How many of us are here

[fasty73]

Just out of curiosity. How many convertible Capri owners are on this site? Does this car suck or are we a rare beast, that owns these cars?

[fasty73]

Feel free to ad ANY comments on these cars. Might give me an idea of wether I should ask any questions on here about these cars.

[Giant Cranium]

ill post so you dont feel hated.

but i dont have one as im not a girl

[fasty73]

Cmon!!!!! A 13psi turbo Capri isn't really a girls car is it??? I do admit that my mates at work do give me a hard time saying "does that come in a mans car?" BUT. I do like them AND they go pretty hard for a 4 banger AND handle really good. Let's nor forget the 3PSI turbo, made a v8 commondore think twice the other day, should have seen the look On his face as I kept up with him to ummmmmm, well pretty fast ( I don't condone street racing unless it shows up a Holden)

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

I do not own one either, but quite like them, have thought about buying one at one stage, just never seemed to happen:con

I would have thought there would be a few owners on here...

[fasty73]

The turbo is such a fun car especially when you up the boost!!! I am like everyone here, I want a 1972 v6 gt Capri but just can't afford one. Since these ones came out when I was 16, I thought it would be great to get one especially since I only paid $1000 for a mint turbo!!!!

[allanv6gt]

$1000 for a mint turbo is a good buy.

In my club, we have a female with 3 conv Capris (SA auto, Clubsprint?, XR2)
Another guy had four at last count
Another guy has 2 pending 3 shortly.
And I'm told the Turbos really do move.....

[fasty73]

Yup, boost the turbo to 13PSI and it's quicker than my worked au 6.

[vibe_xr6]

Originally Posted by captain awesome

ill post so you dont feel hated.

but i dont have one as im not a girl

[fasty73]

Haha vibe. I'll race any na standard xr6 at Willowbank and see who is a girl

[vibe_xr6]

I didnt say a thing about racing OR your car for that fact ?

[fasty73]

Roflmao!!!! Cheeky bugger!!

[vibe_xr6]

But you really should start a build thread with it.

[fasty73]

Thanks vibe. I wasn't having a shot at you mate. I won't be doing enough to it to start a build thread. It was mint when I got it, all I'm doing is up the boost, bigger exhaust, k n air filter and lower it oh yeah bigger stereo ( all my cars get this ). No build thread warranted I think.

[vibe_xr6]

Yeah no problems champion
Hope you get the boost holding, should get up and go then. Have fun ! !

[fasty73]

Thanks mate, it goes hard for the few seconds its on 13PSI , but then drops back to normal Capri turbo, but **** it smokes the tyres in first second and even third!!!

[Road_Warrior]

We have one, it's wifey's car. It's showing its age and is a bit beat up, but yes, the little basterd can get up and boogie when you want it to. Would make a ripper little club circuit racer.

Considering motoring journos bagged the crap out of it when it was new, it's Laser roots have held it in good stead over the years and has nowhere near the level of parts falling off and things going wrong as other locally made cars of the same year/era.

We will probably start thinking of selling it soon.

[Brycevr]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

We have one, it's wifey's car. It's showing its age and is a bit beat up, but yes, the little basterd can get up and boogie when you want it to. Would make a ripper little club circuit racer.

Oh Please! do you have any idea about what you are talking about?
Have you ever driven a fast car (V8 fords and commos don't rate)?
FWD, primitive engine, soggy chassis, overweight and even with the turbo they are under powered. 110kw for 1350kg.
My Cortina track car has 210kw and 910kg. Do the math.
A standard Suzuki swift would give you a hammering.
A friend has an immaculate XR Turbo which I've done some work on for him and it's a shirt box extraordinaire. Bits breaking, and bad chassis. He has an '08 Focus convertible (the Pinninfarina one) as well and it's not much better.
Get a TX3 if you must.

[fasty73]

V8 fords and commondores don't rate as fast cars??!! I think some people on here would beg to differ. Does a 210 mph Trans Am rate as a fast car or a 10 second hg brougham rate, what about a 500rwkw supra? No I haven't driven a top fuel car but I'm not saying my Capri is a giant killer, it's just s fun toy to drive while I build my fairlane.

[JG65TE]

i get excited when i find new capri bits on ebay, then i see they arent for a mk1 :( does that count ?

ya capri will probably be faster n ya fairlane, doh, takes a bit to make em move.

[fasty73]

Nah the fairlane is getting a 500HP 347 stroker motor. The Capri would beat a standard v8, but it sure is fun.

[ClevoCapri]

Ahh convertible Capri's. The Clubsprints looked pretty cool i think.
I do take offence when I tell people I have a capri and they say "ahh the convertible? Me "Do I look like a gay hairdresser?"
But whatever your into I guess. Atleast its not a holden.

[Tocchi]

CAPRI'S ARE GAY !!!! might as well get a perm and your nails done before driving one.

on another note, can i play the fast cars game?
i'll take the side of the capris :p

[fasty73]

Originally Posted by ClevoCapri

Ahh convertible Capri's. The Clubsprints looked pretty cool i think.
I do take offence when I tell people I have a capri and they say "ahh the convertible? Me "Do I look like a gay hairdresser?"
But whatever your into I guess. Atleast its not a holden.

How did you guess my profession??!!

[fasty73]

Originally Posted by Tocchi

CAPRI'S ARE GAY !!!! might as well get a perm and your nails done before driving one.

on another note, can i play the fast cars game?
i'll take the side of the capris :p

How do you know that I don't already have a perm and my nails done?? ;)