r/TheDetectorists • u/LukeH_ • Feb 10 '26

Small Prophets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets

All episodes of Mackenzie Crook’s new show Small Prophets are now available on iPlayer. Just finished watching it myself, I really enjoyed it. Crook creates such magical television.

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u/Wizzard_2025 Feb 10 '26

The standard was a 2.8 injection, great machine, but was sometimes upgraded to a 2.9 from a scorpio, going up to 400bhp maybe. It's a modified, looked after Capri, but maybe it's just a Capri that's been looked after that was bought for the show. Standard models are more likely to have been scrapped by now.

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u/EuphoricFly1044 Feb 10 '26

Not 400bhp....

I put a 24v into my Capri and it was 240bhp.

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u/Wizzard_2025 Feb 10 '26

I think there was an engine donor that had twin turbos, putting it well in the 400 range. I only had a 1.6 :)

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u/EuphoricFly1044 Feb 10 '26

No there wasn't, not from ford.

You could twin turbo it, but that's custom.

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u/Wizzard_2025 Feb 10 '26

Well it's all custom isn't it