Brian and Bill discussed Ford trannies: The Ford Type 9 came in among others the Ford Sierra, known as the Merkur XR4Ti here in the states. It's not the same gearbox as a Borg-Warner T5, nfortunately.
Bill J I don't know Bill, When I looked up Merkur XR4Ti, they all referred to the BW T-5. And if you look up BW T-5 you find that it has been put into practically every thing on the planet (including a Chevy Chevette). I've decided to experiment with the things, bought a spitfire bellhousing off ebay to experiment with. Brian *** The Merkur used the European Ford Sierra body shell and a US derived drivetrain. The Merkur was powered by an intercooled version of the 2.3 turbocharged 4 cylinder also found in 84-85 SVO Mustangs and Thunderbird Turbocoupes. All the standard (manual) transimission versions that I know of used the Borg Warner T5. I don't know of anything in common between this drivetrain and the Sierras. IIRC they used the 1.6 kent or a 1.8 or 2.0 4 cylinder Pintos at first and later the CVH (? I forget what they call the damn things) and the usual Ford Europe 4 and 5 speeds. HTH Neil __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
