Mercury Marauder Page
Shots of my 2003 double M! This is from 9/06/02 when I first got it.
The
shiny item on the wall is
Got here all cleaned up to use in a friend's wedding. Wouldn't you know it, it
started to rain heavily 10 minutes after I took this picture.
Added pinstripes to here. This is how Paul finished off the back end!!
Another shot before the rain!
I added this to her on 7/15/06. Much faster now.....
The supercharger setup is from
Trilogy Motorsports
in
Yes.. I drank the Trilogy Motorsports' Kool-AID. Celebrate the power.
I painted the blower parts black and my wife did the detail painting and the Kool-Aid man.
Other things that the Marauder has added to her since day one:
ADDCO front and rear swaybars
Metco rear CNC'd aluminum control arms
Ford Racing 4:10 gears
Gauges, Gauges Gauges all Autometer Ultra Lites
Snow Performance Methanol Injection
Granittelli Motorsports COPS ( ok spark plug wires...)
The Valve Covers are Powder coated as you see above.
B&M auxiliary trans cooler working with the stocker
Magnaflow 2 ˝ inch X pipe with cats and a complete 2 1/2 inch exhaust back to the stock tips with Magnaflow 18” mufflers
2004 Mustang Cobra Exhaust manifolds
Here are a few recent shots of the Marauder ( 12/18/07 )
I'm going to add a few more shots of some stuff I did to the Marauder. Just in case someone cares!
Here are the Gauge pods. In the lower pod, I used Autometer units. I have a water temp, a real oil pressure,
a matching volt meter and a trans temperature.
The water temp has a switch tied to it that allows me to switch between the sender in the upper rad hose and the sender in the intercooler coolant line.
The trans temp has a switch that goes between two senders, one for before the coolers and one for after the coolers.
I may change these switches over to black ones....
The pillar pod has the Boost gauge and the fuel pressure gauge. A switch located on the kick panel lets me turn the lights off on these gauges if I'd like to for night time.
I also installed a Snow Performance Methanol injection setup.
The spray nozzle is located in front of the throttle body on the K&N intake.
The pump is located in the drivers front fender well on the frame. I built a bracket for it. I mounted the tank in the engine compartment, building a bracket that mounts under the vacuum assist unit. The control module mounts in front of the air filter on the radiator support for easy adjustments.
I plan on relocating the battery to the trunk and making a stainless tank to put in the battery spot for more capacity for the alcohol setup.
On the dyno, using this as a simple “safety” factor for bad gas ( no special tuning, just more octane under boost) gave me 10ftlbs of torque!.
I also have a race only tune on my SCT tuner that uses the methanol to the max by bumping timing a bit for 30 plus hp more.
I installed an additional transmission cooler in the lower center of the car. It's a B&M unit rated for 20k.
The first shot is one of the temp senders in the cooler lines for my gauge setup.
I built my own Dead pedal for more driving comfort. The car should have come with one stock...
I've had that foot thing since I was about 17... finally used it!
My current exhaust is one done for me by
Mervine”s
Exhaust in Shillington ( outside of
They took a Magnaflow X pipe and modified it for me to fit on the '03 Mustang Cobra Manifolds I installed.
I
plan on having some long tube headers and a mandrel bent system installed. That
is if Todd at Grand Mufflers in
To install the Cobra manifolds I made an EGR adapter for the EGR tube. The original will not work, and finding someone willing to sell just the adapter is a bear...
even though they have one.
I used a 7/8 threaded rod coupler nut and two manifold adapters to make it.
My Miller XP130 MIG welder did the job.
The bottom pics show how the tube and factory adapter misalign. The other shot is the installed manifold painted with Eastwood high temp coating.
I
had my valve covers powder coated at Fisher's Metal Finishing on
610-372-4950
Actually,
these use to be Jim Lambert's covers from
I'll add more later, perhaps.
2/23/07
COMING SOON!
I moved the battery to the trunk of the Marauder.
I moved the air suspension compressor to the trunk.
I added some cold air ducts for the air cleaner.
I moved my Snow Performance Methanol pump to a new location.
I'm adding more Snow Performance items.
I have a special surprise for a methanol tank!!!
I replaced the rear bumper cover... added some support for the sag issues!
LED warning lights galore!
Very custom air box coming!
Brake upgrade... parts ordered.
Stainless Works full length headers on their way.
You can see some of this stuff here, too!
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