The Classic Ford magazine/Chizfab Scandinavian style Capri drift project

[Gogzy]

You didn't see it at its worst, as what was possibly the shittiest drift car in the world....
Imagine trying to drift a misfiring Reliant Robin backwards whilst wearing a blindfold.
That would have been easier than my Capri 3 years ago at Crail!

haha that is true, but even still mr chizfab has put some effort into this.

 

[the stig]

Sweet pics ade!

Yeah the comp. struts arent finished yet, got a few bits to finish/add including gussets etc before finish weld on front suspension, xmember needs work too. Also looking at possibly doing away with the Clevis assembly.

Good progress lately tho and those wheels are just mega!

i think tou may find the calipers wil hit the comp struts assem,you wil have to do what im doing and re position the calipers up/round!

keep up the work fellas

 

[Jeek™]

You didn't see it at its worst, as what was possibly the shittiest drift car in the world....
Imagine trying to drift a misfiring Reliant Robin backwards whilst wearing a blindfold.
That would have been easier than my Capri 3 years ago at Crail!

so true its the worst car i have ever driven full stop. not for long though

 

[m.d.]

so much capri love here too, they have always come out on top of mk1 and 2 escorts in my eyes. its like the escort was the family car and the capri was the sports car, yet they decided to rally and race the escort, made no sence to me,

love the way the cars coming along and cant wait to see the final result

 

[mint]

Also looking forward to the outcome. If it turns out like that rendering then it'll be a seriously nice car. I say keep clear of the chrome and head for black/gold for sure.

 

[Swamp]

so much capri love here too, they have always come out on top of mk1 and 2 escorts in my eyes. its like the escort was the family car and the capri was the sports car, yet they decided to rally and race the escort, made no sence to me,

love the way the cars coming along and cant wait to see the final result

For rally the Escort is by far better then the Capri, thanks to size and weight. On track the Capri has also seen alot of action.

 

[Ade B]

i think tou may find the calipers wil hit the comp struts assem,you wil have to do what im doing and re position the calipers up/round!

keep up the work fellas

That should look pretty trick as well! I've got fairly chunky Alfa Romeo 166 Brembos to go on. They'll need spacer brackets anyway, so I guess it'll be just as easy to mount them higher up....

so much capri love here too, they have always come out on top of mk1 and 2 escorts in my eyes. its like the escort was the family car and the capri was the sports car, yet they decided to rally and race the escort, made no sence to me,

love the way the cars coming along and cant wait to see the final result

My thoughts exactly. The basic design is so similar, and they share so many components its unreal.

Also looking forward to the outcome. If it turns out like that rendering then it'll be a seriously nice car. I say keep clear of the chrome and head for black/gold for sure.

Well it'll be getting more graphics, wide arches up to the swage line and possibly chrome bumpers.... still undecided on that though.

 

[Ade B]

Progress on the Capri has slowed a little lately, but it's still coming along.
Most of the fab work has been done, including some quite elaborate work on the bulkhead and inner wings to accommodate the powerplant etc.

I sourced some possibly too large Alfa Brembos!

Fuel system and some tanks consisting of many OBP products.

T2s rebuilt into T25 spec with 400BHP in mind by CR Turbos.

Roll cage bracing at Chizfab

Chizfab strengthening to the modified compression struts

Also recently I've been dicking about in this 328i heap which has been a lot of fun!

BMW 328i Coupe - TrampDrift

 

[Ade B]

Help fund the Capri project...... buy my Sierra

Ford Sierra Sapphire 24v Cosworth, RWD drift/track and MOT'd- Fast Ford featured | eBay

 

[zainey]

such a wicked build ade, be good to see this completed and you enjoying it after all this time building it.... good luck with this dude.

 

[Ade B]

Some progress!


The Capri as it sits now....

GAZ coilovers and modified geometry/lock by Chizfab

The engine bay with the 2.9 12v twin turbo engine mocked up

OBP custom pedal box

Currently the tunnel is being sorted, and next is the driver setup... ie, seat, pedals, wheel, hydro and gearshift positioning.

 

[bennycw43]

Thats going to be some machine when it's done, it even looks so cool now and it only half done

 

[mint]

Chizfab's work is just amazing!!!!!!!! O__O! I know its probably not your thing and not really done here but with a car like this have you considered going for a shark nose?

Similar to this?

This sort of shape would really pull it off imo.

 

[Ade B]

lol, how long would a shark nosed Capri be though?!
I'd need binoculars to judge front clips!

 

[MrLuke]

Woo updates looks awesome!

 

[the hat]

I never got too drive the serria nevermind I'll just get a shot of this some day ha ha ha

 

[topi]

Looks awesome!!

 

[Ade B]

Rally Design engine mount kit put to good use....

Engine in place, turbo outlet to be sorted!

Huge 300ZX alloy rad

Head scratching plans for boost pipes...

 

[ontheway]

Cannot wait to see this finished! owning a ZVH converted mk3 escort among a couple of other cars i followed the progress of the sierra in Fast Ford and on Passionford... Wish you the best of luck man, this is insane!

 

[topi]

Fuck yeah