1986 Mercury Capri Drag
Capri 351C (stock crank, ford rods, ford 4V heads) C4 9" vs Stroked 03 Mustang Cobra blower upgrade with solid axle 8.8. Capri ran 10.90's the Cobra ran Low 11's. KCIR Vamp Heads Up Drag Race.
One Bad Mercury Capri
Mercury Capri at Lebanon Valley Dragway on Sept 29th 2008. This car is capable of high 9's.
Torino GT 1969 Fastback at Drag Strip
This is me driving the car at the track, first time for car and driver. This was my first car, which I began working on 9 years ago in order to have something to drive to high school. I did most all the restoration work myself, with the help of knowledge imparted by my Dad, and lots of help over the years from friends and family, and the support of my wonderful wife. It's a 351W based 408ci small block, AFR185 heads, Comp XE282HR cam, Headman 1-5/8 headers, 3" dual Exhaust system (mufflers are $20 summit turbo's), Edelbrock RPM Air Gap Intake, Single 750VS Demon. All engine work was done by me. The transmission is a Tremec TKO 500 5spd manual, and it has a ford 9" rear with 3.89 gears and detroit true trac differential (also built by me, so far it's not howling!!!) The rear suspension is completely stock save for the cheap and simple u-bolt traction bars. This day at the track taught me a lot, and over the 7 different runs I mistakenly read the 60ft times as denoting bad traction, but after watching these videos it actually looks like I had plenty of traction and was leaving too soft, causing the engine to bog right off the line (I was only leaving at 1,500RPM) The torque of the 408 snapped right back in quickly though. The time here was 12.70 at 112.5, my highest trap speed of the night. The best ET was a couple runs later, after I entered a street car bracket race, with 12.40 at 110. I don't have a timeslip for this run, so I don't know the details, but my best 60ft of the night was 1.7 sec, and most were around 1.9, but I was running into that bog problem and my reaction times got a little worse. I am anxious to go back and try launching at higher RPM and with less tire pressure, as I was running 19lbs in the 275-50 BFG drag radials. With me in the car it weighs about 3700lbs. I give all this information because over the course of my build I was always looking for people running a similiar setup for comparative purposes, so maybe this will help someone else with their project. More videos to come of the next trip to the strip.
1985 mercury capri
1/4 mile pass. All motor. stock bottom end 302. 12.38 @ 110 mph. Norwalk OH, Summit Motorsports Park 2009
Zakspeed Ford Turbo Capri
Zakspeed Ford turbo Capri beim AvD Oldtimer GP 2012 auf dem Nürburgring. Peter Zakowski fährt das Original Meisterschaftsauto von 1981, mit dem Klaus Ludwig damals gewann.
Das Fahrzeug ist mit dem kleinen Motor der Division 2 bestückt mit 1,4l Hubraum.
In beiden Rennen sah Zakowski die Zielflagge wegen technischer Probleme nicht. Im Rennen 1 bedrängt er Oliver Mathai im Porsche 935 und im Rennen 2 räumt er binnen kürzester Zeit das Feld von hinten auf.
Sowohl nach dem Training als auch nach dem ersten Rennen wurde am Fahrzeug umfangreich gearbeitet. Der Ladedruck ist noch nicht eingestellt und deshalb hat P.Zakowski die Hand häufiger mal am "Dampfrad".
Vom turbo Capri wurden insgesamt fünf Fahrzeuge gebaut. Ein Fahrzeug wurde zerstört, eines zu einem Mustang umgebaut, ein Fahrzeug wurde von Herbert Stenger bei Bergrennen eingesetzt, ein Fahrzeug baut Stefan Mücke in Berlin wieder auf und hier eben das 1981er Meisterschaftsauto bei Zakspeed.
onboard race1 at 05:35
onboard race 2 at 12:14
