this engine, as alluded above, also came in the mustang svo, ford thunderbird turbo coupe, and turbo cougar. it is a variant of the 2.3 engine used in the pinto, and 4 cylinder ranger pickups for many, many years. contrary to the posts above, drivetrain parts for this car are indeed very very cheap and common. i have never owned an xr4ti, but i have had plenty of thunderbird turbo's from my early more formative years. 2 '83's, 1 '84, 2 '85's, 2 '87's and an '88.
there is nothing about this car that has anything to do with bmw except by association ford put the bmw m21 diesel engine is some lincoln mark 7's. thats it.
i guess they are kind of cool looking. i personally feel like i grew out of these and graduated to e30's. somehow to me they are a step down in a lot of ways. my later turbo coupes( 87 and 88 ) had an active sport suspension, but even so, they still felt like the typical american heavy, riding on top of a marshmallow sort of thing. stupid solid rear axle. i like e30's because the feel light but solid and handle like you can throw them around on rails
another cheap ford with some really cool attributes would be the lincoln mark 8. the airbag suspensions go to shit after about 100k miles, they only come in automatics, but they come with a really awesome 300hp twin cam 32v 4.6 liter v8 and an independent rear suspension similar to a bmw e34. my 90 year old grandma had one when she was in her 70's
there is nothing about this car that has anything to do with bmw except by association ford put the bmw m21 diesel engine is some lincoln mark 7's. thats it.
i guess they are kind of cool looking. i personally feel like i grew out of these and graduated to e30's. somehow to me they are a step down in a lot of ways. my later turbo coupes( 87 and 88 ) had an active sport suspension, but even so, they still felt like the typical american heavy, riding on top of a marshmallow sort of thing. stupid solid rear axle. i like e30's because the feel light but solid and handle like you can throw them around on rails
another cheap ford with some really cool attributes would be the lincoln mark 8. the airbag suspensions go to shit after about 100k miles, they only come in automatics, but they come with a really awesome 300hp twin cam 32v 4.6 liter v8 and an independent rear suspension similar to a bmw e34. my 90 year old grandma had one when she was in her 70's
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