View Full Version : Anyone looking for a cheap/fun Merkur XR4Ti? Craigslist
twicks69
06-09-2010, 09:06 AM
There is a SUPER CLEAN 1987 Merkur XR4Ti on Craigslist right now for $1500.00
http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/1772240625.html
50,000 original miles.
Automatic, completely stock!
Funny enough, I do know the guy selling it, and he is a legit person.
This is a steal for a SVO-Turbo 2.3L, and has easy fixes to get back to 100%
Someone should swipe this up!
jbiscuit
06-09-2010, 09:11 AM
mega clean! Those are really cool cars too
fly5150
06-09-2010, 09:14 AM
could be fun, I unfortunatly think they are ugly.
twicks69
06-09-2010, 09:18 AM
It looked like a cosworth escort back in the day with mustang headlights.
I thought they were fun vehicles and could scoot pretty well with simple mods, and made rare little sleepers.
Prince Valiant
06-09-2010, 10:20 AM
what was the issue with these? I don't know if it's accurate or not, but these, along with the similar merkur scorpio both had issues with unreliability...to the extreme per internet lore. What lead to this?
British_Ben
06-09-2010, 11:38 AM
Cool find. This is the american version of the Ford Sierra/Granada that was extremely popular in the UK.
Jeff G
06-09-2010, 09:48 PM
If anyone wants to know more info on the car (or XR4Ti's in general), please let me know.
T-5 trans swap right in, 5.0's also swap in pretty easily. With a cold air intake, 3" turbo back exhaust, front mount intercooler, and 255lph fuel pump, these cars hit 300hp at the rear wheels with no problems with a small amount of tuning. Very fun, especially for a daily driver.
wow thats clean as hell!!
stock 1/4 times with an auto?
srt4eh
06-12-2010, 08:04 AM
ugly....but still pretty cool
Jeff G
06-12-2010, 04:13 PM
My last one ran 15.86, bone stock 100k mile car on the stock C3 auto.
3" turbo-back exhaust, homemade 3" intake piping with cone filter, TC intercooler, TC ECU, Big VAM, Walbro 255lph, and a bit of tuning brought my that same car down to a 13.10 on the C3.
Also, the car in the link (posted at $1500) is actually priced at $1200 for anyone interested.
UnderPSI
06-14-2010, 05:33 PM
could be fun, I unfortunatly think they are ugly.
What he said
Jeff G
06-17-2010, 09:49 PM
What he said
It's pretty much do to 2 things:
Front bumper does nothing for the car. The Cosworth front bumper swap makes the car look 100% nicer.
Wheels. Tiny, recessed wheels give the car a strange stance. Bigger, flush fitting wheels also make the car look 100% nicer.
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