Ford Capri...with how much HORSEPOWER??

[Libertine]

So I stopped off at the Ace Cafe at midday, with no idea what was on. That was until I arrived and saw more Capri's in one place than I've ever seen, as it was for the 40th Birthday of said car.

I stUmbled upon this standard looking car. Well, apart from a large hole in the bonnet.. A bloke from FastFord magazine was talking to the owner and asked him was horsepower is was pushing out. The guy almost dismissed the question, to which the FF guy said:"Or do you not play that game?"

A minute later, and the print out below is displayed in the windscreen...a WTF moment. He said it does the 1/4 mile in 11 flat, with road tires on...and 10.4 on slicks.. And not forgetting to mention, there were 2 baby seats in the back. Lucky kids!! :-)

Edited by Libertine on Sunday 6th September 01:09

[NateWM]

According to the dyno chart, its a supercharged 5.7?
Corvette power perhaps?

Nevertheless, an impressive figure and some nice times. Looks hard as nuts on the Escort Cosworth wheels too!

[Carpie]

Bet thats a laugh!

I want a capri, my dad had a few from the 1.6 to the 3.0 (iirc). Will have one in my garage one day, in between the Defender and the Spitfire I think

[Fleckers]

I could be wrong, but I think that used to be Rover V8 powered and run at North Weald a lot

[OllieWinchester]

Want.

[mrkipling]

That belongs to a mate of mine, named Ray, it is Ford powered, stroked 351 Windsor, Pro-Topline heads & a Paxton blower. It ran a mid 10 at over 130 mph at Santa Pod earlier this year & he is building a more powerful motor for it!

[Mr Dave]

Why thats almost 1300 american horsepower!

I love it.

[Dunk76]

Eeeek.

My mate had a 2.8i with a Swaymar 3.1 Essex in it instead of the Cologne.

Handful wasn't the word.

Noisy didn't really capture it either.

[kavanagh]

Marvelous.

[s3fella]

It's Ray Harris's 5,7L supercharged Capri.

[BoRED S2upid]

Thats just going to eat tyres, surley too much power to actually use?.

[Darkslider]

Is this the closest thing the UK has ever had to a muscle car?

[snuffle]

Brilliant, makes the mk1 with rover 3.5l I used to own seem just too tame

[EDLT]

How heavy is it? I'd have thought it would do better than 10.4s on slicks.