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ngEnXgt4O0

Reving with sticking throttle,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-G2Z5lc3uY

running a bit rich but that can be tweaked a bit now,

[max]

Nice car and project, keep up the good work :)

[Tony C]

Cheers mate,
its been a long year to get to this stage with work redundencies etc,
BUT im pleased to say fingers crossed as of this saturday if it passes the MOT, it will be retaxed and on the road as of Sunday after a year and 2 months in the workshop,

another little vid after a bit of mapping at idle, sounds bit smoother now,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISCRNcPosE
the tappet noise under the bonnet are Rhoads hi rev bleed down lifters to give better vaccum etc with the high lift cam we have fitted.

[Tony C]

she is now mot'd and taxed,
had 60miles trouble free driving except for one plug dying today.

[Tony C]

240miles so far and still doing fine,
car is idling a lot better too now,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2dlswyVp-s

[Tony C]

New toys to be playing with end of this year, :D

[gunni]

Very interesting :)

[Tony C]

i hope it is once finished mate :D