Dragcity Marauder - Build it plan

Personally I would leave the P/S and A/C if they're both working. You can't get new OEM P/S pumps and will be hard pressed to even find a Motorcraft rebuilt unit.

As far as the carnage, you definitely stayed til the job was done :P
 
Dragcity said:
I believe I have all three of the upper pullies for the Trilogy. Other choice is a larger crank pulley, right? But then consider heat soak... If I get the heads done right, I can pick up some HP there.
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Truth. When mine was a Trilogy I ran oversized valves, Crower stage 2 blower cams, and full Stainless Works system.

3.2 pulley and stock lower - 13.5#s 445/431

2.8 with a +4 lower pulley - 20.5#s 453/Can’t remember the torque off hand, later date and cooler temps turned a 461 but still..

Total heat pump. As far as melting and warping some under hood plastic items and cracking the paint on the blower!

Also make sure you have a really good tensioner if adding boost along with the obvious Maf, injectors, ETC. I loved my ThumpRRR tensioner, never ever belt slip.

The Trilogy was no doubt an awesome unit, it just had limitations. The best thing I ever did to the Marauder was adding the Trilogy, the funnest thing I ever did was swapping it for a Centri! [emoji16]


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They are good for alot of miles..porting helps it run more efficient with less air friction (heat) it has to come apart to port so no sense in reusing bearings..Mine was ported with like 35k miles on it, rebuilt and powder coated. I have 2.8 upper and 4lb lower..killer Chiller, 17-19 lbs at wot.. 495/468...I don't race it
 
Well, I will build it to the best of my ability and budget (budget, ha) and what I get, I get. I had a hell of a lot of fun where it was. Now to make it run and reliable again. I'm too old and broken to race anyway.

Good points about the PS Pump and Compressor. I guess I will clean them up nice and check for any issues.

Funny, it is way easier to get parts for my 1958 Corvette than it is for this Merc'
 
blazen71 said:
Personally I would leave the P/S and A/C if they're both working. You can't get new OEM P/S pumps and will be hard pressed to even find a Motorcraft rebuilt unit.

As far as the carnage, you definitely stayed til the job was done :P
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Ha, "stayed til the job was done..." I guess so. It happened in an instant. Just a big plume of white smoke behind me. Lots of coolant poured out of the headers at teardown.
 
Dragcity said:
I'll .look up the blower porting and freshen up. I thought these things were good for 100,000 miles. I put about 25,000 miles on Supercharged. Might as well make it all brand new like.

I'm thinking I might as well install a new power steering pump and A/C compressor while everything is apart. 120,000 miles and 18 years later, might as well.

And..... There goes and sort of budget, right?
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Good news on the Teksid block, only needs 0.010 over.

Bad news is, 0.010 pistons are not readily available and more clams.

I am looking for I Beam connecting rods, once again, more clams. Oliver has some nice ones at $1,400 WOW !

Anyone have a nice Kellogg crank they want to part with?

How about a set of used Stainless Work headers? My Kooks want to be replaced.
 
I'm going to do everything forged in there. The Teksid crank is perfect, but who knows. When I croak, my kid might want to put a Whipple and N2O on it and shoot for 1,000 hp.
 
Nothing wrong with building every aspect with quality parts...or so it's ready for more boost. Just have seen countless posts of budgets of $X dollars, you even mentioned $. You can build it for where you're going towards or build it based on a dollar figure. They both have their merits.
 
Yes, I keep going back and forth on budget vs. best build practice. This is the best sounding board I know, and always has he best advice. I have had this car for 18 years now, I would hate to cheap out on a component, and then worry about or question it later. I do not want to do this a second time.
 
No matter how strong you build it there is ALWAYS going to be a weak link. It could be a bad part, bad machining, human error, or simply the next weakest puzzle piece.

All you can do is try and have fun doing so.

I have learned it’s always best to either go cheap or go the best possible route. Every time I’ve ever choose middle ground I’ve been burned. Not just on car items but life..

Just be honest with your goals. No need to build something that will (should) hold up to 1,500 HP, but don’t settle for parts only rated 100 past your goal.


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Do those Whipples just take the place of the Trilogy blower unit? Or is there much more to it, aside tuning??
 
^^^Yes, there's more to it. You'd have to relocate the MAF wiring, battery swap to DS, move the CAI to the PS, etc.
 
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