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New member _ Capri Conversion Pics added
by
DonGTI
on 04 Jan, 2008 07:47
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Hello all,
I run a mk2 8v gti which recently popped its block. At present i replaced the 1.8 with a 1.6 na diesel engine and although i am starting to enjoy the excessive fuel economy this engine offers I thought its time to put something bigger and with forced induction on... so i got myself a 1.9D turbo - AAZ - in hopes of restoring some power to my golf which at present is being overtaken by ummmm everything...
My background on diesels
I started appreciating diesels a long time ago and have recently converted my brother's mk3 Ford Capri using a mondeo 90bhp idi unit. At present its fitted with an AAZ diesel pump, lancia delta intercooler, a T2.5 turbo with 360 bearing and some other stuff in... and needless to say it now pulls like a train, throwing shame over the 1.8 zetec -130 bhp- it previously had plumbed in. Spinns 215/50 R15 wheels in 2nd gear and had to fit n LSD unit to the back because it chewed 2 standard diffs...
On a more sluggish note... the 1.6 diesel on the golf i'm running is a home assembled engine built from 4 discarded engines... Put in 1.6TD rings running in a perfect bore, and was a complete rebuild including the pump so works like a clock. It has
- gti flywheel from the old engine
- 2 into 1 exhaust kept from the gti,
- some pump mods, new injectors
- gti gearbox which has close ratios and a low final drive which makes it accelerate quite well till it reaches 90-ish mph where the engine just can't revv any more.
not a bad engine but with no replacement for displacement i think its time for the 1.9... However, since it will be used as a daily runner for short distance driving i want to be carefull about what mods and what not mods will i be putting on it.
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#1
by
burn_your_money
on 04 Jan, 2008 12:34
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Sounds like a good project. Do you have any pictures of the Capri conversion or of your golf?
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#2
by
DonGTI
on 04 Jan, 2008 13:32
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yes but no ideas as regards hosting/uploading images, is there any guide somwhere in the forum maybe
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#3
by
burn_your_money
on 04 Jan, 2008 13:37
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www.photobucket.com for image hosting. Then you copy the link displayed below the picture to your post
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#4
by
DonGTI
on 04 Jan, 2008 15:13
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testing...
Here's a pic of the Capri just after we took it out of storage before work started... and the GTI in the background
Here's one of the 1.8td mondeo engine and the fiesta RS1800 it replaced
A pic of the actuall fitting
will post more esp. of the fitted capri engine in high res, but need to look around for them cos forgot where i saved them, the one above was taken with a mobile phone cam so a bit unclear
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#5
by
DonGTI
on 06 Jan, 2008 10:08
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Starting up the AAZ after 4 years sitting on a pallet box...
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#6
by
jtanguay
on 06 Jan, 2008 23:24
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thats an interesting engine/chassis combo !
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#7
by
DonGTI
on 07 Jan, 2008 00:04
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The Capri TD?
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#8
by
jtanguay
on 07 Jan, 2008 04:26
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The Capri TD?
yea... i'd expect a big block in that thing :lol:
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#9
by
DonGTI
on 07 Jan, 2008 13:43
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I had mine fitted with an LS1 engine off a vette, ran it with Megasquirt management... 450 bhp and weighing in at just 1060 kgs! was quite impressive! but insurance was too high as was road tax/liscence so had to sell it :cry: right now its somwhere in Italy. Next one i'll be buying (if i ever do) i'll do up with a supercharged 2.3L 16v duratec engine...
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#10
by
malone
on 09 Jan, 2008 12:55
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What parts of the engine does the insurer look at to adjust your rate? horsepower? displacement? forced induction?
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#11
by
shegel
on 09 Jan, 2008 13:32
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testing...
Here's a pic of the Capri just after we took it out of storage before work started... and the GTI in the background
this picture kind of reminds me of a chevelle
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#12
by
DonGTI
on 10 Jan, 2008 12:47
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What parts of the engine does the insurer look at to adjust your rate? horsepower? displacement? forced induction?
Over here forced induction adds a slight percentage but displacement kills you off ... Also some models require various no-claim bonus years to be elegible to be insured to drive them such as huge engined mercs which pop to mind. Other models you may not be insured on unless you're 25 years of age...
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#13
by
DonGTI
on 13 Jan, 2008 14:57
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Sounds like a good project. Do you have any pictures of the Capri conversion or of your golf?
Here they come :twisted:
not the final version but you can see some of the work done...
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#14
by
DonGTI
on 17 Jan, 2008 09:23
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Did not have any problems, maybe because it is a late model, i.e.1986 MK3 1.6 LS (1.8 TD now
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