Marauder to race the Ford GT

DEFYANT · 10-19-2005, 10:57 PM

Thats right.

A fat black four door Marauder will be putting a pasting to an SVT Ford GT.

Jerry Barnes, the creator of the Trilogy Marauder has accepted a challenge from Fords SVT guys to a race against one of their GTs. Perhaps your not aware, but Jerrys Marauder runs consistant low 11's and can do it with more than two seats!

Click here for more information:
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...d=1#post304944

02JoeGhost · 10-19-2005, 11:10 PM

Now this is awesome. I cant wait to see a video on this. Nothing is sweeter than a 4 door
Family car beating up on a super car LOL.

Joe

DEFYANT · 10-19-2005, 11:51 PM

I only wish I could be there for the festivities!

Paul Vincent · 10-20-2005, 12:15 AM

What's the race? Zero to 100 to zero? Quarter Mile? Top end? Zero to 60 backwards?

Sully008 · 10-20-2005, 12:33 AM

The race will be a 1/4 mile. Hopefully a couple of 1/4 miles.

WizardsCobra · 10-20-2005, 12:54 AM

Should be pretty interesting.

Paul Vincent · 10-20-2005, 03:15 AM

Yes, and win or lose, likely it will heighten awareness of Trilogy Motorsports.

waldo · 10-20-2005, 04:34 AM

My uncle has a Trilogy Motorsports supercharged Marauder. It flat out hauls A@#.

waldo

M SIX · 10-20-2005, 05:45 AM

SVT doesnt make the Ford GT

kingCOBRAsvt_99 · 10-20-2005, 06:34 AM

um..... http://videos.streetfire.net/Player....top%20gear&p=0
watch it....... at the end do you see that SVT motor in the car????

kingCOBRAsvt_99 · 10-20-2005, 06:42 AM

i retract that last statement upoun closer inspection it does not have SVT stamped on it.....

fordification · 10-20-2005, 11:11 AM

should throw a turn in at the very end.

BruteForce · 10-20-2005, 03:12 PM

Race time has been set for 5:30 PM Eastern time.

Big 8 · 10-20-2005, 05:32 PM

Well I read the thread over there guess they raced, so if they made a video post it!

Captain Beyond · 10-20-2005, 08:55 PM

Maybe after the 1/4 mile drag race they could race around a road track too.

04Marauder · 10-20-2005, 10:01 PM

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...6&page=7&pp=15

Apparently there was a winner. Still waiting on the video. Check it out

Jersey Vics · 10-20-2005, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M SIX

SVT doesnt make the Ford GT

I'll have to take it off the SVTregistry than... go figure!

I guess it'll be an excuse to redesign the site for 2006

--Russ

MikesMerc · 10-20-2005, 11:39 PM

Wow....that was fun!

Unfortunately the Trilogy #1 car had tranny issues, so 2 of the trilogy cars had to step up to represent....me being one of them.

After running an 11.53 @ 120 in test tune it was a long wait for my turn against the GT. Someone lifted the front end of their car on the track, lost it, and got hurt. It took almost an hour to clear the track. After waiting around for my second run of the night, and my first run against the GT, we finally staged at around 9pm.

Unfortunately I got into it a bit too heavy off the line and spun bad. My 2.0 60ft killed me. The GT and I stayed neck and neck but he edged me with a his best run of the night...an 11.916 @ 124.6 vs my traction problemed 12.05 @ 119.65.

Dennis (the GT pilot) motioned to me to do a hot lap. He knew I blew my tires off the line and that I had a lot left to give. He was well aware of my test n tune time so he was nice enough to let me have another go.

This time I made sure not to rush and stayed calm. I hole shot him in spectacular fashion with a 1.72 60ft and an incredible 7.22 1/8 mile @ 96.57 finishing with an 11.65 ET. He didn't have a chance and shut down half way down the track. I was a bit bummed he shut down, but he said he knew he couldn't catch me and was getting worried about the clutch which we could both smell in the pits after that run. He gave me the "win" and we shook hands.

All in all a fun trip. Give that GT some better tires and a new clutch and it would put the hurt on most cars. But, I also like the looks on the faces of those in the crowd when they see my 4 door sedan blow the GT into the weeds

MI2QWK4U · 10-21-2005, 08:32 AM

I will say this much...It was an honor to shed first blood...Ford GT blood that is. It was intimidating to say the least. Lidio had done some tuning last week and the car felt great. The new Nittos HOOOKED like CRAZY... My burnout was spectacular, the new tires heated up real nice... The GT had done its weak burnout and was waiting at the line while my tires were still smoking doing the burnout! I didnt launch as hard as I could have, as I was still feeling out the track and new tires, but they grabbed and hooked and she launched harder than I ever remember feeling. Anyway, he ran a 12.36 @ 122 mph and I took him with my 11.94 @ 115 mph. The crowd couldnt believe it! 4600 lb 4dr sedan beating Fords flagship sports car...awesum. Have no doubts, he was pulling hard and making up ground as you can tell by the MPH, but to be honest, I launched harder than usual, but not nearly as hard as I could have.
Im going to Disney World...

oooopps...
Almost forgot, that run and my last run were new personal bests for both the car and myself, ended up with a best of 11.92 @ 115 mph.

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512 RWHP 494 RW Torque @ 13.5 lbs Boost.
- Trilogy Eaton Intercooled Supercharger #0002.
- Custom Engraved Billet Air Intake.
- Accufab Billet Throttle Body.
- Dyno tuned w/SCT by Lidio at Alternative Auto.
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- Kenwood speaker upgrades w/dynomat.
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- Ruby Red Bob White Bumper Inserts.

Chris Benvie · 10-21-2005, 10:52 AM

umm video?

bigslim · 10-21-2005, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Benvie

umm video?

Video will be posted as soon as I can figure it out.

MI2QWK4U · 10-21-2005, 05:52 PM

I think it should be mentioned that the FME folks were very friendly and welcomed us to this challange most graciously! Thanks to that I will be joining the ranks of the FME and getting in on some of there future activities. Appears to be a class operation and I am for that! Motor City Marauders, Please consider joining me in signing up for the FME. This is one of the best trips to the track ever....

Just recieved this email from the FME President, I had shot him a quick email thanking them for the invite.....

Quote:

Dave,

Thanks for your note. That was one of the best turnouts we had this season. Being able to watch your Marauders, vehicles from Ford Racing and the Ford GT is ALWAYS a good time. I'm just sorry I couldn't spend more time trackside! Not only did you achieve 11.53 ET's (which I'm sorry to say I missed), but you did it in style. Fast cars with well appointed interiors and space for the family and groceries. What more could you ask for? I have always wanted to get my hands on a Marauder and do some work to it, the only thing lacking is time.

FME welcomes all perspective members. The only requirement is that you have passion for all things Ford... Or Mercury as the case may be! Those interested in joining have 2 options. They can either E mail me directly and I will provide links for them to join online making the membership fee payable through Pay Pal - or- they can download the membership application from our website and mail it to our PO Box.(www.teamfme.com)

Memberships come with our welcome package, our quarterly newsletters, weekly E mail announcements and invitations to our annual picnic (August) and holiday party (December) which are catered by FME. We hold all of our events on the third Thursday of each month. During good weather (usually May to October) we spend our time at Milan racing as we did last night. The rest of the year we try to plan some different activates that would interest the membership.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask and give out my E mail to those who are interested. Thanks, and have a great weekend.

Sincerely,
Joseph L. Frank
Product Test Technician
President: Ford Motorsports Enthusiasts
FME Chair: Special Events
Ford Motor Company
www.teamfme.com

bigslim · 10-21-2005, 11:32 PM

I too would like to thank the guys at FME for hosting the event. Greta night with a lot of personal best including my own. I ran a 13.10 at 105.14mph. What a great night.