2015/10/06 20:50:56
NeilR
Not thinking of a race car, if I wanted to follow the V8/Perana route I would. At the same time there is potential there to explore.
2015/10/13 23:45:48
BEE VEE
Hope this advice is not too late...................You said in your intro car has lay idle for 15 years (just like mine in pic on your left), but you can't get it to start.
When I found my GTV6 165HP D Port "Wild Plum" sad and alone in its garage for many years in Central Victoria, the first thing I knew to do, as with ANY engine that hasn't "turned over" in 6 months or more, is to remove ALL spark plugs and squirt in a few tablespoons of "LUBE" in each pot (Lube can be 50/50 WD40/10w30 oil, or 100% WD40 if you suspect internal rust/corrosion, even 100% diesel fuel is very good and my personal favourite)........let this soak for  5 mins to 1 hour; pref 1 hr if rust/corrosion is suspected; then add more.  With ring spanner on Crank Front Bolt, try moving crank back and forth 1 degree at a time to free up any chance of rings sticking and then breaking, until you get to a full revolution or 2  of the crank.........if moderate force doesn't budge the crank, STOP! and add 2-3 more tablespoons of "lube" and let sit overnight........then try again next day. 99/100 times you'll be ok and able to incrementally move crank as above.  Once you get 2 or 3 full revolutions and it's feeling free, hit the starter for 5 seconds to expel excess "lube"....Remove rocker covers and squirt new oil all over valves and rockers and push-rods. Don't put covers back yet..... Install Sp/Plugs....... Run engine till you see oil squirting at rockers & valves.... Stop engine and fit Covers.  Run engine till warm and then change oil with a new filter.......time well spent if it avoids a ruined $5,000- $25,000 engine.......Enjoy......NB.........First ensure the subject engine  is safe to turn ACW lest the Timing Chain &/or Tensioner should become dislodged.........if so, only turn CW a degree at a time..........My Capri got this "love" and she re-paid me by starting and running beautifully, and I then drove it hundreds of kilometres back home, purring like a kitten, if I ignore the slightly "burnt" valve in one pot and the noisy water-pump that stopped leaking as soon as it hit the highway!...........I also topped up the stale old fuel with 10 litres of "Shell" 98 VeePower which worked wonders !
2015/10/16 16:30:06
NeilR
Thanks for the advice. The car does not roll ATM so I think the first order of the day will be to remove pads and back brakes off. I have been told that friends of my uncles (all ex-ford employees) tried to start it, so I assume it has been turned over on the starter motor.
2015/10/16 18:15:52
Jamman
spud15

I'm waiting for janman (on this forum) to come thru with some juicy aluminium heads




Jamman, not Janman
 
The heads will happen spud, Not sure I will be posting photos on here though.
 
2015/10/17 12:24:23
NeilR
Are you going to cast them or some other method?
2015/10/30 16:17:33
NeilR
Capri home:

2015/10/30 16:28:41
Wiggy333
Looking good Neil, looks nicely stored and maintained. I suppose all the hard work starts for you now so keep all of posted on your progress. Keith
2015/10/30 16:33:25
spud15
wow - how many are still out there? they just keep popping up -
2015/10/30 17:56:27
NeilR
it is a little misleading. There are some poor quality rust repairs, the drivers window does not work, some rust bubbling through here and there etc
2015/10/30 18:37:38
cosworthfreak
Certainly looks like a very good base to start from. Could be a good rolling resto, rather than doing a complete makeover.
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