DasFord Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 (edited) Hello CR, My name is Jim. I am the recent owner of a 1988 Merkur XR4ti. First off, let me say, I love this car, it's the first turbo car I've owned and it was a gift from my friends (yeah I have some awesome friends), some people thought it was a sick joke from my friends, but I'm trying to pay for a wedding and don't have the funding to spend on buying a toy. http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r767/jimittner/merk_zps69056c7f.jpg A couple of cool things about my car first off is that no one really knows what in the hell it is. It's unique, it's a fairly quick and it's comfortable. Recently I took on the upper portion of the engine gaskets, primarily the valve cover gasket. All in all, don't ever take apart an 80's Ford that was developed by the Brits and built by the Germans, in the process I broke one high pressure fuel line, the right cowl by my windshield, and a few various clips and plastic pieces. http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r767/jimittner/merkengineapart_zpsa34fbae5.jpg While it was apart I decided to paint my Valve Cover Ford blue with white accents and painted my factory air box Ford Blue. I will be posting pictures of the XR4ti in the next week or so. I'll most likely be trying to network with some Ford 2.3 turbo folks (if there are any), I picked up an intercooler from an 87' Thunderbird Turbo Coupe that I'm going to try to figure out how to pipe it in. Thanks for reading. Edited June 14, 2013 by DasFord my pics didn't load 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Those are cool, welcome. post some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I loved those things in high school but you have a weird, unique car and you don't post pictures of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasFord Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I'm creating a photobucket, pics to come in a few 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Use imgur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkmaster03 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Welcome. Saw one getting off 161 at Beech and heading north a few months back. Is that your area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasFord Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Pics uploaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasFord Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 That's not my area, but I'm pretty sure I know who it is. If it is, that Merkur is ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Hello CR, My name is Jim. Hi Jim. I'll most likely be trying to network with some Ford 2.3 turbo folks (if there are any), I picked up an intercooler from an 87' Thunderbird Turbo Coupe that I'm going to try to figure out how to pipe it in. There definitely is a 2.3 crowd on here (not me). Cool car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewtoys Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I've always liked these things, cool car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Welcome. I've always had the XRFruity on my list of fun "beaters" to own. By beaters, I mean a list of fun cars that I wouldn't mind owning/buying and expect to put some work into. I always thought if I owned another Mustang I'd go with the 2.3, too. Good luck with the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Badass. My uncle had one of those back in the day and I freaking LOVED it. I would rock one right now If I had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I love XR4Ti's and the Ford 2.3 in general. My dad had one, and I had a 2.3t Mustang for a while at one point. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 + rep Unique car, welcome to the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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