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User Rides / New member
Yeah, those were from my Capri before adding the Greg Welds. I did get a set of T-bird caps since. It bothered the hell out of me having the wrong ones.



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User Rides / Show your engine now !!!!!
Well, seeing as how I just "finished" the carb swap last weekend, I'll throw some up. While underhood is no where near where it ought to be for how clean the rest of the car is, it will have to do for now. Hate the new air cleaner, but for 8 bucks, it works for now. The stock CFI unit will fit, just need get a 90 degree banjo fuel inlet for the carb. Next up is shorty headers, and sand blast/paint all brackets, ect.

Before.  All original right down to the date on the 1984 drive belts.







During the swap. Only had the weekend to do this, had to drive back to work Monday.









Now running,. The stock in tank 84 CFI fuel pump to feed the high pressure rail pump runs a steady 5psi, perfect for a carb. Still got tons more to clean, ect. but for  daily driver duty, works for now.

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User Rides / New member
An early engine picture. The motor is coming out this month, trans is already out, want to detail under the hood.

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User Rides / New member
Thanks for the welcome guys, and the compliments on the cars. 
As for the Capri, It started its life as a 3.3 auto, in bright red. 4 years ago I got it as a complete wreck. Front end caved in, interior in shreds, no brakes, no start, ect, ect. Its now an aluminum headed 11:1 347 with a tremec 3550, and an 8.8 with strange internals, spool, c-clip elims and 33 spline axles, 4.10 gears. Stock suspension minus rear control arms. Still trying to adjust them in, got a 60 foot time of 1.58 launching at 4k rpm, on a 150 shot. Doing a c-4 conversion right now, with a brake.
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User Rides / New member
Hey guys, new here. Referred by mercury-man, via FEP. I got 2 toys, one a 79 Mercury Capri, the other that will fit in better here, is a 1984 Fila Thunderbird, with 86k original miles. Original paint minus the l/f fender. Originally a CFI 302 with an AOD, was converted by its original owner to a T-5, and last week I completed a CFI-Carb conversion. I do all my own work, mechanical and body, and usually fly by the seat of my pants with trial and error til it works. Hope to supply some info here, and get some in return.  Here are some pictures from when I got it this past July.





This is how she now sits with the 10 hole wheels, and snow tires. For what its worth, I daily drive this car 450 miles a week commuting.





And as much as I love the T-bird, here is my baby. She has given me a time slip of 11.20@126. But at 7 mpg, the Bird is mint getting  25 plus.