Anyone looking for a cheap/fun Merkur XR4Ti? Craigslist

[twicks69]

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]

mega clean! Those are really cool cars too

[fly5150]

could be fun, I unfortunatly think they are ugly.

[twicks69]

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]

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]

Cool find. This is the american version of the Ford Sierra/Granada that was extremely popular in the UK.

[Jeff G]

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.

[hrsp]

wow thats clean as hell!!


stock 1/4 times with an auto?

[srt4eh]

ugly....but still pretty cool

[Jeff G]

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]

could be fun, I unfortunatly think they are ugly.

What he said

[Jeff G]

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.