Cam swap?

cunaginc said:
How much will a tune, or will it even, effect the transmission. The shift points seam very off. Also are there any horror stories behind 4.10 gears
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The trans shift schedule can be customized to your tastes.

The 4.10s are a great mod!
 
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cunaginc said:
Also are there any horror stories behind 4.10 gears
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Yes, you will want to spend more money on more go fast stuff after a gear swap. :burnout:



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DTR + 4.10's + Eaton swap = Wreeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom
 
cunaginc said:
I bought a second marauder at auction at ran and drove for $750 but it was vandalized and I striped it and have a good motor just sitting so I can build it, take my time and just drop the built one in.
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hey you were there with your dad right?!?!?!?
 
hey you were there with your dad right?!?!?!?
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Yeah that we me and my dad. He used to drag race and had a 70 torino cobra jet he sold 5 or 6 years ago, and a few rear engine cars. It's nice having someone who knows what he's doing. Plus he's got all the tools I could possible need, since he owns his own auto shop
 
cunaginc said:
How much will a tune, or will it even, effect the transmission. The shift points seam very off. Also are there any horror stories behind 4.10 gears
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Get a tune.

Only horror stories about 4.10's are from the ones that didn't did them sooner.
 
Well in addition to the gears. I did do some research in cams and crower cams had stage one cams 50% off. Do you think stage ones would do any good?
 
Lame lame lame advice ...

... pardon me if I step on some toes or insult a few here, BUT ... cams are about the last engine mod you need or want to do. OK, you might think you want to do.

A typical hi-skool racer-boy thinks he wants a rough idle bad-boy sound to impress. A sophisticated, ultra conservative 63 year old understands practicality and real world performance. I could go on about life experience from "modding" my dad's '59 Ford when I was 16 years old, to present day, but please allow me just one example:

Around 1968, one of my best friends had a '65 Pontiac LeMans convertible with a 4 speed and a 326 V8. A really nice car. His girlfriend had her daddy's 4 door full size "big boat" Oldsmobile (automatic trans with a 394 V8). He decided to show her his macho-man driving skills and the Pontiac's power by blowing by her in a rolling start drag race. The outcome? She walked right away from him, leaving the Pontiac in the dust.​

The OEM 4.6 4 valve heads have great flow, and are an excellent match to the OEM cams. First things first apply in any mods (staged performance), to any vehicle. In the case of a Marauder, they are:

1) A custom tune, such as from Lideo, or other vendors here. They gain hp and driveability, with improved shift points, and without any mods that can hurt the engine or trans. They also come with a program to use when changing to 4.11 rear gears, with matching shift points, and speedometer correction

2) A change to 4.11 rear gears, with an Eaton Detroit Trutrac differential, and (Ford) 31 spline axle shafts

3) The first 2 mods will get you into the low 14 second range in the 1/4 mile. Not quick enough? Try a cold air intake. More top end for Bonneville? Perhaps 3.08 rear gears and a tune to match

4) Headers and a tune

5) A 2 1/2" exhaust system, with Magnaflow mufflers

5) An Eaton supercharger, or else a higher stall torque converter​

NOW you might want to consider cams, but you still don't really need them. I believe, a few years ago, the worlds quickest Marauder had an Eaton S/C with stock cams, cast iron manifolds and an OEM exhaust system on it.

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justbob said:
Man am I glad I do my own work! $6,000?


Finally turned my idle down the other day. Holy hell this car rocks side to side now! I've got onlookers from three cars FORWARD at the light cranking their heads in a 180 to see the obvious muscle car behind them making the wup wup wup wup sound.

Funny as hell to see them looking and looking till I let up off the clutch and all of a sudden they realize it's the grandpa crown vic. The look on their face is always priceless. Every light, not kidding, even funnier is the fact it's still cold up here and most all windows are up.
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haha - this is good right here. Got a vid of the lump idle?
 
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