Finished Mod Upgrades on My 300A MM

[TripleG]

Well after $7000 I finally finished with my mod's for my 2003 300A MM . Below is my list and what I think.

1) Kenny Brown Dead Pedal - Great - I got a place for my left foot
2) Remote Car Start - OK it works when it wants too, I got to bring it back.
3) Valintine One Radar detector - Great It finds every bank, hopefully it will find a real trap soon.
4) Mod I from Dennis R. - 4.10 gears and chip really make my MM a differant car!!!!
5) Sway Bar - It now rides like a 4100 lb Sport Car - Love it
6) MMC Drive Shift - not sure but the car shifts smooth as silk and there is no vibration at all!
7) DR's Exhaust system with Dynamax 20" Ultra SS mufflers great sound
8) Snow Tires 7 wheels all around all the way around no problems.
9) Tint - 50% sides 35% rear
10)Dyno - 262 /294 app. Doing this from memory I forgat my sheet. - Maybe someone can tell me if these number are anygood. . I should of spent the extra 100 at the beginning of all this !

[jgc61sr2002]

George - You don't sound like the person I met in Hershey. Wow that's super cool. Congrats Enjoy. What happened to Golf?:D :up:

[SergntMac]

Your dyno looks about right for the Stage I kit, but you'll never be done modding...Never...Never...Neve r...

[RF Overlord]

Originally posted by jgc61sr2002
George - What happened to Golf?:D :up:

John, I think he got thrown out of the Hershey Golf Club for using his mashie where he should have used a niblick...or maybe it was all those divots he never put back...

:lol:

George: Way to go, dude...! :up: You didn't sound so sure about mods in Hershey...I guess when you decide to do something, you really jump in with both feet!

[TripleG]

Originally posted by SergntMac
Your dyno looks about right for the Stage I kit, but you'll never be done modding...Never...Never...Neve r...

Since I have DR's exhaust too does that mean that my MM needs a wee bit of tuning or should I have gone with Kook's system.


Golf It's Winter the MM turned me into a fairweather player.

[Glenn]

TripleG:

With these mods, you are not getting all of the power out of your MM without Jerry's dyno-tune. You are short a good 15-20 HP without the tune. Look at my HP number below with modest mods.

Glenn

[SergntMac]

I don't think you made a bad choice in exhaust systems. I'm not familiar with the qualities of the 20" DynaMax muffler, they could be helping you, they could be holding you back. I don't know either way.

You are missing some other mods that could build you a bit more power. The DR chip works best with the Denso IT20 plugs, and a 180 stat. The underdrive pullies are very beneficial too. Tie that together with a dyno tune from Jerry, and you'll be running with the best of them.

Dyno numbers are just measurements, the end, or, top HP isn't as important as where your power comes on. I've seen high horsepower cars get their butts whupped by lesser powered cars who had more low end torque available early in the race.

Torque moves the car, and I'd trade high RPM HP for low end TQ anyday. My first MM was N/A, and it produced 233 Ft.Lbs of torque at 1900 RPM, right out of the gates. By 2500 RPM, it was over 250 Ft.Lbs, and by the end of the pull at 6K, I was over 300 Ft. Lb. What made the car quick, was that 3/4th of its power hit the ground very early in the race. This is more important than total power numbers.

[TripleG]

Everyone on this site has been great. All have interesteing ideas and that's why I'm broke. Even Mike an Don my mechanics said everything I purchased was a snap to install and of the highest quality. They had their opions too like the Dynama Ultra flow
SS mufflers to complete the exhaust system.

I looked under the car today and boy you can tell the differance. I was thinking that FORD should have built this car this way from the beginning. Anyway I need a digial camera to take a few pictures.

I'll run the MM this winter like it is, when I'm ready for the track in the spring I'll look into the rest.

Once again thanks to all and Marry Christmas to all the Marauder Owners in the world.

[CRUZTAKER]

OK, bear with me, as I don't get the monetary figure. $7000?

The mods are great, don't get me wrong, but where did the money go?

My stage one= DR dual chip, plugs therm: $500
4:10's installed: $465
MMC drive shaft: $180
Kooks stainless COMPLETE w/catbacks and mufflers: $1360
Install exhaust: $300
Wheels and caliper mods: $1200
Spare set of wheels for widening: $100
Tint: $200
Badging: $75
1/2 tank of 109 octane: $30

A tad over $4000.....where's the rest :confused:

[TripleG]

Breakdown.

Remote Start $279
Radar Detector $450
Snow Tires $689
Hub Cabs for Snows $109
Leather Jacket $320
Stage I Plugs, Stat, Chip and Gears DR's $695
Stage 1 Labor $850
Sway Bar $200
MMC Drive Shift $495
Rinehart Exhaust Sys $1,075
Dynamax UtraFlow SS Mufflers $300
Labor for Exhaust - pipe, Mods 3 Dyno Pulls & Tranny oil Change & filter $1,213
Blue head lights $40
Dead Petal $75
Tint $140
Matts $40
Car Cover $30

Total $7000

[Petrograde]

I was thinking that 7K sounded a little high too.... Hell, you can get boosted for 6K..

Tom

[TripleG]

Well "what you going to do" - so said Blood Sweat and Tears. If I didn't play so much golf I could have been a machanic. That is if I didn't have to left hands.

Even with these Mods my total cost was cheaper then my sistes TLS Accura, and she dedn't get a leather jacket,remote start,tint,or radar detector.

[SergntMac]

Those "blue" headlamps, how much RWHP and RWTQ did they get you?

See there...I could have save you 40 bucks, at least...

Oh well...

[TAF]

George..you've done good, my friend. And for the $ you've spent...you now have a car that will either hold it's own or smoke $50-$85K sedans.

ENJOY!!!!

[Haggis]

Chris and I send our congradulations George....err I mean Triple G or is it Mr. Hyde. Next you are going to need to look at up-grading your tranny and also the Gridle and Stud kit for the rear end. After the Holidays and the weather starts to get better that's what I will be looking into, until that time it's nitey nite in the Garage. Is it Spring yet....No well back to bed until another nice day. One more thing George, it is still ok to call you George, remember SUPERCHARGER!!! :D :up: :D