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Started off as our 2006 Challenge car, but after reaching budget we kept going, and going and going. It’s not that bad actually in terms of cost, and the amount of knowledge we’ve gained has far exceeded it’s cost so we’re all quite pleased with it. That and the huge fun when that turbo spools and all you can hear is the whine.



She’s a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti, was previously gutted with a 4 point roll bar in it, Escort seat, stock ECU, stock turbo, (turbine housing was cracked), stock T9, 1 faulty injector, we had a small electrical fire so we ended up rebuilding the whole wiring harness and installed the Megasquirt. We’ve had almost as many ‘repairs’ as upgrades, like new half shafts, new rear shocks, new starter, new alternator. We’ve sorted so many things that at this point it really only needs more tuning to enrich it a bit for more power. That and the gas filler neck needs to be resealed into the tank (which was scaly with rust when we swapped fuel pumps so that had to be cleaned out and have a thorough anti-rust treatment). Over the next year or so we’re going to work on getting it upgraded and spec’d into NASA PT as we really want to run endurance events. We don’t care about being competitive, just want to have fun! Below are all the ‘upgrades’ we’ve done to the car:




-Holset HY35w @ 30psi

-3” Exhaust w/testpipe or cat & Magnaflow

-FMIC

-Gutted upper & knife edged lower intake

-255lph fuel pump

-75 #/hr injectors

-Megasquirt-I V 3.0

-3 bar wideband O2

-Mustang turbine rims w/BFGoodrich GForce Sport 205/55-15

-T5 Transmission swap w/1-piece driveshaft

-Lexan rear windows and sunroof

-Koni Reds up front, KYBs in the rear

-4 point roll bar

-Rear tower strut brace

-Odyssey PC680 Drycell w/relocate

-Bomz seats

-4-point harnesses

-Power steering delete

-A/C delete

-Heater delete

-Wing delete

-Tagged, Titled, Smogged, and 100% street legal in Georgia :)

Added on July 18 by Raze

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