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"TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts" (the-vancen)
07/06/2015 at 12:05 • Filed to: Crapri, SHO

I found an engine for the Capri, the SHO is nearly done and I have developed a deep dislike for 2005 Ford Foci.

Bad-ish news first. The Focus is a 2005 ZX5 with a 2 litre and a five speed manual, in theory, awesome in practice the car has almost 300,000 km and ten years of Canadian winter driving. So its getting rough around the edges.

It’s latest trick is a strange code, or rather, five of them. Four different misfires and an intake runner code. I think I’ve solved the problems with the misfires by changing the ignition coils and parts of the coil harness including the plugs atbthe coils.

But it still acts up. I’m drivingalong, and when I really get on it and let it rev out and load up the engine, it cuts power and the check engine light flashes. Very irritating on a long hill, dangerous trying to pass a truck on said hill.

Any ideas as to what could cause this?

Next, the SHO. Its still at the shop been there since February. I told the guy to take his time on the off chance he’d give me a break on the bill, which he has, but u really wanted to race the car this summer.

Evidently it just needs a new master cylinder and ittl bee good to go as far as moving is concerned. Once that’s done, I need to bring it home to patch some holes and replace some wear parts, change the oil, that sort of thing. Once I’m employed, a carbon fibre hood is on order since my original fibre glass one is nearly snapped in two.

And time for the best news. The Crapri has an engine! A 302 smallblock will fill that engine bay quite nicely. Especially since its a $200 302 smallblock.

The only niggle is that I don’t have a manual transmission. So its getting an automatic. But, its a small block C6 that came out of a drag car, so its got a fully manual valve body. So its no worse in my opinion than any of those silly semi automatic transmissions these days. Better, because the shifts are stiffened up and nothing in that case is stock. All I need now is a floor and a rear axle and I’m good to go.

DISCUSSION (16)

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 12:16

Remind me not to buy a Gen 1 Focus.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 12:17

You may still beat me to having a floor. One, because I’m slow as hang, and two, because I’m having to build my floor around things.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
07/06/2015 at 12:18

No, buy this one after everything is fixed.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/06/2015 at 12:20

Oh I’ve gotta do mine fro scratch too. From the firewall to the rear bulkhead. And the trans tunnel. And the inner and outer rockers. And the torque boxes. And front subframe. And subframe connectors.

Dear god.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 12:25

I’ve got the main floorboards in place and the subframe and subframe connectors sorted out, as wells as the firewall, but everything in the rear torque box area back is going to be all fresh, and the trans tunnel is mostly undone. I had to wait on getting it done until I knew what I was doing with seats, a transfer case, and locating the rear suspension and line of the driveshaft...

Did you do any comparative measurements yet to see if any Mustang parts would fit? Because if you can do that, do that.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 15:40

V8 Capri is best Capri :) what sort of build are you doing for it? Just get it running and stick it in? Rebuild? Rebuild to hot specs?

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/06/2015 at 15:41

I’ve tried, but mustang parts are just that little bit too big. I’d have to modify everything so much that it’s simpler to start from scratch.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 15:44

Shame you don’t have access to a shear and brake. Re-braking floorboards and things an extra inch or two in would be very possible for the most part.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/06/2015 at 15:44

Well, as far as I know the short block is prettyuch stock, but the heads are GT40 heads, and if I fork over another bill he’ll throw in a tunnel ram and a pair of Holleys. The transmission is a smallblock C6 out of an old drag car, so it’ll do the trick for a while.

Think of it this way, I’m like Roadkill Canada. Picture something like the Rotsun, but with a tunnel ram smallblock Ford.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/06/2015 at 15:46

That would be nice. I’ve got all the basic tools and a welder and plasma cutter, (favorite tool ever). A couple sheets of steel some 1” square tubing and a bead roller and I’m set.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/06/2015 at 15:53

I don’t have a plasma cutter, just access to a shear at work. Which means when it matters, I often find myself doing the cutting with a 4” grinder + 1/16” wheel or with a bandsaw.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/06/2015 at 18:51

Sometimes a death wheel works better. Plasma cutters don’t like punky metal.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
07/07/2015 at 04:01

Sweet :)

“Think of it this way, I’m like Roadkill Canada”

Absolutely perfect :)

CalzoneGolem > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
03/15/2016 at 08:08

You should check your Reddit inbox.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > CalzoneGolem
03/15/2016 at 20:22

Ah damn it. Sorry about that.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > CalzoneGolem
03/15/2016 at 21:02

Good to go