RE: Ford Capri 2.8 | Spotted
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VR6 Eug said:
The golf gti mk1.8 could hit 60 in 8.1 sec and 100 mph in 23.5
The 5 speed 2.8i was 60 8.2sec and 100 mph in 26.5 sec, the 3.0l could do 60 in 9 sec and 100 mph in 30sec, my memory isnt broken just yet.
Ive spoke to a friend today as he had a 2.8i special when I had mine and he remembers the same as me, we got left by the faster hot hatchs of the time, we both aren't wrong for all the rose tinted Capri lovers.
My memory isn't broken either, no hot hatches of the time left my 2.8 Injection 30 years ago.The 5 speed 2.8i was 60 8.2sec and 100 mph in 26.5 sec, the 3.0l could do 60 in 9 sec and 100 mph in 30sec, my memory isnt broken just yet.
Ive spoke to a friend today as he had a 2.8i special when I had mine and he remembers the same as me, we got left by the faster hot hatchs of the time, we both aren't wrong for all the rose tinted Capri lovers.
blade7 said:
VR6 Eug said:
The golf gti mk1.8 could hit 60 in 8.1 sec and 100 mph in 23.5
The 5 speed 2.8i was 60 8.2sec and 100 mph in 26.5 sec, the 3.0l could do 60 in 9 sec and 100 mph in 30sec, my memory isnt broken just yet.
Ive spoke to a friend today as he had a 2.8i special when I had mine and he remembers the same as me, we got left by the faster hot hatchs of the time, we both aren't wrong for all the rose tinted Capri lovers.
The 5 speed 2.8i was 60 8.2sec and 100 mph in 26.5 sec, the 3.0l could do 60 in 9 sec and 100 mph in 30sec, my memory isnt broken just yet.
Ive spoke to a friend today as he had a 2.8i special when I had mine and he remembers the same as me, we got left by the faster hot hatchs of the time, we both aren't wrong for all the rose tinted Capri lovers.
And as bad as Capri brakes were, MK1 Golf GTi brakes were just hopeless.
I had a 1980 Golf Gti 1600 and liked it, but it wasn't a patch on my Capri 2.8is - or my MK2 RS2000!
But my 1986 MK2 Golf GTi 16V was quicker than any of them, even if the RS2000 was by far the most fun to throw around.
irish boy said:
V1nce Fox said:
I remember taking on an astra get 16v with my 2.8i and getting my arse completely handed to me.
Those were properly quick. Especially the early ones.Surprised at some of the hatches mentioned though - my 1800 gti would never have matched a 1.9 205 to the ton ( 23 seconds to 100 ). The Swift gti must have been pretty healthy too to have the drop on a 180bhp Capri off the lights. Have to get some phone app times for the 280 at the weekend
CAR Magazine piece on taking the 2.8i and GTV6 to Exmoor with stunning photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/alb...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/alb...
GTEYE said:
As far as I know there was never a 2,0 V6, a 3.0 for sure and Europe got a 2.3 V6....but the 2.0 was a 4 pot Pinto engine.
£30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
There was indeed a 2.0 V6 in Europe with the Cologne engine. £30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
Touring442 said:
GTEYE said:
As far as I know there was never a 2,0 V6, a 3.0 for sure and Europe got a 2.3 V6....but the 2.0 was a 4 pot Pinto engine.
£30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
There was indeed a 2.0 V6 in Europe with the Cologne engine. £30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
I knew a guy years ago, a very handy driver who raced stock cars and he had about three V6 Capris in a row - a black 3.0S (CBL652V sticks in my mind) and a couple of 2.8i's. Early nineties and these were followed on by a couple of E30 325i Sports which he said was the real replacement for the V6 Capri where hairy, arse out motoring was concerned.
My auld man had one almost new in 1980, a 1979 T plate 3.0S in black with Fishnet Recaro seats, Bilstein suspension and the X Pack 4 spoke RS wheels under standard arches. I'm trying to recall the reg number but it came from Whites in Taunton who were a Ford Rallye Sport dealer.
My auld man had one almost new in 1980, a 1979 T plate 3.0S in black with Fishnet Recaro seats, Bilstein suspension and the X Pack 4 spoke RS wheels under standard arches. I'm trying to recall the reg number but it came from Whites in Taunton who were a Ford Rallye Sport dealer.
carinaman said:
CAR Magazine piece on taking the 2.8i and GTV6 to Exmoor with stunning photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/alb...
That's the very test I was talking about further up the thread. I remember it clearly.https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/alb...
No surprise that they call out the gearchange on the GTV6. Ford had a great rep for their RWD gearboxes at the time, Alfa really struggled with the linkages back to the transaxle. God knows why given that VW had given the tear engined Beetle a proper gearchange 40 years earlier.
I was a 3 litre Capri nut in the 80's and early 90"s......also had a V4 2000 GT.
I had 2 3000E MK1s and probably a dozen 3 litres in total including 3 x-packs,1 of which also had a Janspeed turbo.
A mate had a Tickford.
Drove a mk2 3 litre a couple of years ago for the 1st time since those days and what a turd it was lol
I had 2 3000E MK1s and probably a dozen 3 litres in total including 3 x-packs,1 of which also had a Janspeed turbo.
A mate had a Tickford.
Drove a mk2 3 litre a couple of years ago for the 1st time since those days and what a turd it was lol
sideways man said:
The mk1 2.0 v4 was a real boat anchor-asthmatic,heavy and prone to head gasket failure. One of Fords poor engines. Replacing it with the 2.0 pinto improved the model massively.
One of my motoring regrets was not getting a mk1 3.0, when they regularly sold for £800.
You're right ref the standard v4 but my father bought a 2litre gt with the v4 (72 Mk1) which had a blueprinted and balanced bottom end, ported heads and fast road cam. It had a re jetted twin choke weber. It was never a smooth idle but revved well and was reasonably quick. It would have no doubt put out a little more power had it not been for the standard cast exhaust manifolds but from what I can remember there was little else available at the time.. One of my motoring regrets was not getting a mk1 3.0, when they regularly sold for £800.
Jonny TVR said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Autocar still do this now when they fully road test a car. 
I should start buying it then .. instead of the poncey ones I end up buying at airports!I save them for my dad, take them round and then dont hear a peep out of him !
carinaman said:
Touring442 said:
GTEYE said:
As far as I know there was never a 2,0 V6, a 3.0 for sure and Europe got a 2.3 V6....but the 2.0 was a 4 pot Pinto engine.
£30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
There was indeed a 2.0 V6 in Europe with the Cologne engine. £30k seems a bit steep to me if not a ‘280’ but if someone buys it it looks a good example.
I see no mention of a 1.8 engine?
Which isn't a surprise given the only 'production' engine (if you can call it that) that Ford offered during the Capri's life was the 1.8 BDA in the RS1800, and the 1.8 BDT in the RS200.
A1VDY said:
You're right ref the standard v4 but my father bought a 2litre gt with the v4 (72 Mk1) which had a blueprinted and balanced bottom end, ported heads and fast road cam. It had a re jetted twin choke weber. It was never a smooth idle but revved well and was reasonably quick. It would have no doubt put out a little more power had it not been for the standard cast exhaust manifolds but from what I can remember there was little else available at the time..
I'm pretty sure the V4 in the Capri had tubular exhaust manifolds as standard,they were cast in the Transit,Corsair etcV8covin said:
A1VDY said:
You're right ref the standard v4 but my father bought a 2litre gt with the v4 (72 Mk1) which had a blueprinted and balanced bottom end, ported heads and fast road cam. It had a re jetted twin choke weber. It was never a smooth idle but revved well and was reasonably quick. It would have no doubt put out a little more power had it not been for the standard cast exhaust manifolds but from what I can remember there was little else available at the time..
I'm pretty sure the V4 in the Capri had tubular exhaust manifolds as standard,they were cast in the Transit,Corsair etcSmaller capacity Corsair V4's deffo had cast 'log type' manifolds.
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