I've gone through all the vacuum the car has and couldn't find a leak. Instead I found that it was sucking water from the Vac Ball. I don't know how, but it was happening. The car idles smooth and has a steady 18-19 In. Hg at idle. I'm getting kind of excited. Coming to an end soon. With it running correctly and all the hoses replaced I decided to tackle the other stuff. The gauges are done now. I'm running blue LEDs in all of them. I also finished my Cossie grill. No it isn't just a hole cut into the stocker. It is the stock grill but fuberglassed to have the Cossie grill.
I bought this 85 Merkur for $760. It ran and drove, but the steering rack is bad as well as a tie rod end. I've since been fixing things and slowly getting things running better. Boost leaks galore were present but are gone. The turbo was supposed to be rebuilt, it seems to be tight. Rips loose rather easily once boost comes on. Still a few glitches to fix. I have a T5 swap underway and a custom autometer instrument cluster in the works too. Car has a large VAM and LA3 currently.
Ford 2.3 Turbo
Merkur and the SHO
My SHO, My Merkur, and my bros GST.
Best money I've spent in awhile
Thats my Garrett GT3076R, Stock size Garrett T3, and my IHI off the parts TurboCoupe.
the GTR will go on some variation of this motor one day.
