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martyo

10-15-2004, 10:01 PM

Well, jspraldi eat your heart out. Even though we were supposed to have a heads up race at SSHS4 for rights to the Legal Knevil name, I went ahead and purchased the domain name www.legalknevil.com

I am using that site to host my pictures, particularly the build up and release of the Secret Project (no long a secret!). So, I welcome everyone to click the link and let me know what they think. I hope you all enjoy it. There will be many updates when I get back from my weekend here in the ATL.

As some of you know, my car was fired up this week and the process of tuning it has begun. To paraphrase something I heard this week on the TV show Rides, when my car is running, it sounds like war!!! Honestly, the first time I heard it run, I thought the word was coming to an end!!

It clearly will take some time to tune and finish the car, but I am pleased to say that I was able to take a couple of laps of the Team Ford parking lot. I can say this, those Nittos don't stand a chance!! And, this is before the car has been fully tuned. Also, we have yet to spray the motor with the 75 shot that we decided to put in.

My expectations for this car remain very high. This is buttressed by the fact that I have some of the best talent building and tuning my car. In fact, Steve Babcock remarked to me that he couldn't believe the collection of talent that was assembled at Team Ford. I agree.

Little did Steve realize when he said that that I also have the best Project Manager I could have asked for. Thanks Todd! You have been a great Project Manager and an even better friend. I honestly do not believe that I could have accomplished what has been done with my car without your help.

I will post pictures on my new site when I get back to New York. I hope some of the others that took pictures today will share them with you all as well.

Enjoy!!

stevengerard

10-15-2004, 10:32 PM

COOL! I viewed all 194 pics, but how about a text detail of what was done - or did I miss that.

BillyGman

10-15-2004, 11:01 PM

Nice Marty!!! NICE!!!!!! and below are some of my favorite pics of this King Kong Marauder.....

martyo

10-15-2004, 11:23 PM

COOL! I viewed all 194 pics, but how about a text detail of what was done - or did I miss that.

Nope you didn't miss anything. They will be coming soon. Please keep checking back with the site.

RCSignals

10-15-2004, 11:24 PM

Nice site marty.

I Said, Nice site Marty!!

(I hope you don't have permanent hearing damage) :P

Will it have a discussion board?

FiveO

10-16-2004, 02:27 AM

Great idea for a site name!

Congrats at the unveiling too Marty...what a Birthday present!

:party:

Can't wait to see how she runs!

Patrick

10-16-2004, 03:45 AM

Will you be adding Videos????

martyo

10-16-2004, 04:34 AM

Will you be adding Videos????

I hope to.

FiveO

10-16-2004, 04:50 AM

Marty...

What kind of numbers are you looking at with this?

Just a rough guesstimate... to the rear wheels?

deerejoe

10-16-2004, 06:34 AM

[QUOTE=martyo] I went ahead and purchased the domain name www.legalknevil.com

I am using that site to host my pictures, particularly the build up and release of the Secret Project (no long a secret!). So, I welcome everyone to click the link and let me know what they think.

My expectations for this car remain very high. This is buttressed by the fact that I have some of the best talent building and tuning my car. In fact, Steve Babcock remarked to me that he couldn't believe the collection of talent that was assembled at Team Ford. I agree.

Enjoy!![QUOTE, edited for comment]

martyO,
Nothing beats the 'professional' approach!!
Your dedication to an objective reflects that of your chosen profession.

The 'project' will no doubt inspire many to regard their MMs as a platform worthy of investment as well a source of continual driving pleasure.

Perhaps this too will 'help' inspire Ford to re-think Mercury's future direction.

NAVCHAP

10-16-2004, 07:24 AM

Great job Marty! Love the photos on your site! -kjs- :bows: :bows: :bows:

rumble

10-16-2004, 07:26 AM

WOW! As we say in Texas "If ya can't run with the big dogs, stay
on the porch."

You just put a lot of folks on the porch.

Congratulations!

Petrograde

10-16-2004, 08:04 AM

Wow Marty,.... out-freakin'-standing! :up:

cyclone03

10-16-2004, 08:09 AM

Marty I have to ask,Did all this start because you went to Dallas in 2003 and ran your car down a drag strip for the first time?Got hooked didn't you?

Glad I was there to see the awakening! :D

Awesome car my friend! Cant wait to see it in Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords! Get that thing to the Spring break Shoot out Next winter in FLA.!!!!

MERCMAN

10-16-2004, 08:48 AM

Congrats Marty. hope this keeps the MM grin going until you have to S/C the wheel-chair in the old folks home. This project can only give the rest of the MM owners a reason to lay awake at night, dreaming of what their cars can be with the right amount of $$$ and testorerone(apologies to the ladies). Your car along with the other magnificent machines found on this site just adds the rep of the MM. WOE to those who decided against the purchase, they will rue that day in thier lives. :)

TheDealer

10-16-2004, 11:45 AM

BEAUTIFUL, NICE JOB!

Marauder

10-16-2004, 03:17 PM

Congrats Marty!!! :D I'm jealous.

Tallboy

10-16-2004, 07:02 PM

i am a bitter and jealous man.

a first-class job, my friend.:up:

martyo

10-16-2004, 07:36 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments!

I will be putting up some more pics and posts as things unfold.

Today the folks at Team Ford had a dyno day, so there wasn't much time for them to work on my car, but we did get it out on the street for some more tuning.

I will say this, my blower is making some air! We are contending with issues like too much boost to bleed off at idle. We have solutions for that though and we are working on them.

So, here is the first set of numbers: On a very conservative tune and without turning the motor up past 5,500 rpm (bear in mind that the motor will turn up way past the 5,500 rpm figure), we made 621 rwhp and 619 tq. Wow!!!! :up:

As we tune, we expect that these numbers will go way. The car is scary fast and it is still is in a very, very basic tuning trim mode.

This car is now known as "Hell Boy"

FiveO

10-16-2004, 07:37 PM

Wow.

Very nice.....!

I don't even wanna guess what thats gonna pull at the track.

Should be insane!

Traction could be fun to try and find ;) :D

martyo

10-16-2004, 07:40 PM

Traction could be fun to try and find ;) :D

We have slicks that we will be running.

Petrograde

10-16-2004, 07:44 PM

So, here is the first set of numbers: On a very conservative tune and without turning the motor up past 5,500 rpm (bear in mind that the motor will turn up way past the 5,500 rpm figure), we made 621 rwhp and 619 tq. Wow!!!! :up:

<GASP!> :bows: :bows: :bows: :bows: :bows:

Congrats on having the Earth's Fastest Marauder! :banana2:

martyo

10-16-2004, 07:47 PM

<GASP!> :bows: :bows: :bows: :bows: :bows:

Congrats on having the Earth's Fastest Marauder! :banana2:

Thanks, but just remember, we need to hook, hold and not break before we can make that claim. In the meantime that claim still belongs to Lidio.

Haggis

10-16-2004, 08:22 PM

Thanks, but just remember, we need to hook, hold and not break before we can make that claim. In the meantime that claim still belongs to Lidio.

Just remember go fast, go straight and DON'T hit the wall. Good Luck and have fun. Man that car is a beast.

rayjay

10-17-2004, 02:05 AM

AMAZING!, you make us proud!:beer:

sailsmen

10-17-2004, 03:37 AM

Wow,really enjoy the photos, thnaks.

Looks like you switched to a polished S/C and and a different air filter.

It looks like the MAF will be receiving compressed air.

martyo

10-17-2004, 04:56 AM

Wow,really enjoy the photos, thnaks.

Looks like you switched to a polished S/C and and a different air filter.

It looks like the MAF will be receiving compressed air.

Righht on all counts.

The original blower in the pics was a mock up from Pro Charger that we used for fitment. The polished one you see now is the real deal.

The air filter was switched because the original set up wasn't flowing enough air.

The MAF is indeed a blow through model that is metering the compressed air.

martyo

10-17-2004, 05:03 AM

This message has been deleted by mercman. Reason: not relevant

Note to moderators: No need to moderate this thread. I can handle whatever is thrown at me. There will be some folks who will not like what has been done with my car and that is okay with me. They can say what they want, bring it on. I know what we accomplished and there was no one else who ventured this far out.

Let the comments and opinion roll. I will listen to all of them (if I can hear over the growl of my motor!!).

TAF

10-17-2004, 05:12 AM

Note to moderators: No need to moderate this thread. I can handle whatever is thrown at me.
So...does that mean we can make fun of your hat...adorned with Swarovski Crystals?
http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/1136100_0847-med.JPG (http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/showphoto.php/photo/5680/size/big/password/263233a0dd0b5fe0053e90d33d4b6b a0/sort/1/cat/last1)

67435animal

10-17-2004, 05:24 AM

Marty, your car is now scary beautiful. You might want to change the tag to something like MFRAUDER.

This car is truly going to be the fastest MM ever built. What is nice about its owner (and his lovely fiancee) is that he is so humble about the car.

Congratulations on unveiling the s****t p*****t, Marty.

Bob

Patrick

10-17-2004, 05:24 AM

Awsome ride Marty!!!! :high5: :high5:

martyo

10-17-2004, 05:49 AM

Awsome ride Marty!!!! :high5: :high5:

Thanks Patrick!!

Bluerauder

10-17-2004, 06:08 AM

So, here is the first set of numbers: On a very conservative tune and without turning the motor up past 5,500 rpm (bear in mind that the motor will turn up way past the 5,500 rpm figure), we made 621 rwhp and 619 tq. Wow!!!! :up:

As we tune, we expect that these numbers will go way. The car is scary fast and it is still is in a very, very basic tuning trim mode.

This car is now known as "Hell Boy"
Awesome numbers !!!! :burnout: The name ought to be "Hell Raiser". Here's looking forward to your first timeslip and putting that 621 to the pavement. :D

sailsmen

10-17-2004, 08:04 PM

Marty, congrats on a dream car. :bows: I admire the imagination it took to concieve it! :D

teamrope

10-17-2004, 08:26 PM

Here's looking forward to putting that 621 to the pavement and sticking! Probably gonna need something a little better than Nitto's.

From what the rest of us have FINALY ben able to see, you have a top notch bunch working on the car. I'm sure they will get the traction thing figured out by then. Hopefully you will beat those 9 second SS's. :D

Congrats to Marty, Todd and the rest of the guys at team Ford for what you have accomplished so far.
:beer:

bigslim

10-17-2004, 09:09 PM

As I said in another thread on this car, "the difference between men and boys are the price of their toyz". Thanks for making me feel like I'm 9yrs old. Great looking piece there Marty. I love the wheels and the engine looks awesome. I can't wait to see what knid of numbers you get. Good luck!! :bows:

martyo

10-17-2004, 09:52 PM

As I said in another thread on this car, "the difference between men and boys are the price of their toyz". Thanks for making me feel like I'm 9yrs old.

Slim, that was never my intent.

I did this to have fun with my car and my great friend Todd. I never wanted the money issue to factor in to people's opinions on the project. I had the resources to take on this project and I decided to use them. Sure beats taking the money with me when I "go" for good.

The unexpected part of all this for me is that a lot of great folks got involved. Some with turning wrenches. Some with chasing parts {cough} Donny "The Man" {cough} (even Mac had a hand in this}. Some with ideas. And, the really great but unexpected part, a lot of the friends I have made here who have been cheering me on. Honestly, I want everyone to enjoy the Project. If the fantastic birthday party that I had Friday with my friends was any indication, a lot of people are enjoying the Project.

BillyGman

10-17-2004, 10:08 PM

621/619@5,500 RPM's? Wow!! I can't even imagine of what it must feel like to be in a Marauder that has well over 200 HP more than mine does. And it's gotta make you wonder what it puts out at 1,000 RPM's higher. :eek:

martyo

10-17-2004, 10:20 PM

And it's gotta make you wonder what it puts out at 1,000 RPM's higher. :eek:

We will know soon enough!!

bigslim

10-17-2004, 10:36 PM

Slim, that was never my intent.

I did this to have fun with my car and my great friend Todd. I never wanted the money issue to factor in to people's opinions on the project. I had the resources to take on this project and I decided to use them. Sure beats taking the money with me when I "go" for good.

The unexpected part of all this for me is that a lot of great folks got involved. Some with turning wrenches. Some with chasing parts {cough} Donny "The Man" {cough} (even Mac had a hand in this}. Some with ideas. And, the really great but unexpected part, a lot of the friends I have made here who have been cheering me on. Honestly, I want everyone to enjoy the Project. If the fantastic birthday party that I had Friday with my friends was any indication, a lot of people are enjoying the Project.
I just want you to know that you are our new poster-boy for the site. Hope to meet you and Todd soon. One day I will make it down your way.

FordNut

10-17-2004, 10:43 PM

We have slicks that we will be running.
And you'll need them! I saw the two 100' black marks Jeff laid down when he stomped it at a 20mph roll on those Nittos.

jspradii

10-17-2004, 10:53 PM

Well, jspraldi eat your heart out. Even though we were supposed to have a heads up race at SSHS4 for rights to the Legal Knevil name, I went ahead and purchased the domain name www.legalknevil.com (http://www.legalknevil.com/)

I am using that site to host my pictures, particularly the build up and release of the Secret Project (no long a secret!). So, I welcome everyone to click the link and let me know what they think. I hope you all enjoy it. There will be many updates when I get back from my weekend here in the ATL.

As some of you know, my car was fired up this week and the process of tuning it has begun. To paraphrase something I heard this week on the TV show Rides, when my car is running, it sounds like war!!! Honestly, the first time I heard it run, I thought the word was coming to an end!!

It clearly will take some time to tune and finish the car, but I am pleased to say that I was able to take a couple of laps of the Team Ford parking lot. I can say this, those Nittos don't stand a chance!! And, this is before the car has been fully tuned. Also, we have yet to spray the motor with the 75 shot that we decided to put in.

My expectations for this car remain very high. This is buttressed by the fact that I have some of the best talent building and tuning my car. In fact, Steve Babcock remarked to me that he couldn't believe the collection of talent that was assembled at Team Ford. I agree.

Little did Steve realize when he said that that I also have the best Project Manager I could have asked for. Thanks Todd! You have been a great Project Manager and an even better friend. I honestly do not believe that I could have accomplished what has been done with my car without your help.

I will post pictures on my new site when I get back to New York. I hope some of the others that took pictures today will share them with you all as well.

Enjoy!!
A fine piece of work, my friend! I always thought you had more money than sense, now I know it to be true! I can't wait to see it....in the meantime, I've already logged on to the site and will follow your exploits until I see you again. CONGRATULATIONS! :beer:

BillyGman

10-17-2004, 11:04 PM

A fine piece of work, my friend! I always thought you had more money than sense, now I know it to be true! CONGRATULATIONS! :beer:LOL!!! :rofl: "more money than sense"...I guess that's what it takes to create a lightning fast Marauder....oh well, so be it.....

BillyGman

10-17-2004, 11:26 PM

BTW Marty, there is no doubt in my mind that you'll be in the 10 second bracket w/this car. It's all a matter of getting it to hook-up. So w/that in mind, have you obtained your NHRA License yet? I also want to point out that even though your car will shred those Nittos on the street, remember that between a lower air pressure that you'll be running at the track w/those, and the traction compound they use there, the drag radials will hook much better than they do on the street. The Nittos are also said to grip better once you do a couple good burnouts w/them. And I've heard some guys w/big heavy cars w/mucho power claim 60' times of as little as 1.3 seconds w/drag radials. So I guess you'll have to experiment a little at the track w/the slicks as well as with the DR's.

martyo

10-18-2004, 03:26 AM

Hope to meet you and Todd soon. One day I will make it down your way.

Speaking for Todd and my self, anytime you want to come down (to ATL) or up (to NY) you will be welcomed with open arms (and car doors). Need proof? Just ask any of the fine folks that joined us in the ATL this past weekend. Of the 42 birthdays that I have celebrated, this one was teh best one yet!

martyo

10-18-2004, 03:27 AM

And you'll need them! I saw the two 100' black marks Jeff laid down when he stomped it at a 20mph roll on those Nittos.

Scary, eh?

martyo

10-18-2004, 03:28 AM

Have you obtained your NHRA License yet?

I am working on it.

2003 MIB

10-18-2004, 04:06 AM

Amazing....I wish I could have been there for the party...November 5th seems like a long way off. Site looks great car looks great. I think we're all proud of what you've done here.
The fallout from this may well be that fewer people ask, "What kind of car is that?" and may ask, "Did you see the article about that guy who's got one in the 10's?" That's good for all of us. Thank you for sharing the project and thank you for having it built!

Marauderman

10-18-2004, 04:16 AM

Can I get a word in here ..please---thanks....Marty---I want to say I was glad to be present for your celebration weekend and am thrilled for you and your associates who have worked so hard and long to accomplish this current result.

..and to celebrate your birthday with you and the Alt. Team folks--...It is always great being in your company .

I am now convinced that Team Ford will now be the only group who touches my car......it's a lovely 4hr drive there anyway in an MM....

Once again---thrilled to experience all of the events and showings this past weekend , so much , my heart is pounding in anticipation over the next three weeks....see ya then......Tom

TAF

10-18-2004, 05:17 AM

And you'll need them! I saw the two 100' black marks Jeff laid down when he stomped it at a 20mph roll on those Nittos.
Yeah...I was in the passenger seat for that one....WOW!!! BTW Marty...you owe me a new pair of Fruit of the Looms.:o

MSR7878

10-18-2004, 05:58 AM

The wife and I have the "if we win the powerball" conversation from time to time, and inevitably I say I will build the baddest MM ever. Well I have been beaten (no powerball win yet). At least now I have something to shoot for!
I am very happy and excited for you Marty, I just want to take a second to share my story with everyone here about the first time I met Marty.

I saw a post on MM.net about a meet in NY and Marty was asking if anyone would show, I posted saying I was interested. Marty posted his cell and I called him up and shared with him that I was nervous about meeting other owners because I was young and maybe in a lower income bracket. Well Marty made me at ease and always made time to talk, even thogh he is a busy guy. We met, had a great time, and I have to say I was very surprised. I think Marty embodies the MM owner experience. To each of us our MM is the baddest, and no matter how big and bad Marty's is I know he will still be the same nice guy to meet up with, and share MM stories with.

I haven't corresponed with him for awhile, but I just wanted to share that and to thank him,

thanks
- mike
:bows: :bows:
P.S. I'm on the road to see it the first time you bring it out!!!

Patrick

10-18-2004, 06:11 AM

I think Marty embodies the MM owner experience. To each of us our MM is the baddest, and no matter how big and bad Marty's is I know he will still be the same nice guy to meet up with, and share MM stories with.

Very well put!!!
:2thumbs:

Fourth Horseman

10-18-2004, 08:34 AM

Looks fantastic, Marty! Can't wait to hear what you run at the track when you get her all tuned and perfect.
:beer:

prchrman

10-18-2004, 01:38 PM

Glad you are having fun with your MM, Mr. Martin...I like your style...glad you had the resources to put together a car any of us would be proud to call our own and also the stamina to put up with TAF the whole time...JK, TAF, JK
...looking forward to seeing the MMs put up a good fight this year at the heavy shoot out...OBTW the fastest SS last year was 10.5 seconds...fastest car was a Linc at 10.34...again I must say you did everything I would have if I had the resources but you did it better...who would have thunk a NY lawyer would be setting the standard for some would be hot rodders...go figure...willie