Found my project car
 

Well I just happened to be over at a friend house studying and I never really looked in his driveway. I did today and noticed a 1994 Mercury Capri XR2 for practically nothing he will sell it to me. has like 120,000 miles on it and I think I am going to take it. We are going to clean it up and see how she runs before I make a deal. Take a look! I know not a z but for 500 bucks or so I think I will take it.

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It looks like it's been sitting since 1995

Only 5 years

Looks in good shape. Don't see those too often.

what could you really do with it tho?

Slap a 5 liter from a donor fox body Mustang in the thing. :D

Screw the old 5.0 get an LS2 crammed in there.

^i retract my previous statement then, this will decimate all after about fifteen grand and if we have to, over night parts from JAPAN

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I would repaint it, too. Get that 1990s blue off that thang!

I'm dead serious when I say that the right color (probably black or a dark metallic gray of sorts) coupled with the right wheels would look pretty good.

Wrap the interior in leather or alcantara so it feels more upscale, cram a Ford 302 or a Chevy LSX in there and w00t!

Get another engine 1994-95 3.8L V6s had head gasket issues. with 120K it won't be long

It should have a 1.6L turbo given its an XR2 -- It's a Mazda engine -- the car was from Ford Australia badged as a Mercury for the North American market.

10-4 My bad

Dude I am still at my friends house and I went walking out of the room laughing out loud after reading that. +1 :rofl2:
Correct but it is non turbo

yeah, same engine as was in the mazda 323 gtx. great engine. its essentially a factory turbocharged miata engine.

I think it will look good after ome work paint in maybe a year. Oh ya:tup:

Must be the base model and not the XR2 -- Is it a 5 speed or 4 speed auto?

Auto :wtf2:

But still will be a fun little car. Might convert it later who knows.

Definitely base Capri. Is it badged as an XR2? Still a nice looking car and if it runs well a steal @ $500 -- granting the sides the picture doesn't show aren't disaster areas :)

I didn't see anything wrong with it there is a bit of mold inside but sense the car has not been opened in 5 years I think there will be some serious cleaning going on inside and out.

lol, the mold may be because the roof is notorious for leaking. The car weighs only about 2400 lbs so if it runs well, it should be a fun nimble little thing even in the non-turbo version.

He had the roof replaced because of a rip in it before he let it sit. So it is a newer roof but could be a leak.

with new roof probably not ... Mold is likely just from humidity and condensation.

Ya that is what I was thinking. From what I saw after a full day or two of cleaning scrubbing, washing, claying and waxing I think it should be pretty clean.

Well put it on my tab at harries.

^Nice car, whats the retail on one of those?

So taking this one step further,

This will be my second car.

I have plenty of ideas I can do with this car as far as audio but I would like to hear some ideas from you guys.

Should I turn it into a audio show car and just do a normal nice system in my civic?

Nice system in the Civic, make this a track car

I would not mind it being like a track car but it is hard to find parts for this car like eibach and names like that I have not seen struts and all for it.

Oh and to anyone who was complaining about their trunk space. Take a look at mine. Well similar to mine. I start working on it Wednesday.

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