2003 MERCURY MARAUDER 300A
Build Date
5/31/02
Sequence#
#363 of 7839 Black Marauders
Dyno tested power
450 RWHP & 405 RWTQ on 93 octane
Best 1/4 mile time to date
12.456@109mph
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I used a Scotch Brite pad and some Super Clean
2003 Black/Light Flint MM, PROCHARGER D1SC#30, 4.10 GEARS, REAR COOLING MOD, ZACK BIG BRAKE KIT, 3500 STALL, WIDENED REAR WHEELS.
1993 MUSTANG LX HATCH, 347 STROKER, 3.73 GEARS, TUBULAR K MEMBER, TKO 3550 TRANNY, AEROSPACE DUAL PISTON BREAKS.
Dawn dish soap is a surprisingly good degreaser useful for many cleanups and mild enough that it is always safe to try first on almost anything. Oh yeah and cheap.![]()
2004 Silver Birch
K and N intake, Lidio Tune, 4:10's, Rear Cat Delete, Megs Res delete tips, Flow masters, drilled slotted rotors, Lip spoiler, Colex Gods Head Emblems, Bob White Inserts, Marauder sill plates, Nitto's Extreme 555's, heated seats, sunroof .
My idea of chopping toilet brushes and chucking in my drill worked ok, but the bristles were really not firm enough to do what I could do with elbow grease and a green scrub pad. Also, the longer I left the handle, the more wobbly it got. I will continue my R&D with stiffer, shorter brushes. I did have to take a wire wheel to the center back of the wheel to clean off the rust from the rotors.
As for removing the wheel weights and adhesive, I used a dull paint scraper to get off most of the gunk, then quick squirts of Zippo fluid then more green scrub pad. At this point, the cleanest part of the inside of the wheel is the spots where the old wheel weights used to be.
Thanks all for the advice!
03 300A Black 1719/7839
Current mods: FRP 4.10s, DR 93 Octane & shift tune, 8-clutch stock diff rebuild, bald tires
Wish list: Eaton M112 kit and/or get bored and stroke it to a 5.0L
Don't let friends drive stockers:
If you want to make them really nice , then get some wet/dry sandpaper in varying coarseness from like 320 grit up to 600 or 800 grit and wet sand them with rougher then finer grits and then use aluminum polish..it'll be a dirty process but they would shine up.
Might be able to try some auto polishing compound as well, it has grit in it to cut thru very oxidized paint so might work on inside of wheels, don't use it on the clearcoat side.
2004 SB Ported Trilogy 48
Has supporting mods and stuff
Thanks to Marty O for his help in updating this car.
R.I.P.
Rex "SC Cheesehead"
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