Major jealous..!
Although if I had my choice for a sandbox toy...
Anything else, definitely a trophy truck!
Only pipe dreams though as there is zero place around me to offer such a playground.
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Major jealous..!
Although if I had my choice for a sandbox toy...
Anything else, definitely a trophy truck!
Only pipe dreams though as there is zero place around me to offer such a playground.
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Cobra short block / ProCharger F1-A / Cog drive upgrade / Manley valves / Brian Tooley Racing valve springs / 80# inj. / -8 fuel line / -6 return / Aeromotive 340 pumps and regulator / 2012 GT500 TR6060 six speed / twin disc clutch / Driveshaft Shop GT500 upgraded CV joint shaft / BA5000 blow thru MAF/ 4.10's / Ford Racing 31 spline set up and Girdle / Metco D.S. safety loop / Stainless Works headers, cats, and everything else out back / ClassGlass hood / Bob's hood strut mod / Hurst line lock / Metco control arms / Addco front and rear sway bars / Monroe severe duty shocks all around / Race concepts rotors / Badgeless grille / 35% tint / FBM's interior LED kit and ambient lighting kit / Pioneer FB700 deck / kenwood speaker 4 Ch. / Rockford Fosgate 10" sub and amp / Kicker 6 X 8's all around / back up cam / bluetooth / Pioneer Xm / 704 RWHP 603 RWTQ tuned by Mo's Speedshop.
If it was a dedicated sand toy maybe, but I built the jeep to rock crawl. Taking it to Utah-Pennsylvania - Kentucky - Ontario etc.
I only go to the dunes once maybe twice a year. I find it boring after a few hours.
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
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The new trans cooler works well, def. keeps the temps in check better.
Took the car on a cruise, joined in with Great Lakes Panthers for their summer meet across the u.p. of michigan. Had a great time and more importantly the wife had a great time.
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I think I put 600-700 miles on the car over the course of 3 days. But wasn't without incident. I knew going in that good fuel wasn't easily accessible in the u.p.. 91 was the best 99% of places had. I figured I'd just take it real easy and be fine. Unfortunately my lack of self control got the better of me lol. On the return trip I passed a buddy in his military convoy, and on one of the passing lane stretches I rolled into while driving by his specific truck up to 120 and got some detonation. I developed a misfire about 150 miles from my stop. I drove about 20 miles to the next gas station and pulled off. Removed the plugs and found cyl 7 had the gapped closed. No obvious marks or damage to the strap. I bent the gap back open and reinstalled and made the 150 miles w/o issue. I got home and pulled that plug again and seemed fine. But I got my bore scope out and took a peak in the hole...
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So off came the head. No damage to the cyl wall, and no damage to the head. I was amazed. I still had the last motor I ate earlier this year, so I robbed a piston from that and swapped it on this motors rod and reinstalled. All seems good now. Next time I better just detune the tune to be safer and not rely on self control which I clearly have none of lol. I had $80 into the repair mostly just fluids and one head gasket and head bolts.
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Buddy did tag me in a ad on facebook for the same motor I run (04.5-06 5.3L). So I figured why not. $200 and another spare on a pallet. I'm still off work due to my back injury so I had nothing better to do with my day. SO I went and scooped it up. Currently I have 2 5.3s, another that I was told was a 5.3 but turned out to be a 4.8 (and has a bad cam lobe and lifter, that was supposed to be a good runner), and parts and pieces from two other 5.3's that were hurt or damaged. All less then $800 combined.
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We verified timing on my motor as LS motors are known to have the tone rings slip and give false timing. After verifying mine we found mine was off 2*s. So we revisited the tune and made some adjustments and decided to be on the safe side we pulled a little more timing out just in case I have more self control issues lol.
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
#BSTDMRC #LSSWAPPEDMARAUDER
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Gotta give you credit for your persistence on this car.
She looks good!
I need a better tuner and self control/awareness Lol. Atleast my labor is free and parts are cheap.......why I didn't build a 600+ rwhp 32 valve lol.
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
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I keep a couple of cans of Torco in the trunk of the supercharged Crown Vic in case I find myself somewhere with only 91 octane gas. I had to spend three months last year in Colorado Springs for work so I got a case of the stuff. It makes the exhaust smell funny and it isn't cheap. Not everyone can rebuild an engine out of parts lying around the garage. LOL I'd love to be able to do that again but it isn't in the cards for me. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Sigh.
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Ride 1: 2003 300-A MM, black (naturally), K&N cold air, Granitelli Racing coils, Kybe shocks, Autometer "real" oil pressure and voltmeter, 14 inch front rotors and stainless lines from TCE with 6-piston Wilwood calipers and Hawk HPS pads, cryo-treated slotted rear rotors with TCE stainless lines and Hawk HPS pads, tune by Lidio, LED headlamps. Coming Soon: LED foglights, 200 Amp Alternator.
Ride 2: 2001 Kenny Brown "Panther 2" Crown Victoria, Black. K&N cold air intake to Allen Engine Development supercharger system with water-to-air intercooled Eaton MP-90 at 8 pounds. Extensive chassis bracing, Brembo 4-piston front calipers on 13 inch rotors with stainless lines. Trunk-relocated Optima Red-Top. 5000K Bi-Xenon HID's. And much, much more.
New wheels, saleen knock offs 19x9 and 19x10.
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2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
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8-Lug trailer to match the 8-lug Jeep. I like it .
You "feel" the difference because you want to "feel" the difference. Since you just spent money on the upgrade you "have" to feel the difference
I'm looking to eliminate the double pump process I have to follow right now to get the pedal hard
2004 300A Procharger #0010 D1X
2003 300A Procharger #0017 D1SC (SOLD. Last I heard, it was in Washington State)
That's my buddies jeep, it just got a 1 ton swap and full hyd steering. We took it out saturday to test it out, he ended up breaking a hyd fitting on the ram from hitting the frame. So I have to clearance the frame more and replace the fitting. This is both of ours on the trailer. We travel around the US together wheeling.
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2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
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Took the car out to Gladwin Michigan for "thunder on the strip". They shut down the airport and run a 1/8 on the taxi runway. It was pretty cool, felt very nostalgic.
I met up with a guy from a local Facebook group for some races. He had a p71 that was pretty well gutted, 150 shot, drag slicks, 4.56s etc hes setup to run 1/8 pretty well. He took me to school at every light lol. I was trying to work on my 60' which I suffer at. Unfortunately they weren't tracking that on the time slips. But the first race I only launched at 1 psi, then the 2nd and 3rd around 4-6 and spun each time.
https://youtu.be/c2bs-zW6q-g
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
#BSTDMRC #LSSWAPPEDMARAUDER
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Man that’s a short race!!! Repeat after me “Leave on the last yellow”.
The one thing I can say I’m damn good at. I seem to always come in at .008 on the tree.
Reeled him in quick though!! Traction must have really sucked as I’ve seen the fender gap on just a 100 shot stock Marauder that I could have put my head in to fill the gap. I’ll have to see if I can find the still of my old Trilogy against Lowbuckmm’s 100 shot. The Trilogy fender gap is nothing compared to his.
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Cobra short block / ProCharger F1-A / Cog drive upgrade / Manley valves / Brian Tooley Racing valve springs / 80# inj. / -8 fuel line / -6 return / Aeromotive 340 pumps and regulator / 2012 GT500 TR6060 six speed / twin disc clutch / Driveshaft Shop GT500 upgraded CV joint shaft / BA5000 blow thru MAF/ 4.10's / Ford Racing 31 spline set up and Girdle / Metco D.S. safety loop / Stainless Works headers, cats, and everything else out back / ClassGlass hood / Bob's hood strut mod / Hurst line lock / Metco control arms / Addco front and rear sway bars / Monroe severe duty shocks all around / Race concepts rotors / Badgeless grille / 35% tint / FBM's interior LED kit and ambient lighting kit / Pioneer FB700 deck / kenwood speaker 4 Ch. / Rockford Fosgate 10" sub and amp / Kicker 6 X 8's all around / back up cam / bluetooth / Pioneer Xm / 704 RWHP 603 RWTQ tuned by Mo's Speedshop.
Yeah track prep was horrible. They laid sticky down further back from the start line then in front of it lol. And where they wanted us to warm our tires was in the sticky stuff.
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
#BSTDMRC #LSSWAPPEDMARAUDER
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2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
#BSTDMRC #LSSWAPPEDMARAUDER
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Found it!
Brandon’s 100 shot hit on take off and my old Trilogy in the background.
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Cobra short block / ProCharger F1-A / Cog drive upgrade / Manley valves / Brian Tooley Racing valve springs / 80# inj. / -8 fuel line / -6 return / Aeromotive 340 pumps and regulator / 2012 GT500 TR6060 six speed / twin disc clutch / Driveshaft Shop GT500 upgraded CV joint shaft / BA5000 blow thru MAF/ 4.10's / Ford Racing 31 spline set up and Girdle / Metco D.S. safety loop / Stainless Works headers, cats, and everything else out back / ClassGlass hood / Bob's hood strut mod / Hurst line lock / Metco control arms / Addco front and rear sway bars / Monroe severe duty shocks all around / Race concepts rotors / Badgeless grille / 35% tint / FBM's interior LED kit and ambient lighting kit / Pioneer FB700 deck / kenwood speaker 4 Ch. / Rockford Fosgate 10" sub and amp / Kicker 6 X 8's all around / back up cam / bluetooth / Pioneer Xm / 704 RWHP 603 RWTQ tuned by Mo's Speedshop.
Cool old pic.
Hoping to get back to the track. But I'm not sure how/when. Local track only has one test/tune this month due to events every other weekend. And I'll be in Canada with my jeep for that test tune. Hoping to go in October before they close. But I might not be the driver, I'll learn next week if I'll be having surgery on my back or not. So I maybe sidelined and may have to get a buddy to drive it and try and get it into the 10s like I hoped this year. Running out of time, this back **** has sidelined my entire summer. Had "grand plans" of trips with the car and jeep all summer that I had to cancel. Could be worse. Take what I can get.
2003 budget built marauder-LM7 5.3 SBE 4L80E VS racing 78/75 turbo and other things
1.56 60' 6.80 1/8 @ 104 mph 10.5 1/4 @129 mph
#BSTDMRC #LSSWAPPEDMARAUDER
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