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Anybody using the 5 speeds on the ITC cars? With the available R&P gear sets of even custom gears, is it even possible to use 5th gear like at Lime Rock? How useable are the 4 speeds in the ITC cars? With the AVX R&P, do the 1.6 get to rev near their power peak in 4th at many tracks? Thanks...

I've been running GTI Cup recently and we've been averaging about 6 car fields with very similar modifications. It's a spec class but we've been playing with the various specifications as a group to make our cars more fun (basically make them faster!) Parts that are the same include Rabbit or...

I recently drove my friends VW GTI in a local 25 hour enduro race and wonder if it really has a quaife. We removed the front sway bar from his car, rear has really stiff bar and we still experienced inside front wheel spin. Is there an easy way to determine if a Quaife is actually installed...

I'm running stock heat range plugs in my 1971 2000cc Capri. I'm concerned that they may be running a bit hot, especially since I found some little round metallic balls on the number 4 insulator. Anybody know how the manufacturers numbers work. For example, the motor takes a Motorcraft 42 or...

I have a set of Goodyear 205-60/13 GSCS tires that have been used twice. They were made in 2002 and are now unfortunatly don't seem to grip very well. I bought them a few months ago and am kinda pissed that I've been out of the running for a win because of the poor grip of these tires. I'm...

I had a so so weekend at Thunderhill, the highlight being that I broke the ITB track record set in 1999. Unfortunately, I had a poor race and I went 2 seconds/lap slower on Goodyear GSCS that had only been broken in and used in 1 race. They didn't seem to work well in the race either. During...

I'm considering going to the national level next year, either with my ITB Capri (F Prod)or ITB Rabbit (G Prod). The GCR mentions that the Capri 2000 can have dual sidedraft carbs with 30mm chokes. Those are awfully small and probably less carb than the 32/36 DGAV on my car right now...

My 71 Ford Capri has a dual piston master cylinder which separately feed the front and rear brake systems. Front are disc and the rears are drum. I'm finding that the balance between my fronts and rears degrade during a race, especially at a tough track like Laguna Seca. My theory is that the...

I just put my motor together again, new oil pump, bearings, reground crank etc. It's a Pinto 2 liter style SOHC motor and it's in my 71 ITB Capri. I have 60psi oil pressure at idle and over 100psi when really revved with a warm motor. Bearings are properly clearanced, .002 to .0025 mains and...

My Ford Capri 2.0 motor has a stock water pump pulley a little over 4" in dia. I have a 6" dia pulley from a Pinto 2.3 which I'm adapting to fit. I will also be increasing the alternator pulley from approx. 3" to over 5" dia. This change will reduce the speed of my alternator and water pump...

German-Sport.com Racing team had an great weekend in the 25 hour enduro at Thunderhill raceway in Willows California. We've run many previous NASA enduros including the 12 hour, but this is has to be the most intense and competitive enduro to date. The drivers pushed their cars nearly to...

I had my first VW engine problem this weekend. The odd thing is that the failure sounds much like the one reported by Ministocker in this thread http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum...TML/000306.html I've been running this completely stock 1.8 motor for several years including one 12...

How fast should I expect my VW to be in the straights? I also race a 71 Ford Capri and this VW seems about as fast on the straights but that is using my butt-o-meter which probably isn't accurate. At the last Thunderhill race, here was my impressions running with the following: Alfa GT - this...

I'm thinking about converting my NASA GTI Cup to ITB specs and racing it as my primary car. I want to make this car much faster with as little money as possible. It's currently a mid pack ITB car, about 2 seconds off the pace at Sears Point and Laguna, and 4 seconds at Thunderhill due to the...

We just finished our 2nd season race at Laguna Seca and I had a blast in the Capri. I found out that Laguna is a heavy braking track I had a couple of braking problems. I installed some brake cooling ducts after practice and that seemed to fix my front heating problem. My odd problem is that...

I had a lot of goals in anticipation of the new SCCA IT season. I had planned to build a 140hp motor, I had planned to win all my races and I am planning to break at least 2 track records. If you notice the past and present tenses I use, it is because I have already built and dynoed the motor...

partially prompted by TrueBlue's post, I'll share my experiences this weekend at Infinion Raceway, formerly known as Sears Point. I've historically had problems at Sears Point with my Capri, since my Capri oversteers enough to really slow me down. The track has 2 sections with esses and it is...

I've just got my new motor installed and running in my 71 Capri and I have a few questions. Unfortunately, my usual race crank had too much clearance so I installed a used crank that was still at standard clearances. My mains are at 1.5 to 2 thou and rods are about 1 thou. Motor is running...

I have access to a smog dyno and I put the VW on it last night to find out what the CO was under load. The car ran clean under full throttle and the CO was at 7%. This seems rather high so perhaps I lowered the Control Pressure to the fuel distributor too much. 46psi is the current setting...

I took my new 77 1.8 Rabbit out to the track and it felt down on power and seemed to run lean as the rpm's neared 6K. A little background, I race the Rabbit in NASA GTI Cup and the 77 is legal with the GTI spec parts. The shell had been rewired for the newer motor along with the engine...