Readly RF Feb 20

CAPRI
a project, and in Jordan’s case, this helped no
end. It enabled him good access all around the car
without the hassle of having to keep moving it out
then in again.
The Capris first incarnation saw the undoing of
all the previous alterations done by the previous
owner. Jordan was ready to inject some life back
into this once great car. Jordan entrusted some
help from friends and family on the first journey in
reaching how the car is today. Family and friends
all rolled their sleeves up and helped with various
repairs and bits of fabrication. Welding and
fitting replacement panels came together nicely
before Jordan reached the stage of prepping and
painting. Looking spanking in its new hue, which
Jordan tells us is a custom mix of Ford Signal
Yellow and Amber.
Paint dry, in the went the freshly built 2000cc
Pinto along with some other choice mods, “I went
for easy mods to start with so I could use the car.
Suspension wise, I fitted a full poly bush kit, front
lowering springs, 2.8i single leaf springs. Custom
made front strut brace and gas bonnet lifting struts.
Inside was made more comfortable with Carla
interior trim taken from an early 2.8i Capri.”
Jordan told us he loved every minute building his
Capri but, alas as, like most of us retro Ford nuts
you get used to either the looks, power or handling
and are forever chasing after more, this is what our
Jordan succumbed to. “Don’t get me wrong I loved
the Pinto, they are great engines but being honest
I got bored of it,” he says. “Plus, to extract any
amount of reasonable power from it, you’d have to
spend a fair bit of cash and not gain much more
power.” As many of you might now be thinking,
there are a good few engine choices out there be it
a Ford or others, but none of these would suppress
Jordan’s appetite. Open the long bulged bonnet and
gasp at the sight which beholds you, as for here
rests a throbbing 2.9 24v Cosworth BOA with not
just one, but two! Yes, count them two whopping
big Audi A4 K03 turbos strapped to either side.
Not leaving out anything else, Jordan opted for
a trusty type-9 five-speed gearbox which involved
fitting a 2.8 cross member. Keeping this red hot
engine nice and cool comes by way of a 2.8
upgraded Coolex aluminium radiator with electric
fan. Elsewhere, neatly horned in the bay, feast your
eyes on the self-fabricated exhaust manifolds joined
to both turbos. If they don’t grab your attention,
check out all the boost pipes and the 2.5” stainless
downpipes, again all handcrafted by Jordan. The
high standard of work that has been ploughed into
this Capri is mind-blowing stuff, taking craftsmanship
to a whole new level and to think this has been done
by someone who is just 22 years of age. Is there
anything this lad can’t turn out?
“Well, funny, you should say that,” he laughs.
“When I’m not spending time on this I have a 1989
Mk2 VW Golf with a 1.8 20VT engine that I’ve fully
built myself from the engine and fabrication to
the bodywork and paint.” So, it’s not just the Ford
scene that needs to be watching, the VW crew need
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