Dennis Reinhart
07-20-2003, 01:16 PM
Well, I just got home I trailer'ed Keith's car, behind a Supercharged Lincoln Blackwood that I tuned and debugged that had a Paxton blower, after I dropped it off I drove the Marauder back home. The SUV belongs to an owner of three Lincoln Dealerships in South Florida, they are going to offer my package to there customers, both stage 1 and stage 2 and the S/C kit, on the way there I stopped in Fort Lauderdale to go to this weekly huge car show, to show both vehicles and meet Keith's brother Brian, he was a great guy we talked for hours and people were amazed with the car, kept asking did you paint this or I thought they only came in Black. I really had a good time met two from the club one is coming to see me for a stage 1 install. I will get it back on the dyno tomorrow and look every thing over the car. I feel it needs a firmer 1/2 shift at WOT so I will make an adjustment here, and with the A/C on, in Drive it idles at 500 RPM I would like to bring that up to 800, IAT is about 10 degrees over OAT even in South Florida heat/humidity. I am going to try and get it to Gainesville with slicks on it, Wednesday, I have a 3000 PI single stage for this so we will go ahead with the next correction and lock up the converter for this after the 1/2 upshift. The car averaged 18 MPG at 70 MPH. It drives like a stock Marauder till you drop the hammer after that it just plain pins you in the seat at WOT. Overall I am totally happy with the cars drivability and performance, I will keep every one posted.
Dennis
RMarauder (http://web.iwebcenters.com/reinhartautomotive/images/session/00-00-1058739342-R MARAUDER.jpg)
Front View (http://web.iwebcenters.com/reinhartautomotive/images/session/00-00-1058739543-marauder-w-plate.jpg)
Dennis
RMarauder (http://web.iwebcenters.com/reinhartautomotive/images/session/00-00-1058739342-R MARAUDER.jpg)
Front View (http://web.iwebcenters.com/reinhartautomotive/images/session/00-00-1058739543-marauder-w-plate.jpg)