Mercury Capri Project Car

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Well first off this is going to be a bit slow. I found this car fram a friend of mine. I came over his house and just noticed it sitting there. After talking to him about it I bought it for 500. It is a 1994 Mercury Capri non turbo automatic.

My plans:

Clean it up to running condition

Wheels and Tires

Audio System "Still Taking Ideas"

Next year:

Engine swap and trans swap 2.0L

Auto to manual swap

Repaint

Custom seats

Objective: To have a fun little car for corners and weekend drives, also just something to toy with.

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[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Lets get started

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Clean the engine bay

I wanted to check out the paint so I really cleaned a small area than waxed it. Came up well. After I wash clay and wax the car I think it will all come up well.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Starting up the car after 5 years of sitting. I think the stale fuel and the ecu being stupid has a big factor in that it kept stalling.

First try



Second



Small trunk

After a quick was "started to rain" So I really did not get a chance to clean as well as I wanted.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Cleaned the seats

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Tomorrow change the oil and flush the radiator.

Might get new spark plugs as well.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Anyone for custom work on the dash for a double din to fit?

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Top down

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

wow the capri's aren't what the used to be. looks like fun tho //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Cabin_Pressure 10+ year member]

Nice little car, needs a Saleen style light bar.

 

[O.G. D-Wet 10+ year member]

18" SMD...

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[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Oh....k

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Well I got it!

The big thing was a big split in the intake hose after patching that and holding my foot down for it to warm up it found its idel speed and was fine!

Now correct me if I am wrong but rough cold warm ups and than running smooth after warm up means the pvc valve?



After wash

Scrubbed the top down before and after

Clayed and waxed

 

[americannight 10+ year member]

Neat car, man. Looks great after cleaning it up. What kind of system are you thinking about putting in it?

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

That car screams "hey Im a 16 year old girl"