Just for the record, my old 94 Aerostar has a remote mount TFI on the passenger side. Very easy to get at for removal.
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July 24, 2011 9:54 p.m. AquaHusky Reader
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July 24, 2011 10:34 p.m. MrMook New Reader
darkbuddha wrote:
Nice VW bumper.
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July 25, 2011 6:03 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork
Brochures are spoken for.
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July 25, 2011 6:13 a.m. darkbuddha New Reader
In reply to MrMook: Good eye... most can't place it. A friend originated it and we did mine very shortly after... it's urethane and uses the VW metal understructure with impact foam, which is why we chose to use it. My original bumper was ripped, so I need another anyway. Unfortunately, legit urethane Cosworth bumpers are way expensive, and a fiberglass replica wouldn't have survived a week of Seattle street parking or boarding ferries to Bremerton to go auto-x'ing. Cheap and urethane (and good looking on this car IMHO) is win-win(-win). Front shot:
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July 25, 2011 8:39 a.m. MrMook New Reader
In reply to darkbuddha:
It actually looks great. The styling is so similar that it works.
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July 25, 2011 8:42 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
wow... yes, that does look like it belongs there
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July 25, 2011 8:51 a.m. ppddppdd Reader
Not fast today, but man, for the time it was fun.
It's been years since I drove one, but my dad had one when it was new and my best friend had one in HS at the height of our years as genuinely stupid/dangerous drivers. I can't count the number of times that thing almost killed us. Not that you'd keep it stock, but in factory form it was an ill-handling turd made worse by 1980's turbo power delivery. I also remember a lot of electrical issues on both cars and difficulty finding parts back in the early/mid 90's.....
Darkbuddha's photos make weak in the knees, but owning one is not something to take lightly. They're not "exotic" but it's one of those cars that becomes something of a cultish lifestyle. An E30/E36's can be owned and maintained like a toyota if you like, without some encyclopedic knowledge of who has what part, what parts to hoard because they're discontinued, which models shared parts with it, etc.
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July 25, 2011 11:09 p.m. Repteel New Reader
(without some encyclopedic knowledge of who has what part, what parts to hoard because they're discontinued, which models shared parts with it, etc)
Yup. This is the feeling I got today. Went to my normal parts store, where the company I work for gets a discount, and they didn't even list Merkur on their computers. Ended looking up parts for a turbo thunderbird instead.
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July 26, 2011 12:20 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
you have to remember.. when the Xr4ti was new.. it put out around 175hp.. and the 5.0 Mustang put out all of 205 hp
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July 26, 2011 6:14 a.m. Raze Dork
mad_machine wrote:
you have to remember.. when the Xr4ti was new.. it put out around 175hp without an intercooler.. and the 5.0 Mustang put out all of 205 hp
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July 26, 2011 7:03 a.m. darkbuddha New Reader
In reply to Repteel: If you're looking for parts you can't find, drop me a line and I can try to point you in the right direction. Be sure to join the MCA and MerkurSport and refer to the MerkurEncylopedia regularly. Oh, and I forgot to post: http://www.merkurtech.com/merkurtech/index.php for even more good stuff.
I am a bit surprised that your parts supplier didn't list Merkur since it seems like all the big ones I've tried do... Discount, Advanced, Pep Boys, Schucks, Rock Auto, NAPA. But you've already figured out one of the tricks for getting some parts... tell 'em it's an SVO or Turbocoupe if they're confused. That will work for almost any and every engine/ignition part (except hoses). You'll also find that some parts can be found at parts stores if you know what to ask for. I've gotten several hoses from local parts stores just by knowing what part numbers to ask for.
BTW, I dyno'd mine a while back when it just had an intercooler, 17 lbs of boost, SVO ecu & VAM, and a really bad 3" exhaust and it made 180 whp and 220 wtq... that's 215 hp and 260 tq at the crank, net. Not a rocket, but respectable and fun.
