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Merkur 2.9/T9?

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wvonkessler

Folks:

I searched before this, my first post, to see if anybody had posted regarding this before. Does anyone know of anyone who has shoved the Merkur lump into an Alpine? V6 Jose, will your kit work with this engine, as it is a derivative of the 2.8, or is the head different necessitating different headers?

Thanks,

Wilson von Kessler
 
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V6 JOSE

Donation Time
Hi Wilson,

The 2.9 V6, although it is a derivitive of the 2.8 V6, will not fit. The heads have the exhaust ports evenly placed, and the rearmost port on the drivers side, sits exactly where the steering arm hits it. There would be no way to make a set of headers that would work on this particular application. There is no way to use this engine, unless you change the steering system of your stock Alpine. You would have to use a rack and pinion system, which would effectively ruin the fine Alpine steering.

Jose :)
 
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wvonkessler

Jose:

What about the T9? From what I have researched, it should bolt up to the 2.8. I'd rather not mod the tunnel for a T5 if I don't have to.

Thanks,

Wilson
 
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RootesRacer

Donation Time
wvonkessler said:
Jose:

What about the T9? From what I have researched, it should bolt up to the 2.8. I'd rather not mod the tunnel for a T5 if I don't have to.

Thanks,

Wilson
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The "Type 9" a ford transmission, not T9, which would suggest a borg warner lineage, was used in UK versions behind many ford cars, including the 2.8 and 2.9 cologne engines.

The first problem, and I may be wrong on this is that few if any scorpios came with the 5 speed, and the Type 9 was ONLY used up till 1988 since ford axed the Type 9 on Mekurs in favor of the T5.

Lastly, since few if any scorpios came with 5 speeds, the majority of Type 9 transmissions that are here in the US, actually came from 2.3 liter equipped XR4Ti running gear, which uses a different bell housing, and a shorter input shaft than the unit fitted to V6 vehicles, as well as having longer gear ratios more suited for 4 cyl engines.

The proper transmission is very easy to come by in the UK, but definitely hens teeth here.

Otherwise the Type 9 is a very nice transmission for medium power applications, and is much smaller than the T5.

HTH
 
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