Jan. 08
Onto a new home
Still in Georgia, but she's moved on to a fellow NASA racer so hoping to see it again out on track!
1986 Merkur XR4Ti
Started on July 18 by Raze (Forum Supporter)
1986 Merkur XR4Ti
230WHP / 292TRQ @ 22psi
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Latest updates
Aug. 09
Merkur gets a new lease on life
She's been terribly neglected last few years right after I got the polycarbonate windshield in, bought the C4 that stalled when I moved houses and my buddy hasn't had time either. Enter our new steward of the Merkur. He's big ...
Aug. 01
Koni Yellows, 350lb/in springs, lexan windshield
The more we track the Merkur the more weaknesses surface...our 250lb/in springs just couldn't stand up in hard cornering and the old Koni reds couldn't control rebound and the car would dramatically unload the drive wheel in the corners...the windshield ...
March 06
Jzilla track days at AMP 3/2/14 (3)
Session 5 over
March 06
Jzilla track days at AMP 3/2/14 (2)
Main straight 120!
March 06
Jzilla track days at AMP 3/2/14
Merkur running the big course at AMP, found out our pcv is bad and we were blowing oil out the dipstick, ran like a champ!
July 16
Merkur Dyno Video
July 16
Merkur Dyno Sheet
Nuff said...
July 16
Merkur got Dyno'd
Went to an MX-5 meetup down in Peachtree City at Allspeed Autoworks and got to dyno the Merkur on their Dynojet, 230HP/292TRQ running base timing and 22psi. We learned alot about our setup and all sorts of things we need ...
June 26
AMP SCCA Circuit Cross
Had a blast, Merkur held up well, really need to turn up the boost so we can get it into 3rd gear, bouncing along the limiter in 2nd is only so much fun. Luckily dyno day is in July.
June 26
AMP SCCA Circuit Cross Video 6/9/2012
Jan. 06
Ground Control to Major Turn...
Awe yeah, Ground Control coilovers up front, time for some corner weighing and balancing ;)
Nov. 02
Wheel arches!
Original arches truck bed lined and reinstalled over rolled fenders...
Nov. 02
ARSCCA AutoX 10/4/10 .....
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Aug. 24
ARSCCA AutoX 8/22/10
Took the Merkur out for it's first AutoX, learned quite a few things: #1: too little boost for the track, forced me to stay in the top of 2nd and hampered my times beyond a point since I couldn't use ...
July 27
Stickers
More stickers!
July 27
Yellow Fogs
Krylon stained glass spray paint does wonderful things...
June 15
Slammed, vented front
Closeup
June 15
Another slammed, vented
Side
June 15
More slammed, vented
Front
June 15
Slammed, Vented
Got the Merk dropped about 3-4 inches, and the hood vented to help keep the heat down while driving through traffic to the track.
Nov. 23
$35 Marine Paintjob 4
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Nov. 23
$35 Marine Paintjob 3
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Nov. 23
$35 Marine Paintjob 2
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Nov. 23
$35 Marine Paintjob
Not bad for how cheap and easy it is...
Jan. 29
Front 2
Another lower shot, buck-toothed to say the least, hoping to swap out the front bumper for a MK3 Jetta bumper when time/money permits...
Jan. 29
Front
Here's a pic of the front all put together...
Jan. 29
Merkur updated Interior
After adding new seats, (that's a T5 shifter for you guessed it a T5!), dash with switches for lights, wipers, hazards, rad fan, power kill, start button on dash (push button arcade style), MegaSquirt, 4 point harnesses, fuse box, relays, ...
Jan. 29
Lexan rear windows
Came out better than expected, lost a bunch of weight...
Jan. 29
Intercooler
Good old eBay special, works well, cheap, simple...
Jan. 29
Intercooler pipe...
After adding intercooler for the Holset HY35w...
Jan. 29
Stripped interrior, including the sound deadening!
Original interior as we got it after scraping/grinding out all the tar/sound deadening material, took 2 of us a full day, but we lost close to 10 lbs!
Jan. 29
Front Facia Opening
Opened up the front facia, helps alot keeping the coolant temps down...
Jan. 29
Merkur window removal
We removed the rear windows for plexi at first (didn't know how crappy it was)
Jan. 29
Merkur Interior upon Arrival
This was the interior, no dash, a semi-working tach, the stock seatbelt with a fordescort seat sitting on 1" square tube tack welded to the frame, I pulled it up by hand! 4 point roll bar in. Exhaust manifold cracked, ...
Jan. 29
Merkur Arrives
This is how she looked when she arrived...
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