Merkur Engine and Head Work

I don't care about that though John.
I'm just wondering if while I'm in here and looks like I might have to have the bores cleaned up, if I should consider going to new pistons and rods and maybe a bump in compression ratio since I'm going to be using E-85 which can allow higher compression ratio or more boost. More boost = hotter air and I have this tiny little Cossie Intercooler. Higher compression and lower boost sounds like a good formula to me.
Here's video of a car with the same head I have, similar ECU setup, running E85, with 0.03 overbore and 9:1 compression ratio. Just jump ahead to 3 minutes or so if you don't want to sit there and watch it on a dyno for an hour. He has a massive intercooler too.




I'm fine with running stock bottom end though. Saves me time and money. I'll just turn up da boost!

So did you get a Bo-port stage 3 head?

At some point when you are out here you should take my car for a spin, it is pretty much what you are doing, but on 92. Lots of porting and good flow.

Grant,

Don't be too concerned with the added heat of cranking up zee boost.

one of the BIG benefits of E85, is it almost works as water/meth injection and really pulls ALOT of heat out of the intake charge, and combustion chamber. Another one of the reasons you can run more compression and more boost.


I know you've been around Subarus, and after a hard run you know when you pop the hood it's HOT....with just swapping to E85, you pop the hood on the car and it's just "warm".



Your "tiny" cossie intercooler is probably similarly sized to what i'm running on my rally car, and it says plenty cool.

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phlat65
So did you get a Bo-port stage 3 head?

Yeah. Stage 3 head, manifold, and 2.1 cam. New partnership between No Coast and Bo-Port.
Overkill? Yeah probably. But when I need to get a big turbo and big intercooler and get up near 500 hp, I won't have to think about what I need to do with the engine. I can hear John already in my head... Who's going to pay for all those tires? Why do you need that much power? I will and for hill climbs where you make money for a weekend of racing...

I'll stick with stock internals for now. Goal is 250ish reliable horsepower for now anyhow.

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NoCoast
I can hear John already in my head... Who's going to pay for all those tires? Why do you need that much power? I will and for hill climbs where you make money for a weekend of racing...

How about Dave?

"God damnit Grant...this is going to cost ME money too. BMW isn't even moving under its own power yet and I'm already having to look at how to keep up with your car. Afterall, I don't want to have to look at it out the windshield, a merkur dissappearing in the side mirrors is much easier to stomach since its smaller looking." :p

Dave

At my typical rate Dave you have two years before you even have to think about where the Merkur is at in the start order.
That's always been one beautiful thing about Merkurs. If your competition is hung over you can make them puke just by showing them your cars side profile...

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phlat65
So did you get a Bo-port stage 3 head?

Yeah. Stage 3 head, manifold, and 2.1 cam. New partnership between No Coast and Bo-Port.
Overkill? Yeah probably. But when I need to get a big turbo and big intercooler and get up near 500 hp, I won't have to think about what I need to do with the engine. I can hear John already in my head... Who's going to pay for all those tires? Why do you need that much power? I will and for hill climbs where you make money for a weekend of racing...

I'll stick with stock internals for now. Goal is 250ish reliable horsepower for now anyhow.

No Grant, you already in the "what---ever" category. You want to spend obscene money for no good reason, that's your business.
You have the 4.3 diff in the car?
Seems it would be a better place to spend money and time, but what the fawk do I know?

I have everything ready for it to go in the car, yes. No, it's not in the car yet. I have this obscene hope that maybe that rear beam that you've been working on for the last decade might someday see production. That and I still have to press out bushings and weld in the reinforcement kit to the rear beam. And chop and weld on new pickups to the STA's for the rear shocks on my spare set of STA's. And to do that I have to clean the crud and paint of the beam. Which means I either spend some time with a wire wheel or have it sandblasted somewhere. Neither of which I've gotten around to.
Plus, I'm a accumulate and assemble type. I'd rather have everything ready to go and just spend a few days putting everything together.
I'm going half time at work so there will be alot more time to work on side projects, though slightly less money. There's really only a few more things to accumulate before I'm ready to assemble anyhow.

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NoCoast
I have everything ready for it to go in the car, yes. No, it's not in the car yet. I have this obscene hope that maybe that rear beam that you've been working on for the last decade might someday see production. That and I still have to press out bushings and weld in the reinforcement kit to the rear beam. And chop and weld on new pickups to the STA's for the rear shocks on my spare set of STA's. And to do that I have to clean the crud and paint of the beam. Which means I either spend some time with a wire wheel or have it sandblasted somewhere. Neither of which I've gotten around to.
Plus, I'm a accumulate and assemble type. I'd rather have everything ready to go and just spend a few days putting everything together.
I'm going half time at work so there will be alot more time to work on side projects, though slightly less money. There's really only a few more things to accumulate before I'm ready to assemble anyhow.

There's 4 beams sitting in a pile in the garage.
We're hoping that Sean M will be our local victim since he's here and if we do his car we---William, me and him can all see and check everything is ready so the thing is complete and it can shipped----including all the nuts and bolts and everything so you don't complain all over that i didn't send a few common bolts.

Maybe I'll take a piccie.

There is a 2.3 head at
COLORADO ANTIQUE GALLERY
5501 S Broadway
Littleton, CO 80121
I saw it last Saturday. I have a 2 liter engine and only confirmed it was a 2.3.
It's complete. If you go look, turn left at the front desk and walk to the far wall. Check the booths along the wall it is hidden on the left of one of the booths.
The 2 liter is an antique not the 2.3 LOL

Nick

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Weird! What'd they want for it?
I should bring you this head and manifold i need to ship...

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We're hoping that Sean M will be our local victim since he's here and if we do his car we---William, me and him can all see and check everything is ready so the thing is complete and it can shipped----including all the nuts and bolts and everything so you don't complain all over that i didn't send a few common bolts.

Maybe I'll take a piccie.

Sweet! Pure awesome those will be.
I never complain about common bolts. But we have a good place for finding metric bolts and such and Mcmaster Carr is just a click away.

I did not see a price.
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phlat65
At some point when you are out here you should take my car for a spin, it is pretty much what you are doing, but on 92. Lots of porting and good flow.

I haven't gotten anything yet..
I'm spending too much time being discouraged, bored, and thrifty. Thrifty? Yeah, I hate spending money these days.



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CORE is fun. Should've just left it alone till it blew, saving $50 a week so you could just buy a new JY motor to drop in once that happened.

Have you learned nothing from my adventures with the Evo? Simple rules...and RWD with moderate power is worlds more entertaining than open light though maybe not as fast in some conditions. Did I mention CORE is fun:



Driving is the fun part - all the other stuff is discouraging, just need to get yourself past this hump, whether its spending time/money, but get past it quickly or you'll find yourself with a really long term project.

Dave