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1986 Merkur XR4Ti
Added on July 18 by Raze
Upgrades to date:
-$35 single stage poly paintjob + $12 duplicolor wheel paint and $9 truck bed liner wheel well and underbody coating
-Holset HY35w ~20-30psi (depending on our mood)
-3” Exhaust w/testpipe or cat & Magnaflow
-28”x6”x3” Intercooler w/2.5” pipe
-Gutted upper & knife edged lower intake
-255lph fuel pump
-75 #/hr injectors
-Megasquirt-I V 3.0 w/3 Bar MAP
-Wideband O2
-T5 Transmission swap w/1-piece driveshaft + diff adapter
-Mustang fuel tank replacement
-Lexan rear windows and sunroof
-Koni Reds up front, KYBs in the rear + stock springs, soon to be cut
-Mustang turbine rims w/BFGoodrich GForce Sport 205/55-15
-4 point roll bar
-Rear tower strut brace
-Odyssey PC680 Drycell w/relocate
-Bomz seats
-4-point harnesses, moving to 5 point
-Power steering delete
-A/C delete
-Heater delete
-Wing delete
-Tagged, Titled, Insured, Smogged, and 100% street legal
TO DO LIST:
- install 600lb 8.5”x5.5” springs
- external electrical cut-off switch
- install 2 tow eyes
- swap out front bumper for mk3 Jetta
Updates
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Merkur Arrives Jan. 29
This is how she looked when she arrived…
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Merkur Interior upon Arrival Jan. 29
This was the interior, no dash, a semi-working tach, the stock seatbelt with a fordescort …
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Merkur window removal Jan. 29
We removed the rear windows for plexi at first (didn’t know how crappy it was)
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Front Facia Opening Jan. 29
Opened up the front facia, helps alot keeping the coolant temps down…
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Stripped interrior, including the sound deadening! Jan. 29
Original interior as we got it after scraping/grinding out all the tar/sound deadening material, took …
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Intercooler pipe... Jan. 29
After adding intercooler for the Holset HY35w…
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Intercooler Jan. 29
Good old eBay special, works well, cheap, simple…
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Lexan rear windows Jan. 29
Came out better than expected, lost a bunch of weight…
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Merkur updated Interior Jan. 29
After adding new seats, (that’s a T5 shifter for you guessed it a T5!), dash …
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Front Jan. 29
Here’s a pic of the front all put together…
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Front 2 Jan. 29
Another lower shot, buck-toothed to say the least, hoping to swap out the front bumper …



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