SHO V6, Twin Turbo, Hodgepodge Merkur XR4Ti

[Primalzer]

1988 Merkur Xr4ti with SHO 24v 3.2 twin turbo engine with less than 1000 miles on the engine and parts.

Engine

Ford Taurus SHO Engine 3.2 24v v6

Compression 9:1 Wiseco Pistons

Stock Rods

Lightly Port Heads

New Valve seat and Valve stem seals

Balanced Crank, Flywheel and Rods

Custom made engine mount brackets

Custom made oil pan

Custom made oil pick-up

Earl Oil Cooler



Transmission

Toyota Supra Turbo 5 speed Transmission

Hydraulic clutch pedal

Custom made Bell housing

Balanced Flywheel

Stage 3 clutch Kit

Custom made drive shaft and adapter

BMW LSD 4:11

Custom made axles



Exhaust System

Custom tubular turbo Manifold

Custom turbo down pipes

Heat wrap down pipes

3 Exhaust Silencers

Chrome Exhaust tips



Turbo

2 T04E T3/T4 .48 A/R 50 TRIM Turbo/Turbocharger compressor 300+HP Boost Stage III

Front mounted intercooler

Custom intercooler piping

Tial 40mm Blow-off Valve



Brakes/Suspension

4 Pot Nissan brake calipers

17x7 Fronts

Contour Rear brake calipers

178x.5 Rear

19mm Front Sway Bar

16mm Rear Sway Bar

Complete Bushing Kit

Sumitumo 225/45 ZR Front

Sumitumo 245/40 ZR Rear


Air/Fuel

75mm Throttle Body

70lb Injectors

Custom made intake manifold

Fuel Pressure regulator


Stand Alone Engine Management System

Wolf engine management

Coil on plugs


Body

RS Headlights with HID

RS Grill

RS500 Bumper

RS500 Whale Tale


The rear hatch glass needs to be replaced; right now I have an 85 glass in its place. Also the quarter glass needs to be replacing too, but have it tape up.

Also the gas gauge doesn't work, I try to put in an aftermarket gas gauge sender and reader in there GM style sender and reader. And hydraulic clutch pedal is very low.

so many different cars and parts...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes...&item=321511908638&pt=US_Cars_Trucks#viTabs_0

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[Euro]

what a clusterfuck

 

[willizm]

"Less than 1000 miles on the parts". Could have fooled me

 

[SHOmuff]

Would be cool in finished state.

 

[Mook]

wtf

 

[SinisterSHO]

"Less than 1000 miles on the parts". Could have fooled me

Less than 1000 miles on the parts together

 

[stratastic]

Right rear tire is low on air. It's gotta help with handling

 

[Kaeghl]

I am confused on what all I am seeing here. I that an old sho motor, the Yamaha one with a twin turbo setup or is that a modern sho engine in there.
What the hell is a merkur?

 

[Primalzer]

Merkur is a brand that Ford created, back in the late 80's as a sort of "European" brand. There was the XR4Ti and a Scorpio, neither of which sold well. The XR4Ti was a Ford Sierra from Europe, but instead of the awesome DOHC 2.0 I4 Turbo from the Sierra Cosworth in Europe, we got the Pinto based 2.3 SOHC Turbo from the SVO and Thunderbird TC, but without the intercooler.

Also that's an older 3.2 SHO motor. It looks odd because there is no timing covers and there is a custom upper intake manifold instead of the bundle of snakes of the original

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[Spivitz]

Looks like a disaster imo

 

[walt460]

Hey, that is a unique engine with twin turbos and an intercooler added, installed RWD after being design for FWD, into a rare Ford European import to make a true 1-of-a-kind street car. Congratulations on the engineering and fab work. Doing something like this that no one has ever done before is something you should be very proud of yourself.

Now, to be truthful, we put a 3.0L SHO into a 1986 Merkur XR4TI with a T-5 in 1990 with EEC IV. The install was done by Roush in Livonia, MI. It was white with gold BBS wheels, and the install looked factory. After a lot of positive reaction within Ford, it went to Ford of Europe in Germany for evaluation. Shortly after arriving, we were told it caught fire and burned and was scrapped. Some time later we learned that it was parked in a garage where another European Ford test car caught fire and caused serious damage to 5 other cars.

I always wanted to build another one. So "Congrats" to you for having done one, and with twin turbos to boot!

Walt

 

[syP]

It should be junked.