1973 Mk1 Capri V8

What that type of header does is split the V8 up by firing order, into two 4 cyls.

The characteristic V8 rumble is because each bank has uneven spaced pulses ( by degrees of crank rotation ), unless it has a flat crank.

( a flat crank does have even exhaust pulses, because each bank basically runs as a Inline 4).

By combining the 2 outside exhaust ports of one bank with the inside 2 of the other ( X2), you achieve the same thing.


Its worth some HP and torque, and gives the engine a completely different sound.

And its a ridiculously impractical thing to do on a front engined car. 


So that's why it had to be done...

I love a Capri and think a little bit of sex wee came out reading this.

The hood ducting was next.

Now that I had a rideheight, I could modify the airdam to suit it.



And take a mold off it.



The way I made it, it has a deep horizontal part behind the edge of the airdam.

To give it extra rigidity and strength incase of an impact ( this later came in handy to mount a belly pan off).

For the Colour scheme I wanted to keep it like something Ford would have done, back then.

But not exactly copy a known Capri Colour scheme.


So I used these cars as my inspiration.



This is basically the same as the early Cologne racers ( but in blue & white ).

What I don't like about it is how they carried the dark Colour all the way around the side windows, including the A pillar.

I think that makes that area too heavy, and tricks the eye into seeing bigger windows.





I love this artist's rendering.

It shows a early design version of the GT40, so early in fact it still shows the LOLA wheels ( they used the LOLA Mk6 GT ass a mule )



The early prototype looked like this.

I extended the ducktail.









Just held on with Cleco's, at this point.

I wanted a hydraulic handbrake, so I bought a cheap one on Ebay.

I didn't like how it was made so I redid some of it, and tossed the rest.

Made some small block off plates for the outside.




Then it was time to take it apart.



And do some bodywork.







Primer.

I painted the engine bay and the underside of the car gray.