How the best race cars are truly built (1987 Merkur XR4TI)
I decided to go out and help the 200* Degrees guys work on the race car, I could not help but shoot a video because they are so rare and no one really knows what they are. For the spec's it is your average bolts ons and top end, full specs will come out soon. The car is a 1987 Merkur XR4TI dressed up to sierra Cosworth spec, with the accepction of the DOHC 2.0L, but i assure you the car pulls just as a Cosworth would and for that there will be a video once the car is up and running again.
About Merkur
Merkur (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈkuːɐ̯], Mercury) was a North American brand of automobiles marketed by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company for model years 1985–1989. Drawing its name from the German word for Mercury, Merkur, the brand targeted buyers of European executive cars, marketing two captive import models manufactured by Ford of Europe's German division. Following the 1989 model year, Lincoln-Mercury withdrew Merkur, making it one of the most short-lived automotive bran...
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