New info and Money Spent

It has been several weeks since my last post, but it has been crazy at work and at home. I have not had much time to work on the Capri, but I have actually spent some money, but of coarse, I did it "as cheaply as possible." What we have here in the photo is a "homemade" dump system. MAC sells one for about $218.00 and Holley sells a system for $159.00. I put one together for....$65.00. The Flowtech Afterburner mufflers where a swap meet find(these are used on the Holley System). By the way 5.0 magazine did a test on these mufflers in 2002?? And there was only a 2hp drop over straight pipes. They flow really well and have a very aggressive tone from what I remember. I actually had a "Racetruck" exhaust with these mufflers for my 95 Chevy years ago that was LOUD and had a noticeable increase in performance.
I scored the flowtech starter tubes for Mustangs/Capri's at the local speedshop. I LOVE THAT PLACE. The place is FULL of old former race car folks, one was even a crew for several top fuel drag teams in the 70's-80's. He is very knowledgeable about fox-body stuff and I will use him to pull lots of knowledge from if I can. I will put the system on Sunday and see how she sounds. I will figure out how to do sound on this blog and post the results. I am working on the underside of the car and will post pics when everything is done, installed, and looking somewhat presentable. The car has 23 years of "GUNK" under the car. Your car will pass tech inspection at the track a lot easier with a clean presentable car, than a dirty car. Anyway, that is it for now....Oh I did remove another 25 pounds of the car as well over the last several weeks too. I am also looking for suggestions on what to name the car. Because of the mixing of parts...I am thinking THE MUTANT MERCURY???? Throw some suggestions my way. SEE YA

The weight keeps coming off!!!

As you can see by the can I have taken more weight from the inside if the car, 93 pounds to be exact. That brings the total to 326 pounds from the inside of the car. The picture of the inside back of the car shows I have kept the interior intact, amazing what is underneath those panels to keep road noise down. I am currently working on a template to finish my rear seat delete. I see these things on the internet and in catalogs for over $100.00. I'll do it for about $20.00 in materials. I wanted to show by the pic that I am totally not "gutting" the interior, I still want it to look "stock." I'll post more pics of the entire interior when I get it complete. Guess what? Still no money has been spent on the project, though 11 hours of my time has been captured by the car.

Weight Is Your Enemy

It is well known in the drag racing community that for every 100 pounds you can lose off your car, you can gain .1 of a second down the track. Well as you can see by the pic, the process has started and it hasn't cost me a dime. That trash can has 83 pounds of stuff in it. I am weighing everything I take off the car and keeping track of my weight savings. So far, I have eliminated 233 pounds off the car and I have barley scratched the surface in eliminating the stuff that is not needed. Well, that's it for now. I'll post some before and after pics of the interior once I get it completed.

The Beginning

This is my first attempt at this internet stuff and since everyone is doing it, I felt it was my turn. What we have here is a 1983 Mercury Capri RS, which was given to me by my sister. (YES FOR FREE) I was shocked myself. You could say that this build-up will be dedicated to her and the fact that she is the coolest sister out there. I have no clue exactly what modifications I will do, but you can be sure it will be done "as cheaply as possible."