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MY '24 will bring thousands more of those "they are never going to build a V8 Raptor again" Raptors.

The shortblocks are the same among all 6.2L engines. Cams are the only difference in the Raptor version. There are literally tens of thousands of good 6.2L short blocks in the junkyards. Put your heads on it and it's a "Raptor engine". Unless you plan to S/C it, I'd swap a JY shortblock in...

Run copper lines if you want durable vac lines. Another good option would be cupronickle brake lines/tubing. The rubber vac lines should slide right over if you get the right size.

I'd order another one or keep looking. The dealer will fix it and sell that one, it's their only option. They may not tell the new buyer either. Depends on the state - I know some are at 5%, so on a $90K Raptor, they could do $4500 worth of repairs and not have to disclose that damage and...

Using the engine/trans to slow the truck in the ways you described will not hurt it at all. In fact, the heavy vacuum generated during engine breaking is good for "exercising" the ring package, which helps prevents them from sticking on really high mileage engines.

Maybe there is- and something else was the issue? Maybe the battery got too low during the update? It's not like this is happening all the time. Software updates are problematic to say the least. Businesses are usually about a year behind on Windows updates because they've been burned badly...

Insulting forum members as usual.

Please. He's got beers to finish. Aint' nobody got time for looking up videos on how to tow. Hook that shit up and winch it. Some of my friends from high school own tow trucks- and they are exactly like you'd expect! Priorities include 4 wheelers, weed, cigarettes and beer. They have...

The real answer is 671 million MPH. The speed of light. That's the top speed of everything.

He's got thousands of them on here, I could never choose his dumbest comment- but, wait, I'll try! I think the "it's all new" insistance he has when referring to the 2015+ 3.5L EB engines. "It's NOT a CYCLONE!!!!!" MMM K.

Well, at least one of these statements is factual! 6.2L debuted in the 2010 Raptor smart guy. Superduties got a detuned version in 2011. E-vans got it in 2017 when it was upgraded.

Tstats shoud always be tested prior to be installed as well, both to confirm fuction but also temperatures. It's a critical part on a high output engine. The data when it starts to open, and when it's fully open are on the manufacutuers' website. The function of the tstat should be confirmed...

Gen 1 sunroofs are easy to fix. All the parts can be found here: http://www.sunroofdoctor.com/ They have some parts for the 2015+ trucks too.

Welcome to modern vehicles. I remember seeing dealer techs programming BMWs a decade ago, and they took 20+ hrs to update since stuff was even slower back then, and an update to one module could require updates to everything else. They would leave them going all night, and half of the time...

It's all about MPGs. The IWEs disconnect the tires from the 4WD system at the best point for MPGs, right at the wheel bearing. The older (97-03) Ford IFS 4WD setup was MUCH less likely to fail, but more compontents were left spinning when not in 4WD, costing you MPG. Drivers wheel was...

You can delete the IWEs. At least you can in the older trucks. Not sure if the changes they've allegedly made to to the IWEs recently would prevent the delete kits from fitting. It'll cost you some MPG, but your truck will be fully in either 2WD or 4WD as you desire, none of this slowly...

I used 4Lo in my last truck once when it was a month old. I used it again 14 years later- and it worked fine. That's like someone saying make sure you shift into certain gears every now and then with a manual trans.

My truck had a Bakflip on it when I bought it. It's OK, but there's no way I'd pay nearly $2K for one new. There's a lot of proifit in that for what you get. Half of the time it don't have it on there, but it goes back on for vacations.

Worst case, you always can disable TPMS if you want using Forscan. I disabled mine when I got a new set of wheels so I could run the old school durable metal valve stems. Someone think of the children. I know.

Whether you are in 2wd or 4wd- having the rear axle locked will make turning on dry just that much harder as you are now eliminating the differential action in the rear axle. Don't lock the rear axle unless you are doing burnouts, driving in 100% loose material (mud snow gravel sand), or you...

Maybe start here... Understand why you need a differential, then lockers and limited slip differentials will make more sense.

More for you to chew on... The power leaves the engine via a crank shaft and enters the transmission. A transfer case is bolted to the back of the trasmission. The power goes through the transmission, into the transfer case. The tcase sends it to either the rear axle alone (2WD), or both...

Well in that case, n/m on the turbos. I saw where he said "rebuild" but it wasn't really clear what was finally done- which is why I was asking what they actually put in.

Turbos are so failure prone compared to all of that though. I wouldn't recommend any of what you listed to be replaced- ever on any engine, unless it's already failed. It's not just that turbos fail so often compared to the rest of the engine either, or the massive labor savings that was...

Raptor T-cases and 4WD systems have changed over the years. So it depends on the year as to how they operate. All Raptors have the ability to lock the rear diff though, which is probably what you guys where discussing. Gen 1 trucks can lock it, and it stays locked until you unlock it. The...