05-05-2005, 06:29 PM
They can be considered, sure - but a stock XR engine isn't going to be wonderful for thsi project. Espically not knowing the maintainace history. If maintained properly they are pretty durable and have a lot of power potential - however too long b/t oil changes, a few overheats, slightly off timing, any of which can drastically reduce the life of this engine.
Take $800, it would be much easier to swap in a good used t-bird V-8 than to get the inline 4 to equal potential. A turbo engine inherantly gets abused sometime in its life (and I predict more so than the T-bird V8, no stats to back that up though).
Take $800, it would be much easier to swap in a good used t-bird V-8 than to get the inline 4 to equal potential. A turbo engine inherantly gets abused sometime in its life (and I predict more so than the T-bird V8, no stats to back that up though).
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1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
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1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
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1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +