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    Eaton Swap Complete

    I've been part collecting for over a year and I finally got the Eaton swap on my Marauder and started it up. Still needs a dyno tune but it runs! Just thought I'd share it with some folks who would appreciate that.

    Part of the cool factor (at least for me) was the blower, injectors, intake and some other fun stuff came off my own 03 Cobra.
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    -2003 Marauder Black 300A Eaton swapped
    -2003 Redfire Mustang Cobra Convertible VMP Gen II
    -2007 GT500 VMP Gen II
    -1990 Fox Notchback. HCI/Supercharged
    -1995 Thunderbird SC
    -1996 Bronco 460 EFI Conversion. 9" Lift 35" BFG
    -1999 F350 Super duty 7.3
    -1989 Lesabre T-type
    -2007 Cadillac DTS
    -2012 Cadillac Escalade
    -2015 Challenger Hellcat Sublime green A8

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    Nice job man. Who are you going to have tune it.

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    Lidio. I wanted to actually have it on the Dyno and he's relatively close to me. i tried remote tuning my last car and it just takes forever if you have any kind of complications.
    -2003 Marauder Black 300A Eaton swapped
    -2003 Redfire Mustang Cobra Convertible VMP Gen II
    -2007 GT500 VMP Gen II
    -1990 Fox Notchback. HCI/Supercharged
    -1995 Thunderbird SC
    -1996 Bronco 460 EFI Conversion. 9" Lift 35" BFG
    -1999 F350 Super duty 7.3
    -1989 Lesabre T-type
    -2007 Cadillac DTS
    -2012 Cadillac Escalade
    -2015 Challenger Hellcat Sublime green A8

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    Congrats and have fun
    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)

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    Congrats!!! Welcome to the Boost Club!!!

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    Another eaton swapped car nice! Enjoy! Dont blow it up see my sig LOL
    Neil
    2003 Mercury Marauder - DBP/DC
    2003 Mercury Marauder - BLK/DC
    2003 Mercury Marauder - SB/LF
    2004 Mercury Marauder - DTR/LF
    1964 Mercury Marauder - BLK/BLK

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maraudermike1 View Post
    i tried remote tuning my last car and it just takes forever if you have any kind of complications.
    The trick with remote tuning is to have patience and also to have the car debugged and ready to tune. At least that’s what we’ve found.

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    The plan is to NOT blow it up. lol I opted to keep the stock upper and lower pulley

    I put a VMP blower on my Cobra and I have been remote tuning since late May. 5 months later, it's still not done. The datalogs sometimes take weeks and I'm running out of nice weather to do street pulls so it may not even be done until next year. If that's the case, I'll probably end up taking it to a local Dyno.

    I'll leave the tuner anonymous but i will say it's nobody on this site (I hear Marty is excellent!!!). I'm sure remote tuning is a good way to go I just had a bad experience.
    Last edited by Maraudermike1; 10-25-2018 at 05:39 AM.
    -2003 Marauder Black 300A Eaton swapped
    -2003 Redfire Mustang Cobra Convertible VMP Gen II
    -2007 GT500 VMP Gen II
    -1990 Fox Notchback. HCI/Supercharged
    -1995 Thunderbird SC
    -1996 Bronco 460 EFI Conversion. 9" Lift 35" BFG
    -1999 F350 Super duty 7.3
    -1989 Lesabre T-type
    -2007 Cadillac DTS
    -2012 Cadillac Escalade
    -2015 Challenger Hellcat Sublime green A8

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    Very nice, congrats on getting it done!

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    Quote Originally Posted by martyo View Post
    The trick with remote tuning is to have patience and also to have the car debugged and ready to tune. At least that’s what we’ve found.
    Agreed. I had some equipment issues and marty was patient enough to get done what he could. I fixed the issue and wouldn't you know it took him maybe 4 runs up the road and it was done. Grateful doesn't come close to my feeling for his abilities, but much more importantly his willingness to keep at it when things out of his control aren't perfect.
    Sorry you are having problems with your tuner. As you have probably already read You cannot go wrong with Marty. I just wish we lived closer!
    Last edited by Mackdombles; 10-25-2018 at 07:03 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maraudermike1 View Post
    The plan is to NOT blow it up. lol I opted to keep the stock upper and lower pulley

    I put a VMP blower on my Cobra and I have been remote tuning since late May. 5 months later, it's still not done. The datalogs sometimes take weeks and I'm running out of nice weather to do street pulls so it may not even be done until next year. If that's the case, I'll probably end up taking it to a local Dyno.

    I'll leave the tuner anonymous but i will say it's nobody on this site (I hear Marty is excellent!!!). I'm sure remote tuning is a good way to go I just had a bad experience.
    There are so many eaton files for Marauders, the likelihood of it being almost spot on the first time is good.

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    Results are in! 375 rwhp with 17* of timing. I kept it pretty conservative, maybe too conservative. I was hoping for at least 400 rwhp.


    I'm going to retune with a 2# lower or 4# lower. For all you Veteran Eaton swappers, can you guys advise? Obviously, the 4# is what I would like to do but safety first!!! I strongly prefer my motor in one piece.
    -2003 Marauder Black 300A Eaton swapped
    -2003 Redfire Mustang Cobra Convertible VMP Gen II
    -2007 GT500 VMP Gen II
    -1990 Fox Notchback. HCI/Supercharged
    -1995 Thunderbird SC
    -1996 Bronco 460 EFI Conversion. 9" Lift 35" BFG
    -1999 F350 Super duty 7.3
    -1989 Lesabre T-type
    -2007 Cadillac DTS
    -2012 Cadillac Escalade
    -2015 Challenger Hellcat Sublime green A8

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maraudermike1 View Post
    Results are in! 375 rwhp with 17* of timing. I kept it pretty conservative, maybe too conservative. I was hoping for at least 400 rwhp.


    I'm going to retune with a 2# lower or 4# lower. For all you Veteran Eaton swappers, can you guys advise? Obviously, the 4# is what I would like to do but safety first!!! I strongly prefer my motor in one piece.
    I have a 6lb lower on a stock upper. Seeing 13lbs and my timing is at 18 up top. I am however on an Eaton m122 rather than an m112. My iats are a lot lower than when I had an m112.
    If I got traction and actually hot Rodded my car it would probably end itself but so far its pretty beastly .

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    So many combination lower & upper pully combos. What the math to figure the psi under different combos ?
    2004 marauder black purchased new. Sold 9/16 at 297,000 miles. Still ran strong didn't burn a drop of oil.
    2003 marauder black 28,000 miles all stock. Garage Queen.
    2004 marauder red daily driver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by martyo View Post
    The trick with remote tuning is to have patience and also to have the car debugged and ready to tune. At least that’s what we’ve found.
    Martyo is an excellent remote tuner I've done 4 remote tuning vehicles with him. I'll be completing my next project soon and martyo will be my tuner! awesome guy to work with and a great tune' as well. And if there's any bugs that need worked out he's patient and gives you time to fix it so you can continue to tuning.

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