Ford Capri mk1

[Bobajamin]

I had a dream.....banging Cream

[SteveBlues87]

Shame this guy can't drive it properly :)

[v8mk1Capri]

i have a 1969 capri being restored pre-facelift. i love it

[averagejoe132]

traction issues????

[ahirvonea]

@averagejoe132

Not really yet. The real traction issues became when I built the 3.5litre injected twinturbo engine. 750nm of torque made the car really not streetable. Spun the tires from any gear, from any speed just by flooring the pedal. So I sold the car and later the engine and built something else.

[chrisbarlow01]

damn fine looking Capri ! sounds great too

[assasininhell]

LOOOOOOOL thats satan himself xp

[salopcar]

wow, wow and double wow, i want one

[caprilaser3]

dont think my mk3 2litre laser would do it quite like that??

[englandman2008]

beast

[skunkhead2007]

done the same thing back in 1988 in the town where i live in a red capri mk2 2000 got caught drink driveing was sick as fuck banned for a year caught with a bag of weed, nearly pulled off giveing the police a dodgy name until me mate slipped up the police knew it to so they said yer dad is hear to id you it was me mates dad i was sick as a cunt,he had to id me he hated the police but his son came 1st wer still all good freinds me mates in jail now for selling whizz/speed

[harry8292]

what a waste of tyres and your shortning the life of essex's best car

[xoskyeox]

my dad used to have the john player special version of this it was soooo nice but my uncle put it down a ditch n fliped it =/

[CRF250RGUY]

Tha JPS was only in a mk2 ..I think..

[daAannyyyyy]

haha looks fun !

awsomeee driving buddyy !

[nstero]

lol nice

[SMASHTHEGAS]

Good abusing there, dude! Nothing like flooring it and being pushed back in your seat! Would give my eye teeth for five mins in that machine! Fookin quality.

[TH3MASK3DGUITARIST]

Nice, i bet you get through tonnes of tyres... but who cares. nice looking capri, i have been wanting one for about 3 years now and im only 14:)

[boomboomrory]

I saw one go to the crusher three months ago. V6 but with an automatic. Very clean, I should have done something about it.

[ahirvonea]

Not much antique in this car though.

You should see me really abusing it.

[norwayfinland]

what are you doing to your awsome car ???????/

[missesmia2]

Cool but your abuseing the poor antique too much. 4/5

[wikus014]

Hi im am from South Africa and im getting my 1972 3 liter Ford Capri Mk1 in 2 weeks!!

[dmc12345678910]

ive got 2 more thousand to save up before i buy my mk1 essex v6 im a 18 and its 1543 to insure and tax free its so cheap my punto sporting was 1400 and my 1.3 mini was 1700 i dont understand

[ahirvonea]

Capri insurance is probably cheaper becouse teenagers no longer wrap them around lightpoles. They wrap Punto's and Mini's instead. The more wraparounds the more is the insurance.

[JILWUVGAYMWAN12X]

For some odd reason the older the car the cheaper the car insurence is.

i did a test on a ford anglia 1959 or so and the insurence was $850 per year(Meant to be a Pound sign, but LT is American n dosen't let u choose it)

[fsjgw]

Car is rubbish, ship it to me. Beautiful car, nice work. I can only dream of my 1973 being complete. The bodywork-the flares, are they metal or fiberglass? If you were to do it again, would you change anything? What did you learn (any shortcuts you can give to the rest of us?) Enjoy your car and thanks for the video.

[ahirvonea]

Flares are fiberglass. I did learn that flares ment for Race use don't fit that good and they are not exact mirror images from left to right. Can't think of any shortcuts, shit-lot-a-work. Alot of enjoyment on the way this summer.. ;) new videos too..

[fsjgw]

Cool, I definitely look forward to the videos.

[divy99351]

jelous m8 thats all I can say. Jelous!!!

[manganoir666]

excuse me but your car isn't a ford capri mk1 but she is a ford capri mk1 1/2

[ahirvonea]

And how did you come up with that conclusion?

Maybe you should not tell me what my car is. Just maybe I know better since I built it from bare shell.

[spykedbat]

jesus h christ

[mattssurfin]

hey i will be getting a mk1 soon and am modeling it on yours only in blue. awsome car what engine you running?

[phraga]

I love it!!!!

[filicapri]

Nice capri,I also have a mk1

[zoltan077]

haha yeah man i had a 27 capri once and i use to give it shit and it still went strong,even after it had a little fire it still went strong after i got it going again

[mcmeat51]

What exhaust system have you got on it?

[ahirvonea]

3to1 long tube manifolds into single 2.5" exhaust. Way too silent, most of the growl is originated to the intake. I'll build stainless steel twin 2" exhaust when I have the time.

[nenjalj]

how many bhp do you have in this perfect machine?

[ahirvonea]

Around 220-230hp, 330-340nm of torq. I'm currently installing a programmable ignition and will have some dyno figures soon.

[nenjalj]

that's awsome!! tell us those dyno figures as soon as you get them please.

[capridriver]

Hi do do have web site dedicated to your capri ? I remember to Hirvonen's capri web in the middle of 90's. It was yours ?

I have a Mk3 X-Pack with 3.1 tuned engine.

[mcmeat51]

aha... what could you tell me what carb/intake you have and what exhaust silencers you have? Im looking at replacing the back boxes on mine with cherry bombs, but am not sure its a good idea?

I have a bored out 38dgas on mine.

[ahirvonea]

Ric wood intake with 3x Weber 40dcnf's. Now fitted with 42dcnf's. I got a few set's of 40dcnf's that i'm going to sell on ebay shortly.

I think I allready answered to the question about the exhaust.

New bigger 3.4Litre stage 5 engine is on the way as is the new exhaust. Short specs;

3375cc, 11:1, full race heads, mappable ignition and current 42' webers. So basically i'm having the heads finished and building a new bottom end.

doodledoo...

[mcmeat51]

Hi,

NICE SETUP!!!  Yea I read that, I ment what silencers (make) you were using?

thanks bud!!

again lovely car!!

[capridriver]

Oh my God! This setup will change your Capri to Space Shuttle :)

Which company is the engine supplier ?

[ahirvonea]

Engine is based on the South African 3.4 essex block. However only the crank is left pretty much stock. I'd love to have mk3 x-pack, I maybe building one soon (a friend of mine has all the part's needed) ;)

Car has 2 2½" simons mufflers.

[capridriver]

Aaaha, I know, it is new 3.4 from eBay seller, isn't it ? South African engines with cool alloy rocker covers :-)

I bought short block 3.1 on eBay too, dismantled and tuned to the Fast road specification.

[lowhungone]

Put a ford 302 in there then it will be the perfect car [ nice one ]

[ahirvonea]

nocando

[gtbloke]

Loving it, old skool cool !

[yeoman15]

Fantastic...love it!

[balkep]

lovely mate not many blokes would do that with there pride and joy but geez im glad you did well done

[ahirvonea]

The car is made to be driven. Capris are made to be driven hard. This one is built with great care to withstand all the punishment It will ever see. Even tough still lacks atleast another 100hp to be truly fun.

[balkep]

Lovely =D can't wait till mine goes like that

[crownhill]

Nothing sounds as good as that

[retroglam73]

cant stop watchin this !!

[retroglam73]

absolutely awesome!! wish my MK1 sounded like that! check mine out, my username is retroglam73.

[ramadamniblikthethir]

Nice! Is this the same unit Ford used in the RS3100?

[ahirvonea]

Yes, however gp4 Works cars had the GAA -version of the essex engine. Quad ohc cams and so on.

[SierraP100]

great capri

[gunitfor]

very nice!