Modified Mustangs & Fords (Marauder Exhaust Article)

[ctrlraven]

http://www.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/engine/mdmp_0904_2003_mercury_maraude r_exhaust_install/viewall.html

[Vortech347]

Holy **** the car picked up 46rwhp.

Wonder what the cost was.

[johnnyrauder]

tip of the iceburg for mods.

[bolsen]

Is this for real?

[Mike M]

That is a great magazine, I subscribe.

[mgmsleeper]

So was it the X-Pipe?

[prchrman]

if I read it correctly it was mostly tune...stock 234/254, with exhaust only 247/260, with tune 275/301, with tweaked tune 280/310. Exhaust only netted 13/6. Mine without exhaust mods is 275/303 so maybe about single digits (5/7) for exhaust on hp and torque. Maybe more difference as mine has 4.10s also.

[ctrlraven]

Every car is such slightly different from the rest when it comes to how they react to mods.

I bet the car could of picked up more on the exhaust if the piping had been mandrel bent instead of the crush bent. It looks like the mid-pipe was a generic general one as well and not created with what kind of vehicle it would be going on as well.

I thought it was a pretty interesting article which is why I had to post it up.

[DEFYANT]

Should have changed the over axle pipes too! I ran my OEMs for a long time and tolerated the noise. Big change when they were redone. And the welds look crappy any way!

[Mebot]

Nice article I like how they actually explained and took pictures at every step

[92BlackGT]

hmm, advised against putting in headers? weird