howie1989

Hey what do you thinly xr2i s because Im thinking of purchasing one and using it as a daily till i have my mk3 capri back then prepping it and moding it for
tin tops race class

Alps Pacino

there fucking dog turd, they were when they 1st came out and still are 10 years later

Joshy

any peticular reason?

i happen to think for 500 quid they make a great base for a project and cheap racing. But they understeer, have flimsy shells and the CVH in N/A form is not great value to tune.

Slaney21

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had 3 and loved all of them. So what that they may be slow and not have xxxbhp big fat turbo and look at my piss poor cambered vetec yo! compared to todays standards but it was always special driving one about as there are hardly any on the roads nowadays. Only gripe i found was the insurance group.

Considering another one or an xr2 late this year or next.

Alps Pacino

vtec you and todays standards lol

Crx vtec was made in exactly the same year as a xr2i had 50bhp more double wishbne suspension and the motors would do 200k plus miles with no problems at all. Infact i think i'd rather have any other small car of the same sort from any other manufacturer, corsa gsi, swift gti so on so on

Just highlights how wank they actually are really doesnt it

1.9 xr2 on 40's

they rot like fuck but if its clean a good shock set will get it riding better and you can zetec or frst easy as pie
they are cheap but worth looking at a frst as they may be better conition with all teh toys already

i dont mind a 2i, they were the shed of choice for many years and dont really go wrong

1.9 xr2 on 40's

stop living in the past
the youngest one is 17 years old

lol

Alps Pacino

you know what i meant lol.

Te daft thing is the xr2 was pretty cool and still is where are the xr2i was just dog turd. Who do you know or ever knew that aspired to own an xr2i even years ago?

tommytwotanks

if you can find a non rust bucket, that's in reasonable nic and not on the HPI register, they have the reputation of being thrashed and crashed or stolen and crashed, one or two on ebay recently that need a bit of work

howie1989

Im hopefully looking at a grey one that's been used as a daily on by a member on here any ways the cvh will be lost and replaced with something specal but Im keeping quite so it's different to other ones out there. All i kinda want at the mo from it is a good run around that's a bit of a laugh to drive

tommytwotanks

not this one is it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

tommytwotanks

but i prefer this one


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

howie1989

None of them so Thats lucky for me some reason i like the grey the one Im being offered has pma fan type wheels. What would you think of st24 alloys on one?

Oranoco

Really enjoyed my old one and was gutted when it got written off. Fab cars, loads of fun and so many options of things to do.

This is my old one as featured in PF (2 weeks after shoot the car was totalled )

Fordmad!

Personally I like, cheap and fun!!

dazoriginal

i prefer the xr2i i6v tbh

howie1989

But the 16v.are 1.8 i need a 8v for the race series i want to enter for some fun
that xr2i is really nice

mk1trb

8v's are soooooooooooooooooooo shit, i have a 16v and its so much more refined. they use to run a xr2i championship so cant handle that bad, well mine dont.

mk1trb

oh and like most fords at the momednt massively over priced

howie1989

The cvh isn't gonna be my engine of choice 4 race but for class it can't be above 1.6

Glenn_

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I like them and would have one.

essexRSTSouthend

i remember this :-p

ROB7656

bought one a few years back for 300 notes taxed n tested, used to chuck oil out the breather so i routed it to a catch tank, when the tank was full i would pour it back in the oil filler cap, couldnt kill it for trying and had some fun with it along the way untill i scrapped it when the tax was up..was a 1.8 16v

good cars imo

B19 JUB

i love my little xr2i for the looks,love it more for the chattering turbo lump i have lol.little pocket fun cars i feel.

steviesnutz

well had mine 9 years, a 1.8 16v 92 lowered last two,years with the usuall 2l mods , maf cams ecu and my local mot guy guy puts it through as a 91 engine so i could de-cat it its pretty bulletproof 130k on it now, a light wee car and a whole load of fun still can get cheap spares off e-bay , body/chassis rust is a worry as it is getting on a bit so have a good look at the front of sillls/chassis/floor area for rust.

Matt Lewis

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I had the 8v and 16v back in the day loved them both

massivewangers

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Good, cheap fun I think. I love MK3s, and think the XR/RS models look awesome.

As for the comments above about how shit they are; was the CRX even in the same class? Were they direct competitors? As for saying it's shit compared to the Corsa GSI, well, that's very interesting, but the Corsa GSI was the top of the range Corsa, the XR2i wasn't. The GSI was pitched against the RS1800 was it not? As the XR2i was just about at the end of it's 16v period when the GSI came out, and the RS1800 was the top of the range Fiesta.

Not the best car out there, but there's something about them I like.

Alps Pacino

there wank end of

massivewangers

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You create such a balanced, well-constructed arguement

Alps Pacino

i cant be arsed arguing over a out dated car that was shite when it first came out and is still shite now.

The 1.6 ones were dreadfully slow and the 1.8 16 ones were still shit slow.

About 10 years ago when the lads were 18 19 and these cars were still relitivly new and affordable i dont know anyone that would even consider 1 as a car cause as i said above there wank.

A more constructed argument would be
engine wank
brakes wank
bodywork wank and rot like fuck
performance wank
reliability wank
interior wank
you getting where i am going with this? there wank lol

Neil@FastFord

They are not for me.

If you must.

go for a 16V one, RS1800 or RS Turbo.

The XR2i are not great as standard IMO.

Alps Pacino

very suttle way of saying there wank there lol

massivewangers

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Look at their direct competition though?

Nova GTE/GSI? Power about the same, still rot like fuck, equally nasty interior and don't handle well?

Polo GT? Tiny engine, better built, but not really a looker.

205 1.6 GTI - class of the field here to drive, but not exactly solidly built. Best car in the group of course.

AX GT? Erm, tin foil anyone? Good performer, but shocking build, and never really very popular.

To get distinctly better cars, you have to go up a notch, Polo G40, 205 1.9 GTI, R5 GTT etc, but they were comparible to the RS Turbo/RS1800, so doesn't really apply, that's a whole different arguement.

I'm not saying it was an amazing car by any means, was kind of just in the mix amongst most of it's competitors, i.e. totally in the shadow of the 205 GTI. I don't quite see any strength in your arguement however.

Joshy

were you violated in an XR2i as a kid?

i only ask because you have a chronic and downright blinckered view towards them.

of course you have your opinion, but you gave that when you replyied in your first comment. why the need to protest and preach about how shit they are when others are just stating that they find their examples enjoyable to own???

vaughant

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Nova/Corsa gsi would piss all over an xr2i in near enough every category,better engine,better looking,better handling and rot 1/2 as much.
I owned an xr2i back in 1998 and loved it,it was solid but had a lot sensor problems,fusebox,lower arms so on and so forth.
Mine was lowered on brand new 15" alloys and handled well,bit lacking in power though but a diesel box gave it great top end!!!
Not a bad car and I always liked the look of them myself,tough motors too but cvh is poor now in this day and age although by the looks of things your changing that anyway.
As said above,gone silly money now,they were always an el cheapo rotbox like the 3i but IMO just a little classier,3i's were the chav car of that era yet now are worth stupid money for a clean one!!!
I can't imagine how disappointed someone would be paying Ł2-3k for a mk4 xr3i no matter how mint it was!!!

Alps Pacino

cause i can, and cause i like watching peopel bite.

The same could be said for the people arguing with me that they are a decnent little car when fact is there wank hahahahaha

vaughant

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I'd guess alps is around my age as they were considered pretty wank cars back in the day,just like the xr3i's,I mean compare that to a 2.0litre astra gte,which was direct competition to the 3i,it had pas,elec everything,digi dash,rotted less,went a million times better,handled comparatively and was just as reliable.
Even a standard rst wasn't anything special back then,although the same bhp as a pug 1.9,the pug would maul it,and if you went near the twists that was that.
An ax gt would outperform an xr2i in every area as well,they went ok tbh and handled great.
Interior was utter toss though.

Lambchop

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XR2i is total wank as Alps says. They were never cool EVER! Same as most XR's

Alps Pacino

Fuck me people agreeing with me, well on that note i'm off to me bunk for a uick ham shank, shower and bed lol

On a side note the sheer volume of xr2i owners on this ford forum speaks for itself really doesnt it lol.

Alps Pacino

How old are you i'm 28, when i was a nipper everyone wanted a nova sr or gte/gsi if your mam was rich lol I had a ax gt which was actually better and quicker than me mates novas including the gte/gsi's which pissed them off lol.

Then when you wanted a secnd car which an xr2i would fall into the price bracket and category it didnt even get considered by anyone. Poeple then bought rs turbo's, astra gte's, mk2 golf gti's etc and as Lamb says they were never cool EVER and never will be.