Here are just a few pics of my 2003 Mercury Marauder, I picked it up in September of 07 so I have done a few things so far. It was completely stock when I purchased it. Im planning on Supercharging the car next year so I purchased some mods that will help towards that cause.
Off the car dolley's and out to play :) Nice and low
Here is a picture of my stock wheels on the car, for stock they are one of the nicest I have seen.
Shorty after I purchased her and now
My "Under Construction" pic...
The first few things I did to my Marauder was 4% limo tint all around and Chrome TSW Nogaro's with Nitto 555's. The front wheels are 20X8.5 with 255/35/20's and the rear are 20X10 with 285/30/20's. These pics were taken before the car was lowered
An upclose shot of the wheels and the 285's from the rear.
Heres a pic of the 4.6L 4V with a tune up and 180* stat, colder plugs and a JLT intake and A LOT of cleaning!
Waiting to go on the Dyno for a base line
I dynoed the car stock at 5,300ft. and got 235rwhp and 245rwtq.
After all the mods the car dynoed 292rwhp and 284rwtq
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Here is the recient dyno video.
The Modding begins :) My buddy Jordan helped me do all the modding, thanks again Homie!
A electric water pump and Steeda Underdrives were installed and a PHP Intake spacer
The stock exhaust was ditched for Kooks long tubes, X-pipe and Magnaflow mufflers with 2.5" Stainless over the axle pipes to 4" tips. A deeper tranny pan was also installed for extra fluid capacity and better cooling.
Stock vs Kooks
Kooks set up
All of the parts installed on the engine finally, added a Optima Yellow Top with a aluminum bracket. I had to modify the original battery tray to make it work but it saved a lot of fab time to make something else up.
All the shocks around the car were replaced from Monroe with Severe Service up front, the car was also lowered about 1" up front and 3/4" in the rear. Addco front and rear sway bars were installed as well to firm up the ride a bit.
To help the car get moving a little quicker 4.10 gears were installed with 31 spline axles and a FRPP Trac-loc. A Trick Flow diff cover was installed as well.
I really like the look of blacked out cars so I put 3 coats of nite shades and 3 coats of clear on the taillights. I really like the way it turned out but most people think its a little too much... :-) I also got a Bob White decal kit for the Marauder dimples in the rear bumper, they are a reflective black vinyl so it really sticks out at night.
The stock gauges...
Here are some pictures that I took reciently of the Marauder, Thanks for checking it out...let me know what you think.
A work in progress
