DID THEY EVER DO A 2.0 LITRE XR4I??
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Originally Posted by Rab
Yes. The Mk2 XR4i was avaliable as an utterly gutless 2.0 DOHC ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
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Are you calling Pinto engines gutless as well
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Originally Posted by iansoutham
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Yes. The Mk2 XR4i was avaliable as an utterly gutless 2.0 DOHC ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
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Originally Posted by iansoutham
Originally Posted by Rab
Yes. The Mk2 XR4i was avaliable as an utterly gutless 2.0 DOHC ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
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Are you calling Pinto engines gutless as well
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Mate... I don't care what you think. I KNOW they're gutless.... For a fact. I've driven one. Slower than an Air Hostess doing quadratic equations
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Originally Posted by SapphyMike
there was also a 2.0 XR4x4! ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/shocked.gif)
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so in reality this xr4i 2.0 aint the real xr4i were used to
just cheapo xr4x4 lackin the x4
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Originally Posted by xr2i-carl
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there was also a 2.0 XR4x4! ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/shocked.gif)
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so in reality this xr4i 2.0 aint the real xr4i were used to
just cheapo xr4x4 lackin the x4
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errr
the Sierra GT was hat ws left in the parts bin
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Originally Posted by Rab
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Yes. The Mk2 XR4i was avaliable as an utterly gutless 2.0 DOHC ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
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Mate... I don't care what you think. I KNOW they're gutless.... For a fact. I've driven one. Slower than an Air Hostess doing quadratic equations
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You must just have driven a bad one. Don't tar them all with the same brush........
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Fair enough them mate. Maybe the one I drove was a lemon
Was ridiculously slow though...
I got overtaken by a Clio 1.2 going uphill
Fair enough them mate. Maybe the one I drove was a lemon
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Was ridiculously slow though...
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Originally Posted by Rab
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Fair enough them mate. Maybe the one I drove was a lemon
Was ridiculously slow though...
I got overtaken by a Clio 1.2 going uphill ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
Fair enough them mate. Maybe the one I drove was a lemon
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Was ridiculously slow though...
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must've been belled - mine was quite nippy when i had it - it was my first car though.. lol
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Originally Posted by iansoutham
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Yes. The Mk2 XR4i was avaliable as an utterly gutless 2.0 DOHC ![Top](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile011.gif)
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Mate... I don't care what you think. I KNOW they're gutless.... For a fact. I've driven one. Slower than an Air Hostess doing quadratic equations
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cat 2wd and a 4x4 with Catalyst and can show you probably over 80 other people who have them as well. They are quicker than Pinto and CVH-powered ones and slower than 2.9 V6 and Cossies.
You must just have driven a bad one. Don't tar them all with the same brush........
they are gutless to a 300bhp cossie
and there rapid to a 1.4 fiesta
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Originally Posted by marco polo
yes i think they did but im sure it was a 4wd xr4x4 and it would not pull the skin of a rice pudding slow as fook
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My old man bought a 2.0i GLX
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Originally Posted by Rab
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yes i think they did but im sure it was a 4wd xr4x4 and it would not pull the skin of a rice pudding slow as fook
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yes may be in mk2 shape but defo not in the mk1 shape as they were all 2.8i
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Originally Posted by marco polo
Originally Posted by Rab
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yes i think they did but im sure it was a 4wd xr4x4 and it would not pull the skin of a rice pudding slow as fook
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My old man bought a 2.0i GLX
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yes may be in mk2 shape but defo not in the mk1 shape as they were all 2.8i
And didn't have the spoiler that the 4i's had
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I had a mk1 xr4i, rebuilt engine different cam slightly modded heads(dry fuel) and it was slow, had it after got rid of my 2.1 pinto automatic, which was way faster.
My dad has a xr4i just right with a V8 just seems the natural choice, looks real at home in the engine bay.
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My dad has a xr4i just right with a V8 just seems the natural choice, looks real at home in the engine bay.
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Originally Posted by tabetha
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My dad has a xr4i just right with a V8 just seems the natural choice, looks real at home in the engine bay.
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My dad has a xr4i just right with a V8 just seems the natural choice, looks real at home in the engine bay.
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and a 5-litre V8 - called the XR8
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Yes there was more than one XR4i. Back in 84 there was only one - the three door bi-spoiler one!
In 89 with the launch of the I4 DOHC engine Ford in their marketing wisdom chose to 'muddy the waters' with not one but three XR models!!!
Top dog was the XR4x4 with the 2.9iV6 engine , with four wheel drive next the XR4x4 with the 2.0 litre I4 DOHC engine with four wheel drive and then the base model the XR4i in two wheel drive only and all 5 door hatches.. The only way to distinguish a V6 engined one was by the fact it had the 4 spoke alloys where the 4x4 2.0i had a different style and the 4i was on steels with GLS type wheel trims . The XR4i was the same specs as the GLS but with the painted XR4x4 type rear spoiler which on the GLS was plain black
Just to add more confusion the 4i and the 2.0i 4x4 were sold as 3 door hatches and not 5 door in many European countries from 88- 91!!!
In 89 with the launch of the I4 DOHC engine Ford in their marketing wisdom chose to 'muddy the waters' with not one but three XR models!!!
Top dog was the XR4x4 with the 2.9iV6 engine , with four wheel drive next the XR4x4 with the 2.0 litre I4 DOHC engine with four wheel drive and then the base model the XR4i in two wheel drive only and all 5 door hatches.. The only way to distinguish a V6 engined one was by the fact it had the 4 spoke alloys where the 4x4 2.0i had a different style and the 4i was on steels with GLS type wheel trims . The XR4i was the same specs as the GLS but with the painted XR4x4 type rear spoiler which on the GLS was plain black
Just to add more confusion the 4i and the 2.0i 4x4 were sold as 3 door hatches and not 5 door in many European countries from 88- 91!!!
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there was no way to distingish between the 2.9 and the 2.0 xr4x4's, they all had the same stuff other than engine's (and bits of the gearbox and different diff ratios and exhaust but you know what i mean)
the dohc xr4i had a blue pin stripe in the bumpers to distingish it from everthign else, thats it, otherwise it was a ghia spec
with alloys
the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
and they are pretty qwuick for what they are, mainly down to the diff ratio's which give them a fairly spurty bit of speed off the line
the dohc xr4i had a blue pin stripe in the bumpers to distingish it from everthign else, thats it, otherwise it was a ghia spec
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the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
and they are pretty qwuick for what they are, mainly down to the diff ratio's which give them a fairly spurty bit of speed off the line
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side by side there isn't a lot in it off the line
but once you are going, there isn't really much to compare, the V6 generates enough torque to stay in 5th while the dohc needs to work the gears to keep up (trust me, been there, done that, 5th gear around roundabouts on slip roads, motorways etc, only had to change gear initially when we set off, then when we got the destination and this was in a bogo standard 2.9 4x4 estate with a slightly breathed upon 2.0 estate behind)
for sure they both used the same amount of juice, but the dohc used more trying to keep up, if the same journey had been done at a less frantic pace i'm sure it would have been much better
and talking of dohc fuel economy, 132 miles, 8.06 litres of fuel
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but once you are going, there isn't really much to compare, the V6 generates enough torque to stay in 5th while the dohc needs to work the gears to keep up (trust me, been there, done that, 5th gear around roundabouts on slip roads, motorways etc, only had to change gear initially when we set off, then when we got the destination and this was in a bogo standard 2.9 4x4 estate with a slightly breathed upon 2.0 estate behind)
for sure they both used the same amount of juice, but the dohc used more trying to keep up, if the same journey had been done at a less frantic pace i'm sure it would have been much better
and talking of dohc fuel economy, 132 miles, 8.06 litres of fuel
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Originally Posted by dojj
the dohc xr4i had a blue pin stripe in the bumpers to distingish it from everthign else, thats it, otherwise it was a ghia spec
with alloys
the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
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the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
With the colour of the inserts for the body mouldings - certain colourways had a choice of black, blue or red and could be chosen at ordering time it was usually the alloys wheels that gave the clue to what engine was under the bonnet - but some used to pay the dealer to swap the alloys from the 2.0i for the V6 ones anyway so as you say difficult to say which 4x4 was the 'vee' or not!
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ive driven both the 2.0 xr4x4 and the 2.9 and tbh there is not alot in it i thought.think the 2.9 just sounds like your going quicker but in reality you aint
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Originally Posted by Tee from China
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the dohc xr4i had a blue pin stripe in the bumpers to distingish it from everthign else, thats it, otherwise it was a ghia spec
with alloys
the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
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the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
With the colour of the inserts for the body mouldings - certain colourways had a choice of black, blue or red and could be chosen at ordering time it was usually the alloys wheels that gave the clue to what engine was under the bonnet - but some used to pay the dealer to swap the alloys from the 2.0i for the V6 ones anyway so as you say difficult to say which 4x4 was the 'vee' or not!
you ain't making sense there mr
the dohc xr4i had blue stripes in the bumpers and side trim, that's all there was to differentiate it from the ghia other than the alloys
other wise it was all ghia inside including 4 leccy windows and aws in the centre console
same with the saphs and the estate, they were badged ghia's but had basicly the same top of the line set up as the xr's but without the names
the ghia 4x4's had ghia alloys and the xr 4x4's had the xr alloys up until a point, but there was never a 2.0 alloy and a 2.9 alloy, and when they went to the 92 spec cars, they all got the same 15 inch alloys across the range no matter the body style
also, there were 3 xr4x4 estates registered so they were inculded in the range
unles you are on about the early 2.8 ghia estate, which were much more plush than the xr's of that era
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and talking of dohc fuel economy, 132 miles, 8.06 litres of fuel
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Im sorry but your talking out of your arse
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and the ecomony of my engine has been fairly well documented in the past when it was up and running, 440 motorway miles at around 80 mph with a bit of town driving in it for 38 litres, not bad, and considering i was 3 up as well = 52.5 mpg and that wasn't me filling up, it was my mate who needed a lift who can verify that for you
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Only Mk1s should be called XR4is
And yes they did
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And yes they did
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Seriously tho, it shared nothing akin with the previous XR4i's, other than it was RWD, which all Sierra's were (except the 4x4's obviously). The XR4x4 was a continuation of the original XR4i in as far as taking it's 2.8 V6 lump, then evolving it into the 2.9.... 4x4 was added to "improve" on the 4i's original set up....
The mk2 4i was a waste of space and only a marketing exercise really.... And it didn't really sell that much so a bit of a wasted marketing exercise IMO......