Ford Capri 3.4 V6 Cosworth || 450Hp/9.000RPM Classic Monster

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

Every time I watch your video it gives me goose bumps in 1980 I was 17 passed my test and was able drive my Capri MK1 3000e 1971 I was in heaven ( YLG113J) I have had 11 in my lifetime soon to be 12 thank you god bless 🇬🇧✌️👍🏻

[@j.thomas7128]

I had a 1976 Capri with the v6 4spd (US spec) and it handled better than the Camaros and Trans Ams and Vettes of similar years. Even 80s Irocs had a difficult time keeping up. The Capri was an amazing car for the money.

[@huepix]

We called it the poor man's porche. Way cheaper to fix and maintain.

[@huepix]

@Hater Sensei Grand Master Chosen One see the odd nice one. But yeah, no where near as many. Kids at school had them in the early 80s Liked the old escort too, and those mark 1 Cortinas.

[@chris425amp7]

@J. Thomas You know motor's 🤝🏻

[@tony_5156]

What the hell I thought it was an exclusive British car

[@chris425amp7]

@@tony_5156 The last was made in Colonge Germany for the UK

[@bigbobbreakdance]

3.4 GAA Cosworth. Based on the 3.0 Essex with twin cams, mechanical injection etc. One of the best sounding engines ever made.

[@dieselfunk65]

Yes I agree, these hot 3.4 Essex/ Cosworths sound awesome

[@GregWallis]

This looks like it started life as a three litre GXL, with those gorgeous double lights. I had one in 1979 and I adored it. This, however, sounds and goes like something from another dimension. Love it!

[@taddmason1187]

Pure eargasm. Cosworth makes some of the best engines hands down

[@ubbgn]

Piss poor compared to Judd!

[@charlieworsfold2661]

No mg made some way better ones for example the incredible b series motor.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Their 500hp 1.4L and 600hp 1.7L turbo BDA motors were something to drool over. When fitted by Zakspeed into something vaguely resembling a Capri (only the roof and the windscreen were exchangeable with a standard road-going Capri) they won 26 out of 34 races in the DRM against Porsche 935s and BMW M1 Procars. The year before they actually won every race in the 2L (including the 1.4 turbo factor) classes but Porsche pulled a dirty on them and got them disqualified over an alleged rear spoiler infringement at the end of the season.

[@charlieworsfold2661]

@Richard Harrold what planet are you on the b series can make over 100hp per liter easy, NA what more could you want.

[@charlieworsfold2661]

@Richard Harrold no the head design is far superior to any cosworth engine even with only 8 valves flows so cleanly through the right amount of 5 ports. easy 300hp NA

[@craigsmith3743]

Still one of the best Fords ever build !

[@frankieford7668]

Ive owned Several Capris over the years...and it Warms my heart to see them still being raced...👍🤧

[@tomohawk5567]

If my imaginary car collection gets any bigger I'm going to need an extension on my imaginary garage. Great video thanks for sharing 👍

[@mikeyerke3920]

That’s definitely cheaper than the garage I’m actually building.

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Thanks for watching and appreciating this spectacular machine ;)

[@aaronp9928]

Those Cosworth motors are such masterpieces.The set-up is so nice throughout the vehicle. Ripping though those corners. God that would be amazing to drive. Love to drive and race that car at Road America. Or any other track , but RA i grew up running at.

[@Rondo2ooo]

I saw and heard this car at a classic car event (not full throttled). It is so f*** loud, everything vibrates. Just awesome!

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

Great to see legendary Capri here as well.And powered with Cosworth engine,none the less.Stunning machine and classic beauty.Would love to have one of these.

[@firejam78]

A capri that goes round corners successfully 😂 I adored the capri growing up and I would love to own one now

[@danieledragone423]

It’s my dream car. I’m 55

[@1998TDM]

@SpeedbirdConcorde I fired mine into a ploughed Scottish field in the middle of winter. Quite possibly still there. Not happy turning with a touch of brake on frosty roads. It was buried so deep in the mud I exited through the window. Maybe an archaeologist will find it in mint condition one day. Lesson learned.

[@tim3437]

Really nice car.. Timeless looking classic... Looks fantastic in the blue and white livery. Yep.

[@creepingjesus5106]

Every time I watch this vid, I want to add another like. The moment when the crowd steps back as it leaps off the kerb is what it's all about. Maximum attack.

[@islandaerial3414]

I had a V6 Capri for awhile way back in the 80s. Very fun car to drive. Spin the wheels at will. Great vid!

[@johncooper1165]

That’s a beautiful machine!

[@renek3840]

Einfach ein geiles Stück Automobil😁🥰

[@kochzocker3459]

Schön hart am Gas bleiben... Extrem gut und ein top Auto

[@coldark9972]

What I loved was that tight section the suns full,heaps of grip And the driver has genuine crack👍 don’t ever change your videos bud your car passion is spot on

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Thanks Col Dark ;) And we are not changing, just doubling down...

[@HMCarReviews]

My grandfather used to race in hillclimb before I was born. These videos remind me of him.

[@sabinabrozynski9215]

I've owned a few Capri's in the past and plan on getting another one some day. Right now I content myself with working on my friends Capri Mk I V6. It's had a complete mechanical make over due to sitting un-driven for 28 years! It now runs and drives, it only needs some misc. minor items to be finished. Oh, and the complete interior installed but that's not hard and we do have all of the parts.

[@ingowitzelluizcypher9638]

This is definetly a car which is on my Whiching List

[@craigscott5661]

I had a 72 Capri with a built 4 cylinder it was my first car when I was 15. Switched to Corvettes when I was 18.

[@nickhammer6408]

That is one slick little motor scooter. Very nice.

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Cosworth made amazing engines

[@acesneights1130]

Ever notice how every single vehicle with a Cosworth powerplant (especially the Fords) is fantastic? Cosworth is as reliable a boutique engine builder as there is, their pistons alone are worth the price of admission. Great car as always 😎

[@utubecomment21]

Much as I liked the original Sierra and Escort Cosworth's back in the day, reliable they most certainly weren't. Hands up I'm coming from a 350+hp 200,000+ mile no problem what-so-ever Lexus background, but if you think blowing a sub 200hp engine after 20,000 (Boss's Car) is reliable, then fair enough. For me, that's unacceptable! But in the 80/90's I experienced a few standard blown Cossie engines which was/is enough to deter me, so did this chap it would seem - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioPXhJ5uqq99a8k Not sure of the likes of Millington or Smith & Jones engines are any better.

[@christiaancarstens4091]

@@utubecomment21 Most people dont get it, but Toyota really does spoil you for other cars.

[@utubecomment21]

@Cristopher Reeves Fact checked by Richard Harold. However, being a fan of Ford's, I don't expect much in the way of intellectual dialogue! Take care

[@dustinrobinson8468]

Best sounding v6 I've ever heard

[@Yorkyscott]

Dustin Robinson Better than an Alfa Busso V6?

[@cosolote]

Better than a Dino V6?

[@nickh2458]

@@Yorkyscott No . Its not.

[@Yorkyscott]

@@nickh2458 To your ears only

[@ICGedye]

Sounds great all the same!

[@Vladi306]

An aggressive tone, with just the right amount of "raspyness". This motor means business!

[@TheScouseassassin]

What a glorious sound, enjoy it while you can folks...the electric era is catching up with us too quickly!!!

[@johneddy908]

That Cosworth V6 was based on the 3.1-liter Essex V6 available on Mark I Capris sold in certain markets except the U.S. and Canada, where only the 2.6 and later 2.8-liter Cologne V6 were available. Standard engines were the 1.6-liter Kent OHV four, followed by the 2.0-liter OHC Lima four. For the later Capri II, the 2.3-liter OHC Lima four and 2.8 Cologne V6 were available on U.S. and Canadian versions.

[@grndiesel]

I had no idea a V6 could sound this good.

[@luislongoria6621]

Not just under hard acceleration at least. The American market is somehow enamored with the everyman's limousine whose performance is less than inspiring

[@robertritchie2860]

That is one very well sorted Capri👍

[@mikeyerke3920]

The more RPMs I can count, the more I like this channel. 🏁

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Plenty of high-revving machines still to come ;)

[@bigkeg9173]

The sound is enough 🔥🔥🔥

[@jeffvaljean6030]

I had a red mk1 3 litre GXL loved it best car ever that is till I got into my mgzt 190 and now I love that

[@remyblouin4675]

Les Cosworth, c'était une symphonie !

[@juddotto3660]

I opened this in 2 tabs at the same time, sounds like one hell of a race! xD

[@joe125ful]

Cool looking and sounding beast!! More classic monsters?

[@Vrdavila67]

Man can't get enough of that V6 race engine sound...🤤🤤🤤

[@howardmckenna]

That makes all the right noises!

[@conradbenjamin6889]

Nostalgic. Can remember my moms capri from late 70s, one of my first loves..

[@grahamefreestone5309]

I remember your mom's Capri too. Lol.

[@BrainPecker]

...I remember Capri's mom...

[@frankly5171]

That boy can drive.

[@craigantono284]

Absolutely stunning

[@adriancifre3107]

Very Beauty!!! Thanks from buenos aires Argentina!!! 🚀🚀🚀

[@garylow7167]

Many thanks for sharing with us all this amazing video Awesome!!

[@caliman5547]

I had a 74 Capri w/ 2.8 V6, that lil car could run run run !!!

[@sandromartins20]

Didn't know the specs of it, but when I heard it live, I got intrigued.. Thank you for uploading this for prosperity!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Thank you for appreciating this Machine and the video ;)

[@geraldswain3259]

My mum's 1.3 Capri went well when I used to steal it a night without her knowing .

[@tonysargent1699]

Those damned things were so fast!!! What an amazing ole car!

[@shshh-fw9eh]

That sounds gloooorious!

[@gethinjones8992]

ive owned a few capris and love them great cars 😆 but this one is a real beuty and an amazing engine 👍

[@creepingjesus5106]

One like isn't enough. 👍👍👍👍👍 There. The full five thumbs up.

[@AccordGTR]

excellent driver he is not holding anything back!

[@johnfrench9608]

Still sounds like an Essex when its on low revs and overrun.

[@barrysleafer8347]

That must have some seriously expensive suspension it handles like a dream

[@tollyt7465]

These original RS racers got Bilstein shocks, Ferodo brakes, and the front cross member got re-drilled to give the car some negative camber. Then the race engineers got to work on geometry and set up.. The RS smashed everything in its class, and even many of the group 4 racers in the class above. Bear in mind it only weighs about 950kgs..

[@MajorT0m]

@Robbie Robot Probably is. Leaf springs aren't that bad. It's the axle moving laterally in relation to the body during hard cornering which gives Capris a poor reputation. Easily solved with an appropriate location kit 👍

[@feydespiel.]

​@MajorT0m if you read about how Ralph Broad...( broadspeed).. developed the suspension on these cars you would be amazed..regs demanded that leaf springs must be maintained..so he built a fully adjustable suspension set up..and had PLASTIC leaf springs fitted in the original position..they didn't do a thing but it satisfied the homologation requirements .they never knew they were plastic!..Ralph was a genius...

[@arigprasomthong2852]

A fast car of FORD in yesterday. I love it.

[@anth7354]

Great era of motorsport and car manufacture, sadly never to return

[@billyballard9072]

Had an early 70's Capri inline four ran pretty fast

[@SYKOMORF]

Worked on this motor in the dave brodie/jonathan buncombe supersaloon capri 2... awesome .stories i could tell !

[@EamonnSeoigh]

Well...get started! I’m sure there’s a few more guys out there that would love to hear about it. I’ve been a Cozzy fan since I started my fascination some 50 years ago... I’d love to build a hot hatch RWD in this size. It’s too bad the age of affordable fossil fuel is fading with us fossils.....

[@seangavin1955]

What astounds me is they use a block from one of the laziest V6's and create a V6 that produces crazy power even by today's standards. I had a MK1 Capri Essex V6 years ago and kept modifying it to get more power. After spending a fortune and getting my ass kicked by a Opel Kadett GSI 16V Superboss I gave up sold it and bought a Superboss. In many ways I miss and regret selling that Capri.

[@Ironsavior1958]

Eins der geilsten Autos ever

[@fordknutt]

Love that car!!!

[@blankeny]

I had read that back in the 80's, the race team of Halb & Halb ran a capri V-6 that made over 800 H.P. And if they had an engine issue, they'd ship the entire engine back to Germany, they were under contract not to touch the internals . . .

[@dr.sommer1470]

Geiler Sound 👍👍👍

[@v6cosworth167]

I Want to see more, great vid.

[@beardwierd2783]

Love this shape of Capri.

[@trentdawg2832]

1976.......had one just like it with a 2.8 v6 4 speed manual.....it was a blast to drive, one of the fastest little cars I've ever owned...

[@beardwierd2783]

Trent robey my dad had if I remember rightly an orange spa special. Loved going out in that and being the envy of my friends.

[@Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

Cool! Nice classic to own and beat some cars at the light... :D

[@genuineapbt6690]

I had one in HS. I could get it to chirp 3rd. In America they were Mercury Capri. Cool vid.

[@gordythecreator]

Sounds like a miniV8. Hi-revin'V8

[@trentdawg2832]

Man I had a '76 Capri just like that with a 4 speed 2.8 v6 that car was a lil monster. ..I do miss it so much and would love to find another one....even though I'm a die hard chevy guy.....I'm have a soft spot for certain fords and mercs

[@azizii614]

look fast .sound good.. and its sick

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

It sounds angry, like if it could speak all you would hear would be a Doppler-effect "fuuuuUUUuuuuuck"

[@sandromartins20]

You actually made me laugh!

[@creepingjesus5106]

That is the sound of tarmac being ripped. Or maybe even a Capri shaped hole being torn in the fabric of reality.

[@Silverado76330]

Great Capri!

[@TheSkoooby]

Amazing

[@JJ-yk2hl]

I don't know the best, but the prettiest, sure yes

[@jorgerostro1666]

Cosworth engine sound is siiiick

[@muelledriver]

Que manía de poner a cámara rápida, con lo bonito que es al natural.

[@TheBerzerker666]

I love that car,yes i’m jealous and yes i want one 😃

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

This European Fords are Completely different and have much stronger engines that the Ones in the States

[@N3XU5one]

This may be the most accurate statement on KZbin

[@C-M-E]

2nd best carb'ed 6 cylinder to ever grace my ears.

[@corystansbury]

S38 BMW or a Porsche in #1?

[@C-M-E]

@@corystansbury Sorry, no. KPC10 GT-R.

[@mwmmatt1]

CMDR Boom exactly what I was thinking, those S20's have such an aggressive sound!

[@seangavin1955]

They had mechanical fuel injection

[@bigbobbreakdance]

3.4 GAA Cosworth is indeed mechanical injection.

[@adonbanchamek2254]

Can somebody that knows about engines please tell me what are the best V6 engines (power, torque, weight, reliability) out there? The good V6s I know of are the vq35hr from 350z and the one from the Alfa 155 and the V6 from Nsx... it’s for an NA build

[@andrewdrabble8939]

What a sound

[@frazerguest2864]

Beautiful

[@mickrick84]

Ford rules! Yeah!

[@barack_obanter]

This is amazing!!

[@neilleggat4422]

Don’t know who the driver is.......but bloody fantastic........👍

[@lavironmario7701]

C’est vrai que ce serait cool de voir une version 21th century de la Capri. J’ai eu deux Capri 1,6 GT (250.000 Km chacune) de 1980 à 1995. Ensuite, je suis passé à la Mondéo SW .

[@rudolfvonribbentrop8103]

This was my first car....in red....looked all the same.... I drive thisone in 1983.....

[@trentdawg2832]

Yeah I had a 76 Capri in the 90's too it was a 2.8 v6 4 speed manual. ...fast as hell

[@craigscott5661]

My first car in 1982.

[@山猫仙人]

カプリは今見てもカッコいい👍👍

[@Mogamboguru]

A high-revving 60 degree-V6 sounds like an angry hornets' nest.

[@christopherdean1326]

I had a Mk1 3 litre GTXLR years ago. If I had got the money together, I would have made it look like one of these monsters.

[@secretfacekid8920]

It goes round corners like it’s on rails.

[@ruivilela2955]

Falperra 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@tragiclife9760]

Had a Capri lime this one with a 292 in small block Chevy in it Muncie 4sp 8500 rpm just about every shift lol most fun car I ever had in my life

[@ADRIAN-fb9xj]

And why would you have a 292 Small Block Chev and a Muncie in a Capri when you could've had a 302 and Top Loader?? Ford Car, Ford Engine, Better Engine, Better Gearbox! I guess someone else fitted the Wrong Parts and you bought it like that. I'm sure it was Fun, just Sacrilege!

[@tragiclife9760]

@@ADRIAN-fb9xj well better is subjective and when I built this car there were no aftermarket parts to make a small block Ford even slightly competitive with a small Chevy and a Muncie is a better tougher trans than anything Ford ever made back in the early 70s

[@seangavin1955]

I own a Capri Perana V8 which was a homologation special in South Africa back in the early 70's. 302 V8 and Borg Warner 4 speed. Scary and fast and had a factory warranty. Only about 500 were made

[@craigscott5661]

ADRIAN good choice in motor and trans don’t listen to these ford guys. Nothing beats a small block Chevy. Easier to build and cheaper with more HP for the money. And the Muncie 4spd is a classic trans. Great choice all around.

[@tragiclife9760]

@@craigscott5661 hi craig,,,I built that car about 40 years ago,,there were no choices,,i had all the parts laying around,,, ,the little 292 had a roller valve train,,the 8 1n Ford rear had 430 gears and it would rev insanely,,,one of yhe funnest cars I ever had

[@LFMC1]

This is in Portugal right?

[@bobl78]

is the engine also classic from that time or is that a modern engine ?

[@azypk]

As a petrolhead I often do some research on cars and 1 out of 2 of your videos it's a car I looked during the past few days. Are we connected lmao???

[@HillClimbMonsters]

I guess it´s just a matter of both having great taste ;)

[@azypk]

@@HillClimbMonsters That's explain everything haha

[@ricebox1178]

Can’t remember if the Capri has a IRS set up or live axle (I’m assuming live axle because Ford)

[@jsracer5829]

Live rear axle and Struts up front. My first and second cars. I won my first race in a 1976 Capri...an Autocross in stock class. Still one of the most fun and controllable cars I have ever driven. Sounds fantastic.

[@ricebox1178]

JSracer5 were they a leaf spring set up or a multi link live axle set up?

[@jsracer5829]

@@ricebox1178 Leaf springs I'm afraid. Easy to lower though and surprising how well it handled. After my autocross a bearing on the driver's side blew. Tough to beat 300hp and higher cars with my little Capri, but smooth driving and handling did the job.

[@adrianpeters2413]

@@jsracer5829 yes controllable into any hedge or wall,when it encounters a corner, the most dangerous car I have ever had to drive,only once and lived to tell the tale..

[@cloidh]

@@ricebox1178 they use Kevlar leaf springs as a locater, used a 4-link system for the live axle to move up and down, adjustable strut type coilovers, and a watts linkage to to stop side to side lateral movement.

[@markussauer3605]

Sooo stark Capri mk1👍👌✌🤘

[@candraalvian3425]

wow 💗💗💗💗

[@nfsurl]

Rampa da Falperra hillclimb👍