Superchips Custom Tuning is now offered for Mercury Marauders from Innovative Interceptors! Innovative, in partnership with Lidio at Alternative Automotive brings you the SCT XCalibrator3, loaded with Alternative Auto's tunes. There is room for three tunes. The tuner will come with 2 tunes, most commonly, 3.55 and 4.10, or if you have other programs you would like, send us an e-mail or state your request in the comments when you order!
From Lidio Himself about Tuning Marauders:
Alternative Auto has designed a new tune for Marauders with the stock 3.55 or 4.10's (we highly recommend 4.10 gears for the Marauder). The 4.10 gear program will handle all the necessary recalibrations for the 4.10's, like shift points and correct speedo reading.
Our calibration on the Xcalibrator flasher makes a significant difference in both horsepower and torque in the most usable area of the Marauders everyday driving power-band - low end & mid range.
One very cool feature we've unlocked on our Marauder tune is the ability to shut off the alternator at “Wide-Open-Throttle”. The Marauder is one of the few Ford vehicles that came from the factory with the ability to shut off the Alternator at WOT, but Ford choose not to take advantage of. By shutting off the alternator at WOT we found this alone to be worth 4-5 RWHP with no adverse affects on the vehicle.
At this time we are not recommending colder plugs nor cooler thermostats as we've found the detonation threshold to be the same between 185 - 210 degree F engine temps.
One of the most significant changes made with our tune and the Xcalibrator flasher are several enhancements to transmission operations. We have made a noticeable improvement in how the Marauder's transmission feels when shifting at light load and part throttle loads, plus substantially firmer shifts at wide open throttle. A key calibration area we've focused on is torque converter lock-up. We've basically made converter lock-up inactive until speeds above 63 mph have been reached in 4th gear. This makes a Marauder feel much peppier at intermediate speeds in city driving. This change also eliminates the unnecessary, frequent “up-and-down-hunting” shift at intermediate speeds. To sum it up, these transmission changes make the car respond much more quickly and feel like it's in the correct gear at all times during city driving speeds.
Full throttle shift points are raised slightly and made more consistent at 6100 rpm - which from our testing appears to be optimal for the Marauder engine. The vehicle top-speed limiter is also removed.
Finding the extra power and torque is one thing, but we are especially proud of how this flash-tune improves the driving experience through our transmission refinements. The driveability improvements we've made can't be shown through a dyno graph, they have to be experienced to be appreciated and understood.
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