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Yes, I'm proud to drive a Merkur


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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.

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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.

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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.
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