Should I worry???
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Should I worry???
This coming Sunday our car club will have a 1/8 mile dragstrip all to ourselves. All the timing equipment will be working. My Drag Racing days are LONG over but there is a old coot in our club with a 02 Mercury Marauder 4 dr sedan. It has a 281 cu in engine with a supercharger producing 20 to 25 lbs of boost. AND he tells me he can blow my doors off. Should I worry?? 
My reflex's are still good and I am positive I can pull a hole shot on him.
My reflex's are still good and I am positive I can pull a hole shot on him.
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20-25 lbs. of boost? holy carp, and that's a misspelling on purpose.
no, I would not worry one bit, unless he's got a 500+ c.i. replacement motor and a very stout driveline.
not at 4195 lbs.*
*http://www.edmunds.com/used/2004/mer...077/specs.html
no, I would not worry one bit, unless he's got a 500+ c.i. replacement motor and a very stout driveline.
not at 4195 lbs.*
*http://www.edmunds.com/used/2004/mer...077/specs.html
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This coming Sunday our car club will have a 1/8 mile dragstrip all to ourselves. All the timing equipment will be working. My Drag Racing days are LONG over but there is a old coot in our club with a 02 Mercury Marauder 4 dr sedan. It has a 281 cu in engine with a supercharger producing 20 to 25 lbs of boost. AND he tells me he can blow my doors off. Should I worry?? My reflex's are still good and I am positive I can pull a hole shot on him.
My reflex's are still good and I am positive I can pull a hole shot on him.
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If the 25 isn't a typo, then you might just have a challenge on your hands - at the track two weeks ago there was a Lexus SC300 with a straight 6 running a turbo with 32 lbs of boost (not a typo - it was 32) and it ran a 9.61. I captured the video on my iPhone and can post it for any non-believers.
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Well...I will let you all know Sunday night. This car is a real sleeper. Looks perfectly normal on the outside. A all black 4 dr sedan BUT I can hear a cam at idle. The heads on this engine are very large. I guess it is a special car from Ford. Anyway, I will find out on Sunday.
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Just note that the Marauder has the 4-valve Cobra engine of that era. With 20-25# boost (dayum) it will move at any weight.
If he has gears, he will likely test you for sure. With stock gears, the 1/8 mile will cause him to not get into the power curve, I'm thinking.
If he has gears, he will likely test you for sure. With stock gears, the 1/8 mile will cause him to not get into the power curve, I'm thinking.
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Ummmm, what are your mods??? What year is your vette? Likely if he runs 11.2's he's running a drag radial or slick so he's gonna smoke the crap out of you, especially on the 1/8th as those cars will make instant torque and I bet he's gonna hook too.
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I have a 08 Vert LS3, NPP A6 completely stock. He says he has 410 gears but no slicks, He is 72 years old. I think I should be able to pull a hole shot on him. He is a car guy though, This is one of several cars he has that run. He also has a 42 Continential with a 427 in it. That car is super nice. Hence his handle..."Hot Rod Lincoln" I need to learn how to post pics on this site so I could show it.
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The 11.2 slips say he will win. BUT they are from previous owner. SO it may have had drag tires and a better driver.
You have the A6 advantage - consistency. Practice some starts - somewhere safe, before sunday.
from another thread I found
"I have a 09 A6, NPP, no mods, never ran 1/4 mi before so I just leave it in D mode, never do a burn out, car runs 12.45 114 MPH all day, every time out, once as the night got cooler it went 12.3,12.2 and one run @ 12.1, I must have 20 time slips all in the 12.40 to 12.49 range."
make sure your tires are warm and dry and have fun - I think it will be a close race.
You have the A6 advantage - consistency. Practice some starts - somewhere safe, before sunday.
from another thread I found
"I have a 09 A6, NPP, no mods, never ran 1/4 mi before so I just leave it in D mode, never do a burn out, car runs 12.45 114 MPH all day, every time out, once as the night got cooler it went 12.3,12.2 and one run @ 12.1, I must have 20 time slips all in the 12.40 to 12.49 range."
make sure your tires are warm and dry and have fun - I think it will be a close race.
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I have a 08 Vert LS3, NPP A6 completely stock. He says he has 410 gears but no slicks, He is 72 years old. I think I should be able to pull a hole shot on him. He is a car guy though, This is one of several cars he has that run. He also has a 42 Continential with a 427 in it. That car is super nice. Hence his handle..."Hot Rod Lincoln" I need to learn how to post pics on this site so I could show it.
Ok, that car HAS to have tires, it would be almost undriveable without drag radials at the very least, especially with 4.10 gears.
If he is a car guy, he's going to have a sticky tire on the back, and honestly, if it ran 11.2's, it's just a faster car.
If he spins his *** off, you'd have a chance in the 1/8th mile I guess.
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I guess I'll "qualify" my original post above as the facts slolwy unfold about the 291 cu. in., evolving and "modified" mERCURY. 
So, just exactly how much HAS been done to this 4195 lb. car that makes it so fast? In fact, IS IT STILL a 4,195 lb. car? Which, if significantly lightened and modified can put down 11s and beat a stock, '08, 3,250 lb., automatic, convertible?
From the weights alone, what horsepower, rear gears, drivetrain, trans, tires--does it take for an almost 950 lb. weight disadvantage? I ask that question not even being close to knowing the answer.
If the '08 automatic is putting somewhere around 365 rwhp, (open to more numbers if this isn't correct) what does it take for 950 lbs. more of car to smoke him?
Any ideas?
So, just exactly how much HAS been done to this 4195 lb. car that makes it so fast? In fact, IS IT STILL a 4,195 lb. car? Which, if significantly lightened and modified can put down 11s and beat a stock, '08, 3,250 lb., automatic, convertible?
From the weights alone, what horsepower, rear gears, drivetrain, trans, tires--does it take for an almost 950 lb. weight disadvantage? I ask that question not even being close to knowing the answer.
If the '08 automatic is putting somewhere around 365 rwhp, (open to more numbers if this isn't correct) what does it take for 950 lbs. more of car to smoke him?
Any ideas?