Been cheating on the Z with a Capri

[AkumaNoZeta]

I thought I should explain why I haven't touched my 260Z for about a year.

 

All the parts from the 90' Mustang are going into the 86' Capri in the background.

 

Bought the Capri as is for $350 delivered. The Mustang shell is a forest of rust but the guy I bought the Capri from was more than happy to take it off our hands.

 

The ugly Capri rear is gone and the hatchs are swapped, the 7.5 was swapped with the 8.8 from the Mustang. The Mustang had to be on wheels so essentially I had to do everything twice.

 

Mustang tail lights and rear bumper cover on the Capri. SO much better than the Capri lights.

 

The engine: stock 5.0 HO from the Mustang, the Mustang was put on a DynoJet a few years ago and made 220HP with 300LBFT

 

I had to rebuild the WC T5. Wasn't going to spend $1200 on a new one and not going to waste $200 for another one that will break. Parts for rebuild ran up to $650.

 

I used new gears to make it into a close ratio box to match the 3.73 gear and in hope that it won't break as easy as the stockers.

 

Speaking of breakage, this is the busted input shaft that put the Mustang out of commission. The new one is next to it to show how the teeth are supposed to look like.

 

 

Finally installed.

 

Suspension is all stock, including the springs that I cut 1.5 coils off of. I didn't have any good struts or shocks to choose from on either car but I was too far over budget to buy them yet.

 

 

I am currently using the car as my new daily driver so I can start working on the Z again, but it still has it's problems. A rock or something got stuck on the driver's side brake pad and ruined the rotor (new rotors come in tomorrow). Brake booster is bad, should have checked that before I cleaned it up and painted it, none of the gauges work, and the interior currently consists of nothing but two seat and a dash. All I'm missing interior wise is the headliner and carpet, but the pieces are all mismatched in years and colors so they need to be worked over.