Heavily Modified?

[Tallboy]

Upon returning home from Carfixer's today, the Marauder got a bath, and was tucked safely inside the garage. I kicked back for a while with a very good cigar and a Captain and Coke. Shiny new Metcos peeking out from inside the rear wheels, Baer Brakes filling up the fronts. It got me to thinking...is this car "heavily modified"?

What makes a car heavily modified or lightly modified? Is a car with only a supercharger "heavily modified"? Is a N/A car with a laundry list of less expensive mods "lightly modified"? Do you have to rebuild with forged internals? More than one mod? More than three?

What about you? Do you consider your car lightly or heavily modified?

[merc]

What about you? Do you consider your car lightly or heavily modified?

Martyo's car is the baseline for heavily modified car (Marauder). N/A cars can also be considered heavily modified, but having that title would cost over 15 thousand dollars in aftermarket parts and internal engine work. You can draw the line by dollars spent.

[MI2QWK4U]

Good question. While I may have done a number of things to my Marauder, I don't consider mine Heavily modified. All of my stuff is bolt on, my motor and frame is stock, and I have only spent about $9,000 on it. I will be willing to bet that in the 11 second and faster cars, I have invested the least amount to go fast. That would be another good question to pose Chuck, Dollar Amount of mods vs performance, either hp or 1/4 mile time....what do you think?

[Cobra25]

Well the way I look at it I spent alot of money on her, She has some power , I for one just consider her Modified, thats it.

[HwyCruiser]

I'd say when TooManyFords is done the bar will pretty much be raised on "heavily modified", but yeah, I'd say once you have to ask yourself that question you probably are.

[LVMarauder]

what were talking about here? Are we talking about the number of parts you have replaced, money spent or straight up craziness? Honestly and with all due respect to some bad as cars legalkenevil and pureevil are really in the completly custom catagory I feel. I think saying martyo's car as the baseline for "heavily modified" is setting the heavily modded bar a little to high. I think it should be done by the number of parts you have replaced, after all when you think mods you are actually thinking about replacing parts aren't you? In that case I'd say lightly modded would include the "stage one kit" ( 3-4 mods ) , moderatly modified would be ( 4-8) and 8+ would be heavily modified. I do consider my car heavily modified considering everything thats been done to it, but conversely, everything ive done doesnt hold a candle to some of the superhardcore drag race afficianados. Good thread, Peace!

[Tallboy]

I'm curious as what you guys think of the effect the mods have. I mean, I have a Metco Driveshaft Loop, but does that really make a car "modified"? My car still has stock exhaust and trans, but the engine, brakes and suspension now have mods. Cars like John 's and Marty's are a whole different league to me. What about a Kenny Brown car? They come with the whole kit 'n' kaboodle, right out of the box. Where/when do you step into "heavily modded"?

[glassman99]

Marty"s car is of a different breed. It is modified beyond most of our means.
Marty is in class by himself,

[Joe Walsh]

I consider mine close to OEM stock........

CAI, gears and a tune is lightly modded....

I'd say once you pull the engine for a forged rebuild, you are heavily modded.

Or if you have a S/C, aftermarket exhaust, gears, T/C....etc.
Almost all of the mods we do to our MMs are 'bolt-ons' but once you have replaced major OEM parts you are heavily modded.

[Rider90]

I just think I'm modded I guess, heavily modded - maybe on the right path, but not there yet.

[DEFYANT]

Moderatly modified over here.

JMHO.....

[MarauderMarc]

Good question. The saying "to each his own" comes to mind when reading this thread. Everybody is different, so their opinions will all be different as well. Even when I was N/A, I had a laundry list of mods and shaved 2 seconds off my ETs and was in the low 13s. I considered myself heavily modified. Now being supercharged and all I definately feel heavily modified. Its funny, though, because every time I felt I was heavily modified I would see someone elses MM that had more mods and umph than mine and all the sudden I felt lightly modified. Id like to know whats heavy and whats not. Maybe a poll?

[Jerry Barnes]

Well, I have not said much about the mods I have made. Marty and I have been having fun pyching each other out lately. His latest racord has cost me a $50 donation to the Diabetis Foundation. I will say it again, I really like the friendly rivalry this has generated. Marty has set a big record to beat and I am trying my best to make him buy me a case of Diet Coke.

I am headed to World Ford Challenge in St. Louis next weekend and here are some of the changes to a heavily modified Marauder I have made.

Forged bottom end
Baer Brakes
Moser axles
Detroit Locker rear end
4:10's
13-14 lbs of boost and more on the way
Gutted interior and getting more gutted in the future
100 shot of NOS going to 200
Kook's headers and 2 1/2 inch exhaust all the way back
Skinny Front Marauder wheels
Hoosier Slicks
Afco Racing Radiator
Battery in the trunk, moved again last week to accommodate the two(2) new fuel cells, one for fuel, the other for my intercooler ice. With my NOS bottle nestled in between them on a new removable rack. Aeromotive fuel system. Mezier coolant pump with high flow lines.
New front and rear fiber glass fascias like Trilogy #2
Metco control arms, wats linkage and drive shaft loop
Adco Sway bars
Rebuilt trans with drag pack internals and shift kit
Removed the stock fuel tank
Corbeau Racing seats(2 installed, 2 rears on the way) all with 5 point racing harnesses

There is more to come, but this is my short list for now.

Did I mention, I want my record back?

Yours Truly,
Slightly Modified Trilogy #1

[LVMarauder]

New front and rear fiber glass fascias like Trilogy #2

reading that makes me jump up and down but I know they wont go into production. Could you put a pic up of Trilogy 1 with the kit?

[Smokie]

Once upon a time I said "my car is stock" after the PCM was reflashed, back then I thought it required changing or removing objects you can see or touch before you lose the "stock" status.

Marty is "heavily modified," Jerry is 'lightly modified".

I consider my car "very successfully modified"