Tune is best bang for buck, changes the stock shifting from always up shifting and down shifting. Keeps car in power band better
2004 SB Ported Trilogy 48
Has supporting mods and stuff
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BB#2) 2003 Marauder (300a) - 34k miles - Daily Driver
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Conceived 8/6/2002
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Trilogy 242 - Self Installed 9/9/12 (0-60 5.5 sec)
Pioneer 6x8 Front
Legacy 600w 6x9 Rears
JL 6.5 SubWoofer
K&N CAI
Window tint 50% rear/35% front
FBM CHMSL with Strobe mod 7/1/12
DR Deep Aluminum Trans Pan
Sparta FOMOCO Racing 8.8 Girdle
Mo's Dyno Tune
Gorilla Nuts - The System
Ford Racing 4.10s, 31 spline Cobra carrier & axles 7/1/12
Powder Coat Axle Housing 7/1/12
CME HP Rear Control Arms & Watts Link 7/1/12
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I dynoed at 277 rwhp with tune, Stainless Works full exhaust and 4:10 gears on a stock Motor which I understand is the norm
What is the rwhp of a stock Marauder?
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2004 Dark Toreador Red
Simply called "The Red Car", Build Date 4-20-2004, #2618 of 3214, #849 of 980 in DTR, Stainless Works LT Headers with SW Full Exhaust, Ford Racing 4.10 Gears, Carbon Clutches, Dyno by Modern Muscle, Mo's Speed Shop Tune, 277 rwhp 296.43 torque, Moonroof, Rear Spoiler, K&N CAI, Alpine CDA-117 CD Receiver, PAC SWI-JACK Steering Wheel Control , Rear Spoiler, Viper Alarm, From Sparta Performance...Rear Upper and Lower Control Arms, Watts Link, Stainless Steel Brake lines, Raybestos R300 S Groove Rotors with Advance Tech Ceramic Pads, Pro-Gard
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Stock is about 242hp/261tq
I dynoed about 272 with a JLT, SW LT's + factory exhaust, and a canned lidio tune. I guess my numbers weren't as bad as some Marauder friends had led me to believe if you got 277 with a full exhaust.
My car ran a 13.9 NA on street tires with the mods listed above + 4.10 gears.
The black car does not have 4.10's but it does have a full SW exhaust, I'd like to see if it can also crack a 13.9 in cool weather.
To the OP: SW headers are absolutely worth it. Better fitment/flow over the kooks, easier access to the starter as well. Kooks also had a problem back in the day with cracking at the primaries (same with the OBX knock off of kooks). This happened to a friend of mine with kooks on his 04 Sport. Back in the day people bought the Kooks because it was the only option, when SW came along it's been all anyone buys.
The way my black car is setup now is how these cars should have come stock (realistically speaking), it would have been respectable performance for a car it's size in 2003.
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440rwhp & 406rwtq Tuned by Adam @ Revolution Automotive
2063/3214
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Those dyno numbers seem extremely high to me.
My stock 03 put down 217 stock and 229 with a tune but has 254k miles.
My friend craigs 03 put down 228 with a tune he only has 35k miles on his.
heres an old link where others were in the ballpark as well
https://forums.corral.net/forums/svt...-rwhp-wtf.html
if any of you are ever in your marauder around the new orleans area come stop by my shop and get a free dyno pull to verify. I'm curious to see.
That's way too low, stock should lay down 242hp
He mentioned he's in new Orleans. It's pretty humid down there... It is at sea level though.
Of course there are many many more factors... In my area (SF bay) we are cool and at sea level... But the idiots in Sacramento mandate we mix our gas with 10% corn juice. That'll affect things too.
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tint and 2din headunit + bigger sub
Dynos have parameters to adjust for humidity and elevation.
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