sailsmen
12-12-2015, 09:10 AM
I went to the fancy coffee shop this morning where import car clubs frequently meet.
I noticed there were all these Porsches lined up, red, black, green, yellow, blue, every color.
I went inside and the wheels in my head began to turn. Upon leaving the fancy coffee shop I noticed the Porsche Club members were all being very Porschey with their hands in their pockets listening to a member.
No doubt Dr. Porsche was instructing how raising the drivers front tire pressure from 37lbs to 38.25lbs would offset the drivers wt of 156lbs.,.....
So I fire up the Marauder and make a circle around them. I can't help but notice I have all their attention so I make an encore with a second circle around them.
Now is the moment to give them a lesson from Mr. Ford, I lite up the tires and they all stand at attention. Achtung! Achtung! Achtung!
One of the Greatest Post on MM.Net, copied from Member Pacammer.
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Can a Marauder hold its own on the track with a Lamborgini?
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To make a short story long I own an 04 DTR Marauder. It has had all the Dennis, Zack/Mac majic done to it. In the past 2 years it has won 3rd then 2nd place in the All Ford Nationals at Carlisle, PA.
I am a member of the Eastern Pantera Club. We co sponsor a track event at Pocono International Raceway yearly with various other Italian Car Clubs such as Lamborgini, Maserati, and Ferrari. Since my Pantera is in pieces I asked and was permitted to bring the Marauder to the track to run. As I stated in a post a while back I am not a drag racer. I use my car every day and in the snow so I opted for a centrifigul vs. roots type supercharger. I have not changed my rear end ratio. I do however like to run in track events.
Well I lined up to run with 19 other cars, all newer model Italian high performance exotic cars. We run NASCAR wise, counter clockwise. We used turn 1, turn 2, then an infield course that has a 270, three 90's, two 75 degree turns and a chicane, then we enter back onto the main staight with 2/3 of that straight available before turn 1.
Well boys and girls I have to tell you after 5 laps everyone in attendance was looking at this Canadian maufactured, Dearborn Sedan. It ate cars like it was at an Italian buffet. Not only did the Marauder hold it's own on the banked turns it passed most and stayed with the best of them in the infield. Comming out of the infield onto the main straight I devoured them. The available touque was awsome. I ran with the antilock brakes and overdrive off. Down the straight going into turn one, 135 mph+ easy. 130 mph+ into turn 2 and an average speed through the infield of 60+ mph.
The transmission mods worked great, that baby knew when to down shift upon hard braking. The supercharger spun up smoothly so the ass end never kicked out. Dennis's total package and the Zack/Mac control arms worked flawlessly.
After I came off the track nearly everone came over to see the car. Most of these folks told me they thought it was a joke putting the DTR on the track against these 6 figure cars. On day two I repeated the same results. No fluke.
A lot of exotic car owners have a new found respect for our "Family Sedans / Cop Cars". Needless to say I had a blast.
Sorry for the long story but I just had to brag a little. Enjoy your Marauders they are all special.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...hlight=pantera
I noticed there were all these Porsches lined up, red, black, green, yellow, blue, every color.
I went inside and the wheels in my head began to turn. Upon leaving the fancy coffee shop I noticed the Porsche Club members were all being very Porschey with their hands in their pockets listening to a member.
No doubt Dr. Porsche was instructing how raising the drivers front tire pressure from 37lbs to 38.25lbs would offset the drivers wt of 156lbs.,.....
So I fire up the Marauder and make a circle around them. I can't help but notice I have all their attention so I make an encore with a second circle around them.
Now is the moment to give them a lesson from Mr. Ford, I lite up the tires and they all stand at attention. Achtung! Achtung! Achtung!
One of the Greatest Post on MM.Net, copied from Member Pacammer.
Pacammer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Larksville, PA
Age: 54
Posts: 73
Trader: (0)
Post Feedback
Can a Marauder hold its own on the track with a Lamborgini?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To make a short story long I own an 04 DTR Marauder. It has had all the Dennis, Zack/Mac majic done to it. In the past 2 years it has won 3rd then 2nd place in the All Ford Nationals at Carlisle, PA.
I am a member of the Eastern Pantera Club. We co sponsor a track event at Pocono International Raceway yearly with various other Italian Car Clubs such as Lamborgini, Maserati, and Ferrari. Since my Pantera is in pieces I asked and was permitted to bring the Marauder to the track to run. As I stated in a post a while back I am not a drag racer. I use my car every day and in the snow so I opted for a centrifigul vs. roots type supercharger. I have not changed my rear end ratio. I do however like to run in track events.
Well I lined up to run with 19 other cars, all newer model Italian high performance exotic cars. We run NASCAR wise, counter clockwise. We used turn 1, turn 2, then an infield course that has a 270, three 90's, two 75 degree turns and a chicane, then we enter back onto the main staight with 2/3 of that straight available before turn 1.
Well boys and girls I have to tell you after 5 laps everyone in attendance was looking at this Canadian maufactured, Dearborn Sedan. It ate cars like it was at an Italian buffet. Not only did the Marauder hold it's own on the banked turns it passed most and stayed with the best of them in the infield. Comming out of the infield onto the main straight I devoured them. The available touque was awsome. I ran with the antilock brakes and overdrive off. Down the straight going into turn one, 135 mph+ easy. 130 mph+ into turn 2 and an average speed through the infield of 60+ mph.
The transmission mods worked great, that baby knew when to down shift upon hard braking. The supercharger spun up smoothly so the ass end never kicked out. Dennis's total package and the Zack/Mac control arms worked flawlessly.
After I came off the track nearly everone came over to see the car. Most of these folks told me they thought it was a joke putting the DTR on the track against these 6 figure cars. On day two I repeated the same results. No fluke.
A lot of exotic car owners have a new found respect for our "Family Sedans / Cop Cars". Needless to say I had a blast.
Sorry for the long story but I just had to brag a little. Enjoy your Marauders they are all special.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...hlight=pantera