I know it's not a Bird or Cat, but it's what I have. Being a single Dad, my 2 kids and I enjoy beating up on the ricers and some V-8s in the area with his one.
Was at one time the proud owner of 2-1986 T-Bird Turbo Coupes.....both were awesome rides.
good looking car. I think if you painted the middle front of the hood grey, it would really tie in alot better. Maybe not. Any mods?
Great looking car.I always did like those better than Mustangs.I also like the bubble back window and tail lights.Very nice !!!
I too have liked the Capri a bit more than the stang, especially when it's as nice as yours is.
That is sweet.
I miss my Capri......
Haystack....look at my signature for the mods to the car and motor. I played around with colors before giving the painter the go-ahead on this. The top (although it is hard to make out) is pearl white and the bottom of course is silver. The hood cut-out follows some bodylines which don't line up with anything down the front, so I had him just do an old school style cut-out.
FordTruckFreeek, vinnietbird, 86caprirs, Thanks...I like the car also because it is really different. Unique looking car with the SVO nose and hood, and a few other panels. With the cars stance and appearance most ask what is under the hood? They expect a 5.0 or the likes, and are pleasantly surprised when I show them the 2.3T. Then there are those that are really surprised when they see it run. :burnout: Again I like it cause it's different.
It's a shame you couldn't keep the Capri fenders.
Dude,
I know it's hard to see cause of angle, light, and paint color...but the car retains all of the Capri fenders and quarter panels. The bulges stayed...and I get compliments on them all the time. :D
Sweet looking car you have there. What does it run in the 1/4 mile?
I missed the last track day with my car club this past Sunday, because I broke a slider (rocker arm) the day before. :mad: Even though these are non-interference motors, I didn't want to go 2 hours one way to the track without finding out if there was any cylinder or valve damage. I was getting oil in the cylinder, and the only thing I could come up with is that because it was an intake slider that broke, it was drawing oil past the valve seal and through the guide. My guess would be mid to low 12s.:burnout:
Very nice, I've never seen a Capri with a SVO nose before. It looks like you used the axles and brakes as well.
Looking at the wheel openings you can see it.....at least I can.
Oh I don't think they'd like you on FEP. Me on the other hand, I like it. I have a hard time seeing an SVO front end on it and a bubble hatch but it is neat.
I think it is an interesting mix of parts to create a phantom look that looks factory but is not. I have always liked such modifications on cars, such as one I have seen with a 1983-86 LTD front end on a 79-83 Fairmont Futura Coupe. Also, I love seeing a 1977-79 Tbird front end on the same year Rancheros. Then there is the one FoxCat member who put a Cougar nose on a Tbird. Well, when I had my 1989 Tbird, I updated the front end with 1996-97 style parts but chose the Cougar front bumper cover and chrome hood molding to create a different look than usual. All I did was leave out the Cougar grille and fill it with a honeycomb grille mesh and a 1996-97 Tbird grille emblem.
86XR7project,
Sorry for my ignorance, but what exactly is FEP?
From what I can tell someone in the car's past must have had an SVO that maybe got hit in the rear beyond repair. There are many SVO items on this car. For instance the sail panels, side spats, lower rocker moldings, instrument cluster, steering wheel, e-brake handle, left foot dead pedal, rear seats, door panels, hurst shifter, FULL SVO suspension, right down to the date coded 1985 Koni shocks, quadra-shock 7.5 5 lug disc-brake rear w/3.73 gears, front sway bar, WC T-5, the SVO motor, and of course the hood and nose.
The guy I bought it from had no idea of it's history. I contacted Ford to search the archives and find the build sheet for that VIN, I thought it may have been a factory experimental. From my knowledge Ford didn't make an SVO Capri. Someone really did an extensive parts swap. Everything looks so natural, like it belongs.
Ford sent me back paperwork on the VIN and the body was built as a 5.0 automatic car. So my dreams of a rare car were shot down....oh well.
I display it at car shows with other mustangs from our car club and it ALWAYS draws a crowd.
For those going to the All Mustang and Ford Round-up in Silver Springs, FL, this coming January 9 & 10, the car will be there for all to see.
There was definitely no factory SVO Capri... However you got a good find no matter what to have all that SVO equipment installed in the car!
FEP= Four Eyed Pride
January and your going to be having car shows... Lucky.
The Silver Springs event is the largest on the East Coast....Over a month ago there were already more than 1200 cars registered. It's put on by NPD. Here's the flyer ink if anyone is interested- http://www.npdlink.com/modules/Silver_Springs/images/SSFORD.pdf
OH YEAH!!!! A car show in January....Hell it is in FLORIDA! hahaha Hope to see some of you there.
If anyone is interested I posted the link to the flyer for the Silver Springs Florida show in the events section. What a better excuse togo to Florida in the cold of January...AND to see 1500-2000 hot and rare Fords and Mustangs.
Hope to see some of you there.
nice car..
and the color combo, sweet.
Sorry man, I forgot to clarify. FEP is as DVP stated Four Eyed Pride, they are into any and all RWD four eyed Fox chassis cars. They tend to be purists though so I warned you ;).
I think the car sounds pretty darn cool :hick:
a little of a conversion I did
on an 86 GT conv, I put an SVO nose and taillights
on it.
if the motor ever went on it, I was going to swap in
an SVO drivetrain. But as fate would have it, the 5.0s
last forever :)
and then I sold the car to a buddy.
motorsport007 Thanks......That is a good looking ride also. Another one that looks so natural. I know Ford didn't make it cause the SVO was meant to be a road racer and there would be no way to stiffen the body enough to make it handle like it should, without going through major re-tooling.
I bought mine converted like it is, and have fun beating up on V-8s with it. When I bought it the motor was stock, but as you can see it is far from that now. lol I am not a fan of beating up on my Blue Oval Brotheren, but every once in a while you find some dumb people driving them.
In the mean time I'll have fun driving it, turning heads, and watching others scratching theirs. It's funny that the younger crowd asks "it looks like a Mustang but it's not, so what is it?" hahaha
Thanks
Very nice ride! A buddy of mine is into the SVO's, he took me for a ride in one of the ones he has. That thing will fly!!
1Bad88tbird-
SVOs are great stock......but are AWESOME built. Especially when they kick some V8s a$$.
Haha yeah he's always telling me how he likes to embarace the V8s. I just tell him you just can't beat the sound of a V8. lol!!
My 84 Coug Had a fully custom built dual exhaust and shorties. Was easily the best sounding 5.0 in town if not the best sounding V8 in town. I loved it.
I was not all that impressed with how my 2.3s sounded stock, but when I customized the exhaust and put the t3/t4 on my tbird that thing sounds mean as hell!
I still say I prefer my Cougar... probably only because she got crushed and I feel guilty. :/
:laughing: Dude, running mid-12s in my 4 cyl.....I'm not worrying what a V-8 "sounds" like!!! lol :burnout:
So how much does this "Hot Rod" weigh???
A 4cyl in a gutted tin box doesn't impress me...
Haha, I was waiting for that. It amazes me the power that can be made with the 4 cid. now, it's just nuts! And my buddy's SVO can blow the doors off my V8 Bird. But I still love the sound of an 8 cid.
TurboCoupe50- My cars weighs approx 2500#. Full interior (racing buckets) full back seat, carpet, radio, etc.... No 4 cyl in a gutted tin box here dude. :punchballs:
I happen to like the sound of a V8...don't get me wrong. But if sound is ALL you go by then....sometimes you lose. :burnout:
1Bad88tbird- you get it...some 4 cyl = bad news for some V8s
2500lb... That's still a flyweight...
And yeah you can out run my 5.0(unless I was sprayin'), but with me in the car were talking 3750lbs(been weighed on NHRA scales)...
Do I sense some jealousy here???? :slap:
:rollin: Right....
Its still just a 4 banger Mustang, just like my SHO is still just a Taurus.
Give respect were it is deserved, take lightly to insult.
I meant do I sense some jealousy in the fact that my "gutted tin box", which in fact has a full interior, weighs in at about 2500 lbs. Nothing poking fun at performance. I had 2 1986 TurboCoupes I know they are hefty cars, AND I thoroughly like the ride of one as well.
As I stated earlier, I like the sound of a V8......but you can't always go by sound.
My car sounds like a 4 cyl.....but don"t treat it like one. You"ll likely get beat.
I like your car, don't get me wrong, and it's surely faster than anything I've ever owned...but...some of us are dyed-in-the-wool Tbird nuts lol.
I've owned a 4 banger Stang...sounded like a tractor with a glasspack. I loved that it was small, light, and fast (if you could call a n/a 2.3 fast lol)
But when I bought my first Tbird...I knew I'd found the car I always wanted.
It's ok to be pen 15y, and have a fast car, but don't get pen 15y about the fast car..because there's always a bigger, meaner fish ;)
Basically that's it, I too have owned several(prob 8-9, can't remember the actual count) Fox Stangs and a couple Capri's... All were NA 4bangers except for a '86 GT Stang, a '80 with the 3.3L I6, and a early '79 Capri that had the 2.8 V6... None could compare with the Tbirds I've owned, though the V6 Capri was probably the most comfortable of the lot...
Anyway if I was so jealous of your pressurized 2.3, why would I go to the trouble to swap my TC to a 5.0??? I did the install in '99 and have never looked back... Had the 2.3T setting in the corner till about three years ago, when some guy at the strip that owned a SVO asked me if I still had the engine... Yep sold it with no regrets...
BTW Currently I have three other '88 TCs around here, none are licensed...
That, or maybe paint the whole hood white? Then it would be more of a true two tone. Maybe not. lol. Either way, awesome car!!
I believe y'all have completely missed the mark on what I am trying to say here.
I belong to a Mustang club and when we all cruise somewhere I tend to be about 3/4 of the way back in line. I do this with intention...I like to hear the "music" all of the V8s in front of me put out. Super charged Cobras, 4.6 GTs, and 5.0s.....all of them have some unique sounds, and I can sometimes pick out who has just "nailed it" by the sound of their car.
My car can take a stock, and even slightly warmed over, 4.6 and 5.0...maybe one day real soon I'll even take a stock S/C Cobra.
My first "new" car at the age of 21 was a 1986 TurboCoupe. I "salivated" everytime I saw one go down the road. I finally saved the money and bought mine...thoroughly loved the car. Only got rid of it (first mistake) just to cut bills before I got married (second mistake), some said I was married to the car. I showed them I wasn't and traded it in...on an Escort GT, (third mistake). Boy, I really showed them!!! Today the wife is gone, but something is telling me if I kept the car, it might be still around. If I was able to track it down today...I would buy it back in a heartbeat.
So yes, I am a T-Bird guy at heart too.
The vehicle I had before this car was a 1984 Ranger, with a built 86 5.0 roller motor in it, FMX 3 speed auto trans, and 4.11 rear. It got 8 MPG on a good day. When gas went through the roof last year, right at $4.00 per gallon here, I said enough is enough, and sold it to buy this car.
The real point I'm making here is IF YOU ONLY GO BY SOUND, YOU'RE LIKELY TO GET BEAT. I have, and when it happens, I take my medicine too.
I hope I cleared this up...not wanting to cause hard feelings here, just making a point.
FLSTCI71-
Thanks...when I first bought the car it was dark dark silver with a flat black hood cutout, representative of the old Mach 1. I liked it and carried it over to the new paint scheme.
The other color scheme I had was the burnt orange you see on a lot of newer cars and a metallic black lower at the bumper line, but again with the metallic black hood cutout. My kids didn't really like that one too much...and it seems that burnt orange is being overused today. I like the paint...matches the uniqueness of the whole car.
Neat car.. props on keeping a 2.3T in it
SLEEPER T-BIRD 87-
Thanks.....that's what I like most about it. The car draws a crowd everywhere I go.