Turbo'd 90's Capri??? Are you eff'n kidding me? (long)

Mephisto

These trucks are cursed
Normally i wouldnt even bother posting this, but for some reason i just find this one more than amusing.

i just finish eating lunch with a friend and we're hangin out in front of the restaurant; talking about what i plan on doin to the sy, and what he wants to do to his WS6.

when out of nowhere we're interupted, by this kid that comes through the parking lot with a very loud mid 90's mercury capri with some half assed black primered paint job, no hood, some engine parts painted bright yellow, a fart tip, and what looked like a giant homemade airplane wing (to find this funny you gotta know what these cars look like when they arent fucked up). both of us immediately start laughing, which only instigates the kid to rev his engine, which is followed by the faint whistle of a very pathetic sounding BOV. after i hear the BOV, im thinkin what idiot would put a turbo on that piece of shit?

the kid takes off outta the parking lot like a bat outta hell squealing his 155/45/13's (just guessing on the tires there :lol: ) like he's some kinda hard ass...

after my friend and i stop laughing, i look at him and say "ya know, in good conscience, i just cant let that kid get away with that" and my friend laughs and says "yeah, i cant believe your not in your truck already"

so we both jump in the sy, and chase after him. i come up on him at a stop light and he's in a turn lane. he flips a U turn, and i follow, and pull along side him at the next red light.

he glances over, and revs his engine. so i yell "hey!!! you wanna run?" he looks over, and takes a good look over my whole truck, not having a clue as to what it is, and says "whats it got?" and i reply with a smile "its all stock baby! ...and its an automatic!" (trying to make it sound slow)

so the cross light turns yellow, and i dont even bother building boost, but this kid is rapping his engine out at about 6000rpms, and roasting his clutch trying to build boost. the light turns green, and i just sit there, as the kid peels out off the line. my friend is yelling "what are you doing?!?!?! go!!!!"

the kid is already through the intersection before i even hit the gas. now im sure some of you are wondering why i didnt take off right away. well after seeing the pathetic display of power when he left the parking lot i knew this car was slow as shit, and i decided i needed to point it out to him, by giving him a headstart and still killing him.

now back to the so called race, i punch the gas, and once the turbo kicks in, the kid is a memory! i mean it was a slaughter! we flew by like he was sitting still, and keep in mind, my sy isnt exactly running good either.

the kid pulls up at the next light, looks over all pissed off and says "yeah right thats stock! whats with all those fucking gauges!?!?!" and i laugh and say "what about them? its just boost, fuel psi, and trans temp!" bitter and angry his reply is "yeah whatever man! youre a fuckin liar! that shit aint stock"

i already know i just ruined this kids day, so just to be an asshole i pour a lil more salt in his wound and say "c'mon! ya wanna go again?!?! ill give you even more of a head start this time! ...c'mon!"

by now the light turns green and he leaves the line without getting on it, so i just start cruising next to him, trying to instigate him, but he wont even look over. once we get to about 45, he tries to get sneaky as if he's gonna catch me off guard, and dumps it into what sounded like first, and takes off! leaving us behind in a cloud burnt oil smoke. my friend and i both laugh, as he pulls about 4 car legnths on us. i punch the gas and reel him in. once i catch up i start driving side by side with him for a while at about 80+, then give it a lil more gas and just walk away from him. my friend said he looked over at the kid and he had a "how'd you do that?" look on his face as we were pulling away.

we get up to the next intersection and wait for him to catch up, and by this time i know this kid is finished, or really dumb if he's not. he pulls up, and my friend yells out the window "so whats up man? i thought turbos we're supposed to be fast???" which gets imediately retaliated with the ever so clever, "fuck you!" before the kid takes off and turns right.

normally i try not to be that much of an asshole; but when people like that bring it on themselves... i have no pity, and make it a point to drown them in their own stupidity. BTW sorry for the novel, i really feel this kill was so much more of a "had to be there" type thing, but i tried to explain it best i could...

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Neal McCool
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So Cali's Slow Clone
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Tooky

Serious about performance
Hey, I got a kick out of it!!! Wish more people wrote stories like this :lol:

I don't know much about the Capri but here's a set of long shot guesses. I think Mercury is really Ford and I also think the Capri is really based on the Mustang. The Mustang had a "SVO" 2.3L 4-cylinder turbo motor that was pretty hot especially when modified. In fact here is a video of a 9 second, 4 cylinder turbo Mustang. So maybe the SVO turbo-4 motor was also offered in the Capri or else I'd imagine it was a relatively easy swap for whoever did the work.

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2cold

New member
I don't think they made a turbo capri in the 90s. When they did make it I'm pretty sure it was carburated unlike the SVO.
 

TurboManiacal

Donating Member
His finger prolly slipped. They had Turbo Capri's the same as the svo mustangs of the 80's. He prolly meant 85 not 95
 

Mephisto

These trucks are cursed
i kinda figured everyone would think of the capri thats like the mustang... the one this kid had was completely different, its that tiny ass lil 2 door miata/1st gen MR2 lookin thing... go to autotrader and look up like a 94 mercury capri, thats what it looks like.

i dont know shit about mid 90's capri's but i dont think they came stock with turbos on them, so anything this kid did to the car was intentional and all aftermarket.
 

2cold

New member
now I know the car your talking about. They're fucking gay and they don't have the ford 2300cc OHC. I'm not sure if they made a turbo one, but I don't think they did.
 

turbosonoma

New member
Oh my god them cars are damn ugly. They are actually so ugly i have never seen one in canada. Good thing you showed him where he belonged.

Brad
92 SYnoma
 

Daron

Active member
Yeah, some of them gay looking Capri's had a stock turbo. Not sure what for though. The one's with a turbo maxed out at like 130 Hp...

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1992 Typhoon Blue/Gray
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Pittman

New member
Awsome storry! I love when the young ricer type crowds in the 4 banger dont realize what the hell a syclone is
 

Tooky

Serious about performance
Hey Neal, oh my god!! I was passing through a parking lot today when I saw the word CAPRI catch my eye, I looked over and now I understand!! This was no Mustang looking thing. It was nothing short of a pure GAYmobile, this pussy little two seater overgrown go-kart convertible wannabe thing! It was so lame I couldn't beleive it. I can see some chick boppin' around in the thing but any guy ought to be ashamed.. lol!!
 

bigjohn

New member
there was a guy on the west coast in the late 80's doing turbo capri's. it was called ROC STOCK INT. he would build these things up. 2600cc-2800cc motors. don't know the horse power but who cares!
 

1TiTeTy

New member
I recently sold my 1985 svo to one of my friends so i could buy my typhoon. That little 2.3 turbo stock is 175 base and like 225 tq. Upgraded computer and injectors to 86 svo, Big valve head, 20 psi, 3'' exhaust no cat, and a cam will put him in the mid 12s this year on pump gas. He is pushin about 300rwhp. stock turbo, stock intercooler, and stock rear end. Thats just less than $1700 in mods. Those cars have much potential, sure most sytys would eat em light to light but it would be a good race (against mild-non moded sytys)...and yes capris are ugly
 

Daron

Active member
On 2002-03-05 20:33, 1TiTeTy wrote:
I recently sold my 1985 svo to one of my friends so i could buy my typhoon. That little 2.3 turbo stock is 175 base and like 225 tq. Upgraded computer and injectors to 86 svo, Big valve head, 20 psi, 3'' exhaust no cat, and a cam will put him in the mid 12s this year on pump gas. He is pushin about 300rwhp. stock turbo, stock intercooler, and stock rear end. Thats just less than $1700 in mods. Those cars have much potential, sure most sytys would eat em light to light but it would be a good race (against mild-non moded sytys)...and yes capris are ugly

SVO's and Turbo Mustang based rides are not the "CAPRI" we are talking about. It is the convertable rainbow warrior mobile of the 90's...

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2cold

New member
The capri he killed isn't the one that shares the 2.3 turbo engine with the svo mustang. I know that engine well, I built one into a 2,870cc na and it kicked ass in my ranger. The 2.3 is a great engine with a helluv a lot of potential. There's a guy named Joe Morgan with a Pinto that is running 9s with one. Cold Wind of Death is talking about that POS capri from the early '90s.
 

Tooky

Serious about performance
That guy's site is cool as hell, I have been following it for a while. I would have more fun making a junk yard special like that than working on my Sy!! But I don't know enough about cars to do all the work he has.

He told me he can lift his wheel(s?) on the street now!!
 
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