(pending sale) Merkur XR4ti: RWD turbo oddity

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:16 am

RickyBeam wrote:

Do I smell a future LeMons car?

I don't know, but usually LeMons cars are somewhat odiferous. So possibly.

--Donnie

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

It is perfect for LeMons or Chump car.

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:45 pm

Would you just sell one of the seats? Andrew Jonell said he needed one.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:50 pm

Stephen Westerfield wrote:

Would you just sell one of the seats? Andrew Jonell said he needed one.

Lol

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:06 pm

someone buy her, get her running good. and rally cross it. rwd turbo car on gravel has to be fun. we could do it, but we have a fwd sentra right now. probably not worth a whole lot more than the mercury. the 2.3l ford turbo was what came in the car. One guy a while back had one, he rallied it . He was never really competitive, but I dunno h0ow much was driver and how much was car. I think it had a bigger turbo than it needed, because it lagged huge time.
small turbo for good response and some engine tuning is good for rally, bigger turbos are for track. With alot of open throttle time.
Besides a big kick with the turbo on dirt is not ideal for control of car anyway! I say, lock the rear end, get it running with the 2.3l ford turbo motor and rally cross it.
New old rally cross beater.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:09 pm

ford 2.3l turbo rwd rally cross car!

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

Stephen Westerfield wrote:

Would you just sell one of the seats? Andrew Jonell said he needed one.

werds r hard k

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

MikeWhitney wrote:

Why in the world am I tempted by this?

It's probably the bi-plane spoiler.

But there's also the fact that it runs a turbocharged version of the motor in Randy Melton's Pinto.

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Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

Arthur McDonald wrote:

MikeWhitney wrote:

Why in the world am I tempted by this?

It's probably the bi-plane spoiler.

But there's also the fact that it runs a turbocharged version of the motor in Randy Melton's Pinto.

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Man, those were the days, now all we got is young punks in Honduhs whipping our asses, nothing like a Pinto ass whipping.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:49 pm

Les Davis wrote:

Man, those were the days, now all we got is young punks in Honduhs whipping our asses, nothing like a Pinto ass whipping.

Yep, I witnessed that same Pinto hit a concrete bridge rail broadside at 60MPH and all that broke was the panhard bar. Yes, he still drove it home afterwards! Randy can build some strong and fast stuff.

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

If it doesn't sell as a whole car, I will part it out. I'm going to give it a bit of time for the whole car to go. I posted it on the Merkur enthusiast forums, but if nobody bites by, say, sometime in March, I'll start to sell what I can off of it. It's easier to store parts than a whole car, and I've already gotten some offers on some of the stuff. :wink:

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:21 am

If you don't get anyone interested by March, send me a PM. Anything can a LeMons car, once.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:18 pm

http://www.specialstage.com/forums/show ... rkur-XR4TI

I think its still for sale, a complete xr4ti car rally car. grey this time. someone buy it and rally cross it. rwd with good power on gravel.

Brett_Murphy · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:02 pm **Posts:** 355

This is probably sold.

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