History...

2002--Bought this car used with 11,000 miles on it. Wanted a Mercury Marauder, but price was just out of reach for my budget.

Ocassional boat towing-- 16FT boat, about 1,500 lbs trailer & boat.

2005--Bilstein Shocks, Ceramic brake pads, B&M deep trans pan, Zach & Mac rear control arms.
Installed Mercury Marauder OEM rims & tires. Needed to reduce stud length & added H&R spacing adapters. Also added Ford fitted mud guards. Vast improvement in handling as well as looks...

Close up of turned wheel to see fit & adapter...

From the front view, you can see that they do not protrude out as much as the 2003 Marauder wheels...

Hit a large rock at the road edge once...Killed he the tire, but didn't damage the spacer or studs at all.

As of Aug. 2007:
Mercury Marauder DOHC engine swap
Paul's High Performance Cold Air Intake
SCT XCal2 & dyno tuned to 265 RWHP & 270RWTQ
Reinhart head Cooling Mod.
Reinhart Cobra Exhaust Manifolds
Bassani X-pipe, 2.5"
3000 Precision Industries Torque Conveter
Dynotech Driveshaft
4.10 gears
Limited Slip Rear

"Video link of Dyno Pull"

As of Dec. 2007:
Darrin's best built 4r75w trans (800hp max)
Mufflex installed 2.5" Stainless Works Tailpipes
Magnaflow mufflers, 2.5"
Innovative Interceptors OEM Marauder (Meg's) tips.

As of March 2008:"Gates Serpentine Racing Belt"

Napa Ceramix brake pads

As of April 2008: Updated tune 287 RWHP & 284 RWTQ

As of May 2008:
Metco Watts link assembly installed <--nice handling improvement.
Stainless Steel Braided brake lines--on order, still waiting.
Magnaflow Tru-X muffler, replacing X-pipe to reduce drone.
*Trans cooler
*trans external oil filtration
*BC4E dead pedal
*LED underhood lighting
*Blue Oval Chips Speedometer Calibrator

*=soon to be installed ---although warmer, seems to always rain :(!

July 26, 2008--First time down the 1/4, lots of fun! Best run was 13.987 Seconds @ 97.69MPH. Thanks NVMC for allowing me to join in on the fun!

Future mods--
Marauder or LSE seats (got any for sale?)
Addco anti-sway bars with Energy Suspension Bushings
Power adder in distant future. :)

"More DOHC engine swap photos & videos"

Check out my favorite links:

4.6L DOHC swap discussion

Built 4R70W Transmission discussion

Full Exhaust discussion