
Have had this XR since 1993, not my first. I bought one new in Dec '85, had till '88 when I lost it in a divorce battle. Still kept the '67 Mustang GTA, '72 SpitFORD w/289v8, and a blown '80 Triumph TR8. So I traded the '67 towards a '89 Saleen. I've got a RS thread on FJ where it includes my FRS Clone as well as MerCossie. So I'm going to copy some stuff from there so bear with me if I duplicate once or twice and the Focus RS might be seen couple times too.
Going to see if I can find my '85 Merk pics somewhere..
The other RS is my '89 XR converting(always in progress) Sierra RS Cosworth. To start I've had one 85 XR brand new in '85, lost in a divorce in '88. Then in '93 bought a '89 XR for my girl friend(soon to be second wife).
She wanted a truck instead so after my '89 Saleen was stolen(found a week later-just the shell) I got her in a truck and took the '89 XR. Since I've had it I've overhauled the engine with Wiseco pistons, T3/4 turbo, custom inter cooler, big valve head, hefty roller cam, tube header, "3 exhaust with custom center outlet, rear disc to replace drums, Recaro's, Euro grill, head lights, RS front bumper (was sitting in dry storage for 24years), RS steering wheel, RS hood louvers, RS grill, RS rear wings, RS sway bars, Eibach springs, Koni Yellow, converted the C3 auto drive line to A4LD with medium stall converter.


This is how it looks before the RS bumper went on

Bought this off ebay for £540 was taken off a Sierra RS back in 1986 and was in dry storage

And this is after
