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Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
1985 Merkur XR4TI - $15,000
Spent the last three years building. Has successfully completed Rally Colorado, two hill climbs and three testing days and one rally cross with little to no problems. Never missed a competion run at the hill climbs and never failed to complete a run. Hate to sell but life is catching up to me. Between working full time , grad school, and having way to much debt at the moment I realistically can’t be racing rally cars. I’m also a little tired of eating peanut butter and crackers as many of my meals because I’m always broke. I've invested nearly $30K into building the car, not to mention hundreds and hundreds of hours of prep time/labor. I hate to part with it, especially at such a loss and as it's so close to being really, really cool. I built this car with the intention of having something fun and RWD that I could learn on, but would be fully capable of winning 2WD at any event in the nation. It's definitely there or really close right now as it sits. A little bit of work on the head and an ECU upgrade and it’d be well over 300 hp to the wheels. Reliably. Anyhow, here's the full specs. Drivetrain/Cooling/Steering: Ford 2.3T engine Stock head Rotated and ported upper intake Relocated alternator and upgrade to 3G serpentine drive Upgrade power steering system with remote reservoir and large Setrab cooler Cossie Intercooler and all 2.5" mandrel bent plumbing Large Setrab oil cooler 50 mm thick aluminum radiator Dual 11" 1300cfm Spal puller fans Bailey Motorsports Swirl Pot Bailey Motorsports header/expansion tank All Samco or Hose Techniques silicone hoses for cooling, vacuum, and intercooler plumbing. Bailey Motorsports Venturi Dump Valve Upgrade 0.63 AR T3 turbocharger Remote oil filter with oil line to turbo right after filter. AN hose almost everywhere KN cone filter Oil pressure and temp, EGT, water temp, and voltmeter VDO gauges 3" turbo back exhaust with 3" high flow cat comes with car. Flex pipe and v-band at end of downpipe for ease of removal. Ford Motorsports M7003Z aftermarket, close ratio T5 transmission with steel bearing retainer. Godfrey adjustable clutch quadrant Clutchnet 6 puck race clutch with stock pressure plate Fidanza 9 lb aluminum flywheel Welded stock rear differential New halfshafts w/ two additional new ones for spares New wheel bearings all around before Rally Colorado Brakes: Demon Tweeks adjustable dual master cylinder pedal box. Reinforced firewall. JVAB custom fronts with Wilwood FBSL 4X1.625 calipers on 283mm X 1.25" rotors and aluminum hats. TCE custom rears with 11" X 0.81" rotors on aluminum hats and Wilwood NDL 4X1.125 calipers K-sport Hydraulic Handbrake Every line is teflon braided stainless steel. No hard lines left in the car The braking system is nearly identical to the Sierra Cosworth WRC cars and the car stops like a rock star and braking feels amazing. Suspension: JVAB 41 mm Bilstein fronts, 50 mm Bilstein rears MC2Racing nylon bushings on rear trailing arms. Powerflex poly rear beam bushings MC2Racing aluminum diff mount with poly bushes Powerflex front TCA inner bushings Compbrake compression struts in front Exterior: VW Jetta bumper conversion NACS Cossie RS500 rear whale tail and front grill Euro spec glass headlamps Freshly painted Sparco mudflaps Euro style rear windows with lexan all around Large and well built 6061 skidplate Fuel lines and pump/filter protected Pin stand slots in front and rear of car Car cover Wheels and tires 6 - Compomotive 15X7 et 35 with Yokohama gravel tires. Tire all used but fairly decent still 4 - Compomotive 15X6 et 25 with Michelin gravel tires. Total of 10 Michelin tires for fronts, all used but still pretty good. Interior: Custom built FIA 2007 spec roll cage with all required bars and gussets plus a few extra Sparco Pro 2000 and Rev Plus seats Sabelt lightweight 5 point harnesses Fully flocked dashboard Momo steering wheel Custom gauge pack Optima yellow top battery with 150 amp fuse on ground in cool Tim Taylor battery mount, sitting behind codrivers seat Spares/extras: Halfshafts, rear STAs, rear tranny housing, front hubs/uprights, full set of M14 race studs and nuts to upgrade from M12, both serpentine belts, a bunch of random sensors, relays, etc., two Supra clutch type LSD differentials with 4.3 final drive ratios and the JVAB adapters to go to Merkur halfshafts (JVAB is in process of building custom stronger rear beams to use these diffs), lots of brake fittings and some other random AN fittings and hose. T3 turbo, 3G alternator, spare bracket for alternator Tools: Harbor Freight 35.5" lift height super jack (awesome for using tall pin stands) Correct sized socket for the stub shafts through the wheel bearing carriers (41 mm or something huge like that) 
Grant Hughes |
John Lane Infallible Moderator Location: Lynden Washington Join Date: 01/14/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 725 Rally Car: The Fire Breathing Monster |
Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
You will.
 Grant Hughes |
John Lane Infallible Moderator Location: Lynden Washington Join Date: 01/14/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 725 Rally Car: The Fire Breathing Monster |
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