I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old Sports Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Mercedes vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carbs and EFi injectors clean as new!
The Cologne bit was the name of the bodykit, cologne arches etc, after the german capris from germany, also the 2.8 and 2.9 Crap v6s compared to the proper ESSEX 3.0 v6
Lovely to hear this engine again. It's not a works/Cologne engine by the way, it's a Cosworth GAA. It was originally developed for Formula 5000 - 5 litre pushrod, single cam, or (later) 3.4 litres with multi camshafts. Cosworth came up with the GAA, built on the Essex block I believe.
A 5.0L V6? Or do you mean it was a 5.0L V8 originally, chopped down to a 3.4L V6? Nasty car in any case...for some illogical reason, I never liked V6's much, but when they're built right and put in the right car, they make some awesome engines. I love the way this one sounds, and the individual throttle bodies are just cool. I always wondered about how the lack of filtering affected open-intake cars. Doesn't grit get inside the engine? I sure wouldn't want to daily-drive like that! Maybe 1 race.
No, read my post again - it was a 3.4 V6. With 24 valves and 4 camshafts it was reckoned to be a fair fight against the single cam 16 valve V8's. The air intake thing isn't important with "full race" engines, you strip them down after a couple of races anyway. Best to let them breathe as much air as possible without restriction.
It's the Ford Cosworth GAA 3.4 V6, the block was from a special run of the Essex V6. The heads etc. were designed by Cosworth. Made about 450bhp in the works Capri's of 1974-75.
Hi tpvalley went to reply to your 2nd post and clicked remove by mistake, sorry. Anyway to answer the question, no the Lucas Mfi wasn't slide throttle, and it has 4 over head cams.
It retains the same type as in McPherson struts & live rear axle but obviously heavily modified eg. the axle was 4-linked plus a Watts linkage, the leafs were just fibreglass dummies to comply with the regs.
The tricky handling was down to a poorly located axle, easily sorted.
Even on a properly set up car you'll get a certain amount of turn in understeer and power out oversteer, especially on tight bends due to a heavy V6 & RWD.
Yes thats about it leafs with rubber bushes, plus the anti-roll bar which did very little.
So it ONLY had leaf springs to locate the axle? What about axlewrap and all that? That's insane...why didn't they use traction bars or a 4-link or something? Was it against regs, or what?
Did you know that Ford 'cheated' with the 3.4 racing Capris?! They had a sneaky water cooling system fitted to the brakes that the scrutineers failed to spot!
The GAA is basically an alloy Essex block with an all steel bottom end, and quad cams. Ran upto 475 Bhp 0-60mph circa 4 secs and a top end of 180 mph. Designed to mash the BMW Batmobiles. I met Joachim Mass as GW FOS in 2005-had a chat with him about the mighty Capri :) The Scorpio engine is a member of the Cologne engine family...
Not in Europe, however, they did race V8 Capris in South Africa. A guy called Geoff Green(I think) built the Perana road going Capris Mk1 it had a Cleveland thinwall 5 litre V8 in it & was monstrously fast. They raced V8 Capris in competition. It is possible Cosworth might have done some development on these engines....
cologne engines include the 2.8 v6, made in cologne at first, the cosworth engine is made in england and is a race engine, not at all like the cologne.
Mass told me the rear Duck tail spoiler made a huge difference to the stability of the Capri at high race speeds. He said it kept the back end nailed to the track.
The block was still a cast iron Essex one, just a special run of about 100, it also used titanium conrods. Pity the fuel crisis put an end to the Capri v CSL battle :(
Agreed! Just when things were getting interesting :( I know somebody who has a GAA engine-he bought it for FIFTY POUNDS (!!) from a Ford Dealers! It's a genuine engine & is probably worth 10k!!! The same chap owns an ex-racing MK1 Capri...Bit of a character!
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use 1% two stroke oil in your fuel to prevent fuel system corrosion with todays ultra dry eco fuel (E10)
Schlipperschlopper 1 year ago
Having read some of the comments on here, I now believe the saying 'Ignorance is bliss'.....Cosworth are gods!
stuartfields1 1 year ago
another truly awesome capri to look at again i'm hoping to get a model of it soon
196999681 1 year ago
That engine is like music to my ears lol sounds absolutely awesome
MrZero761 1 year ago
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I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old Sports Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Mercedes vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carbs and EFi injectors clean as new!
Pnoerre 1 year ago
The Cologne bit was the name of the bodykit, cologne arches etc, after the german capris from germany, also the 2.8 and 2.9 Crap v6s compared to the proper ESSEX 3.0 v6
mainman2999 2 years ago
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In 1981, a jump of 100 meters with a Ford Capri, French record, YOU TUBE : GIL RACONIS (record du monde)
kriss074 2 years ago
what a beauty
Frittrich 2 years ago
Lovely to hear this engine again. It's not a works/Cologne engine by the way, it's a Cosworth GAA. It was originally developed for Formula 5000 - 5 litre pushrod, single cam, or (later) 3.4 litres with multi camshafts. Cosworth came up with the GAA, built on the Essex block I believe.
willg0opl 2 years ago 2
A 5.0L V6? Or do you mean it was a 5.0L V8 originally, chopped down to a 3.4L V6? Nasty car in any case...for some illogical reason, I never liked V6's much, but when they're built right and put in the right car, they make some awesome engines. I love the way this one sounds, and the individual throttle bodies are just cool. I always wondered about how the lack of filtering affected open-intake cars. Doesn't grit get inside the engine? I sure wouldn't want to daily-drive like that! Maybe 1 race.
justforever96 2 years ago
No, read my post again - it was a 3.4 V6. With 24 valves and 4 camshafts it was reckoned to be a fair fight against the single cam 16 valve V8's. The air intake thing isn't important with "full race" engines, you strip them down after a couple of races anyway. Best to let them breathe as much air as possible without restriction.
willg0opl 2 years ago
This is the stuff wet dreams are made of....
3kneeboi 3 years ago 6
I HAVE JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CAR
manubilbo 3 years ago 3
classic masterpiece! 5 stars
artofwheels 3 years ago
Good Wood Festival of Speed kicks ass!
FordCapriS91 3 years ago
Nice !
maffre 4 years ago
The engine is a 3.4 litre Cosworth GAA V6.
fishalamonk 4 years ago
It's the Ford Cosworth GAA 3.4 V6, the block was from a special run of the Essex V6. The heads etc. were designed by Cosworth. Made about 450bhp in the works Capri's of 1974-75.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
It is a v6- the noise gives it away and the 6 throttle bodies.
tpvalley 4 years ago
Hi tpvalley went to reply to your 2nd post and clicked remove by mistake, sorry. Anyway to answer the question, no the Lucas Mfi wasn't slide throttle, and it has 4 over head cams.
Cheers Simon
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
Daft question (?) but what similarities does it have to the cosworth fiddled v6 used in scorpio's? or was that cologne based?
Did cosworth just pay attention to the heads or all the engine?
tpvalley 4 years ago
None other than it was also developed by Cosworth, as you guessed the Scorpio 24 valve was based on the Cologne.
The GAA was developed as a whole by Cosworth.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
What remains "capri" on the chassis? anything?
I know capris had "tricky" handling!
tpvalley 4 years ago
It retains the same type as in McPherson struts & live rear axle but obviously heavily modified eg. the axle was 4-linked plus a Watts linkage, the leafs were just fibreglass dummies to comply with the regs.
The tricky handling was down to a poorly located axle, easily sorted.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
On videos I've seen the look like the understeer massively then oversteer!!
But I guess they set it up to understeer to balance the oversteer?
When u say axle location, do u mean the axle was only located by the leaf springs and that was the problem?
tpvalley 4 years ago
Even on a properly set up car you'll get a certain amount of turn in understeer and power out oversteer, especially on tight bends due to a heavy V6 & RWD.
Yes thats about it leafs with rubber bushes, plus the anti-roll bar which did very little.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
So it ONLY had leaf springs to locate the axle? What about axlewrap and all that? That's insane...why didn't they use traction bars or a 4-link or something? Was it against regs, or what?
justforever96 2 years ago
Did you know that Ford 'cheated' with the 3.4 racing Capris?! They had a sneaky water cooling system fitted to the brakes that the scrutineers failed to spot!
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
The GAA is basically an alloy Essex block with an all steel bottom end, and quad cams. Ran upto 475 Bhp 0-60mph circa 4 secs and a top end of 180 mph. Designed to mash the BMW Batmobiles. I met Joachim Mass as GW FOS in 2005-had a chat with him about the mighty Capri :) The Scorpio engine is a member of the Cologne engine family...
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
Interesting, was a v8 capri racer made by ford? with a race v8 cosworth thingy whatsit?
tpvalley 4 years ago
Not in Europe, however, they did race V8 Capris in South Africa. A guy called Geoff Green(I think) built the Perana road going Capris Mk1 it had a Cleveland thinwall 5 litre V8 in it & was monstrously fast. They raced V8 Capris in competition. It is possible Cosworth might have done some development on these engines....
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
Ford never did anything with Cosworth V8's but there was a Super Saloon Capri raced by Colin Hawker with a Cosworth DFV in.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
I thought the GAA had an alloy bottom end to save weight? I'm I wrong?
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
No, don't think the Gp2 rules allowed it, would have been nice though.
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
thats a cosworth engine not a cologne...I think.
tpvalley 2 years ago
The Cologne Capris used Cosworth GAs.
nutty1957 2 years ago 2
cologne engines include the 2.8 v6, made in cologne at first, the cosworth engine is made in england and is a race engine, not at all like the cologne.
tpvalley 2 years ago
Mass told me the rear Duck tail spoiler made a huge difference to the stability of the Capri at high race speeds. He said it kept the back end nailed to the track.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
The block was still a cast iron Essex one, just a special run of about 100, it also used titanium conrods. Pity the fuel crisis put an end to the Capri v CSL battle :(
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
Agreed! Just when things were getting interesting :( I know somebody who has a GAA engine-he bought it for FIFTY POUNDS (!!) from a Ford Dealers! It's a genuine engine & is probably worth 10k!!! The same chap owns an ex-racing MK1 Capri...Bit of a character!
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 years ago
£50 wow!
QuadCamCapri 4 years ago
That's Jochen Mass....
willg0opl 2 years ago
A big thank you to the YT spelling Police........... :S
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 2 years ago
Love it, nice 'n rough.
klassiekerrally 4 years ago
cologne capri cosworth rs 3400
tigez 4 years ago
You beautyyyyy :-D
tgs01 4 years ago
one of these works capri (bodyshell only) sold in Australia in eigthies for $13,000.00 bargain
rewkn4u 4 years ago
"world wide web point capri-wst point de"
there you can find it
Dnaracer01 4 years ago
anybody know where to get this bodykit any help much appreciated, Thanks
wellys 4 years ago
qm engineering in Brackley (UK) can manufacture these wings
Good luck
GA34129000 4 years ago