1st or 2nd generation Raptor?

[BaseRaptor]

Interesting article from Motor Trend. I’ll take the current generation...

https://www.motortrend.com/news/for...B1F79FA45CE1F087BDB2EF9577EEF56B4800758ECB49B

 

[911 Crazy]

Read the article but it was way too politically correct and written by someone who has never driven one.

 

[BaseRaptor]

I do agree that it was pretty lame.

 

[911 Crazy]

Read the article but it was way too politically correct and written by someone who has never driven one.

Sadly that's what journalism has devolved into.

 

[nikhsub1]

That article is about as meh as it gets. Things of that sort need opinion thrown in to spice it up IMO. The facts and stats are all well and good but, what else? Personally, I loved the Raptor since it came out - To me though, the V8 is just meh as I've always been a fan of turbo charged power plants. When Gen 2 came along, with all aluminum body (and some composite) and that wicked TT 3.5 V6 that I knew would be super tuneable I was in love. All I hear gen 1 guys crying about is the exhaust note - doesn't factor in much for me at all. Gen 2 is lighter, quicker, has 2in more travel and way more fun IMO. Anyway, sorry to carry on but the article is a bore.

 

[isis]

They’re just begging for clicks since the world screeched to a halt. It’s nothing any of us haven’t considered or thought about.

 

[Rocsteady]

Hard to argue that the Gen 2 doesn't do almost everything better than the Gen 1. If I had the money, I'd do the Gen 2 but with a heavily massaged V8 to get to 450-500 hp and I'd be happy as a clam.

 

[BaseRaptor]

Just imagine a factory Raptor with the brand new 7.3L 430HP naturally aspirated pushrod V8 Godzilla motor purring away under the hood. It mates up perfectly to the current 10-speed tranny that’s currently used in the Raptor.



https://www.hotrod.com/articles/inside-look-fords-new-7-3l-pushrod-v8/

 

[911 Crazy]

That article is about as meh as it gets. Things of that sort need opinion thrown in to spice it up IMO. The facts and stats are all well and good but, what else? Personally, I loved the Raptor since it came out - To me though, the V8 is just meh as I've always been a fan of turbo charged power plants. When Gen 2 came along, with all aluminum body (and some composite) and that wicked TT 3.5 V6 that I knew would be super tuneable I was in love. All I hear gen 1 guys crying about is the exhaust note - doesn't factor in much for me at all. Gen 2 is lighter, quicker, has 2in more travel and way more fun IMO. Anyway, sorry to carry on but the article is a bore.

You just rewrote the article............and made it interesting!

 

[911 Crazy]

We’re just begging for chicks since the world screeched to a halt. It’s nothing any of us haven’t considered or drooled about.

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