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merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 1:19 pm
by duncan1437
a few winter photos, some real, some not:

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some more very nice rafa cosworth photos for idle time viewing over the holidays:

http://forum.merkurclub.com/forum/viewt ... hilit=rafa

http://www.imgrum.net/user/rafacosworth/559068083

merry xmas/happy holidays everyone. i'm outta here, gotta get back to peeling potatoes for xmas dinner :)

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 3:55 pm
by DAReese
They're a blast to drive in the winter, assuming they haven't been lowered so that a snowflake or two bottoms you out. I won't drive mine more because of salt on the roads than because of the way it handles in the snow. Some good tires for winter and it handles so differently. Still would have a ground clearance problem though.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:20 pm
by andyofcolumbusmerkur
I tried to move my red car out of its parking spot and it only went a couple feet. Learned about 2.5 inches of snow is the limit. Nicer one doesn't go around in the winter time. Plus I took out the heater/ac stuff to discourage future owners after I'm dead.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:13 pm
by andyofcolumbusmerkur
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Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:08 pm
by duncan1437
my last RWD winter daily driver was a 1973 datsun 510. looked similar to this, but with cosmic wheels

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went to the scrap yard about 1981. all my subsequent RWD cars have been garaged from mid november to mid april.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:42 pm
by Matt01
I tried to take it around the block in the snow. it has summer tires, full suspension, it was useless, The rear tires just spun, I couldnt accelerate in the snow.

I would have to try it with snow tires, but Im really not interested in doing that.

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Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:57 pm
by In XS 7
Matt01 wrote:I tried to take it around the block in the snow. it has summer tires, full suspension, it was useless, The rear tires just spun, I couldnt accelerate in the snow.

I would have to try it with snow tires, but Im really not interested in doing that.

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Do you have an LSD or a stock open differential? Mine was like that with the stock differential but after I put the Eaton limited slip differential from mc2racing it can go on a heavy snow street with no problems at all and that with summer tires.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:10 pm
by Matt01
In XS 7 wrote:
Matt01 wrote:I tried to take it around the block in the snow. it has summer tires, full suspension, it was useless, The rear tires just spun, I couldnt accelerate in the snow.

I would have to try it with snow tires, but Im really not interested in doing that.

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Do you have an LSD or a stock open differential? Mine was like that with the stock differential but after I put the Eaton limited slip differential from mc2racing it can go on a heavy snow street with no problems at all and that with summer tires.
I also have the Eaton. Do you have performance tires?

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:01 am
by In XS 7
No, just cheap set of tires. :cheers

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:37 pm
by Matt01
In XS 7 wrote:No, just cheap set of tires. :cheers
i have 215 performance tires, i could drive sideways down the street after a snowfall, but actually getting up to 50-60 km/h and stopping, not down.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:23 pm
by $KRILLA
Moar pics

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:00 pm
by eaton53
In XS 7 wrote:No, just cheap set of tires. :cheers
I'm amazed you don't get stuck, but the weather lately has been more like Seattle than Kewanee.

Re: merkur-sierra winter photos

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:27 pm
by John Brennan
eaton53 wrote:
In XS 7 wrote:No, just cheap set of tires. :cheers
I'm amazed you don't get stuck, but the weather lately has been more like Seattle than Kewanee.
When I left Seattle a couple of weeks ago, it was covered in snow! Big winter in the PNW.

Solar Minimum FTW.