While conducting a search for a new catback, I came upon a site that listed a car called the Mercury Capri. It was catagorized Camaro/Firebird or Mustang/Capri. So I went to ebaymotors to see what the hell a Capri was. Its just like a Mustang! Before then I have never seen or heard of these cars. The only Capri's I seen were worn by girls.

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yep it looks kinda like a f'ed up 5.0 i think they only made it in 85' but im not certain, they also made the SVO Turbo 4, yes turbo 4 banger mustang and from what i hear there faster then the stock 5.0

 

My dad used to have a built 5.0 5 speed capri it was actually a very fast car I think it was in the low 12's If I remember correctly..



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my friends sister bougth one from th elast yeat they made them i think 92 and she wants to race

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I haven't seen them either, I think that's because they were belittled by the Mustang... Think about it, if you're in the market for a Ford sports car (ok not thinking about it) and you see a "classic" Mustang or a Mercury Capri which looks the same only with a squished nose... I bet the sales really sucked for that car.

I just found some pics of late model capris, Ive seen them... below is an early model capri and below that is a late model capri.



[This message has been edited by ChillPhatCat (edited October 24, 2001).]

 

Actually, the Capri has been around for a while. I have a book that has it listed under Ford from the 70's. It actually wasn't a bad looking car, I'll try to post some pics.

 

Not comparing stock to stock.

A SVO with stock psi is 195-205 horsepower depending on the year. They have less torque too. We are talking high 15s stock.

But my friend Tom has a SVO with tons of boost and it is just killer at the strip. 13s on pep boys tires sound good? I think it is.

On the other hand, my friend Ryan wants to buy a Capri RS 5.0 5-speed. They were very fast for their era. Although, Mustang sales were much more phenominal than the Capri, which ultimately led to it's reincarnation as a quaint female roadster. Not from it's former days as a American Muscle car. Merc should have redesigned it better than they did, and they should have given it more ***** than the lowly 2.3L HSC I4 could produce.

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The Capri and the Mustang were the same thing from 79-85. While under appreciated, they've became somewhat collectable now by a small group of people. Besides the different front end, if you'll look closely at the rear fenders you'll see they buldge out a little more as well as the rear hatch is a little more bubbly. It's pretty common to see one of these with a mustang nose as well...and they actually look pretty good like that. The newer model capri has nothing in common with the Mustang though.

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When I had my first car, 1980 Mustang, my Dad was able to buy a totaled Capri with a 5.0 in it. He then rebuilt it for my Mustang, sadly at that time I wasn't into car and building engines. I remember he was spray painting the block blue, and I was like why are you doing that, it's just a motor.

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Yeah, I looked through my book again, the first Capri's were under the Ford name frome 1969-1986. They were Europe's version of the Mustang, they also ran in the GT class races. They look okay, I'd post pics but AOL is kinda slow right now.

 

lol that picture looks like a Geo storm

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yes they do, they're both slow j/k just had to throw a shot in at the Mustangs, haven't done that in a while, felt good

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