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Nice! That's what a few folks have done, seems to work pretty well.

Dangie wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:39 pm

dunhamr1 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:57 pm

Dangie,

Did you use any sort of Power Steering cooler? (selfishly asking as I prep my own car)

No, we actually removed the power steering altogether and looped the lines on the rack.

Dangie,

Did you use any sort of Power Steering cooler? (selfishly asking as I prep my own car)

Yep, we run an external oil cooler and remote filter. Ambient air temp was in the 70's and using Merkur Depot's FMIC/rad combo, we were running about 180 water and 230 oil. My fear was potentially blowing the head gasket and killing the weekend so we kept the boost down a bit. Good setup! No wonder...

timxr8 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:37 pm

The Focus actually has the same size master cylinder as the early XR, so there's no need to go to the "unobtanium" late model (~86.5+) XR master and booster.

And it really is unobtainium at this point...

We ran 10psi simply for longevity as the car was at WOT for 15-20 seconds at a time, 10 times per lap. Everyone that I've spoken to about endurance racing the turbo 2.3 is keep the boost at 10 or below and it should live. The car has all Powerflex bushings in the rear subframe and we spent a lot of...

Congrats on getting through it! Sometimes with those races that's the hardest part. 10psi isn't much, that's wastegate pressure (on a stock wastegate). If you have an intercooler, you're likely safe to bump that up to 15-18psi (Most use a Gillis manual boost valve). The lifting a wheel is likely due...

My 996 will be needing a clutch soon and will be "up" for a few weeks to a month as I do all the other items "while I'm in there." I have a big, beasty 4x4 f-250 that I can also turn to buts it's nearly impossible to park where I work and a bit tiring to driving regularly in the Baltimore/DC metro ...

Perhaps the beam mounts have shifted? The diff itself would not affect alignment since the CV joints in the axles would take up any Left/Right difference in position. Installing a bushing kit will likely/hopefully solve your issue.

For Simplicity and ease of installation, I would definitely go with the Merkur Depot kit while he's still got some in stock! He's also got a piping kit to go with it, no need to muck about if you don't need/want to. I personally am (going to be) using a Cosworth 2WD intercooler paired with a shorter...

Im talking about 2015 ecoboost mustang and my wastegate actuator is missing some pieces but its also froze in the housing at the turbo swing valve. I just cant wait to get my t-5 home getting turbo coupe t-5 with a mustang bellhousing next week I hope. It may be too wide, the Dodge SRT4 FMIC *barel...

I might look at using the fmic off one off of the mustang, since all I have to do is remove the one off my daily driver to see how to fit it in the Merkur. Still need to fix my turbo after I installed my new timing belt and got the engine correctly timed it went to 25 plus pounds....and then 2nd ge...

You should talk to Blugg (Jeff) at Merkur Parts Midwest http://merkurmidwest.com/, he'll have you covered.

OK, it looks like you have to be a paying member of MCA to post non-hosted images. Thank you for the link to the sticky. I will get something set up and get pics posted. Thanks for helping me out guys. Thought I was going crazy there for a minute. Imgur is quick and free and easy to use if you want...

PNA wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:54 pm

Northern California, Around the Bay Area.

Hmm, not sure. You might ask on the Facebook group ('Merkur Club of America') and see who's around, I know there's a few in NorCal.

Rapido DOES have them in stock, but they are spendy.. I've been working with Jeff at Merkur Parts Midwest to hopefully find a seal kit so that we can rebuild them ourselves. Also Mike O at Merkur Depot has indicated that he's working on a new adapter to mount a different master for the 88-89 booster...