I never once said they have a separate assembly line. Learn to comprehend what you read. Putting Raptor specific parts into an engine takes time and space. They don't magically appear. Even if it's minimal time and space it's still time and space.
Ummm, think about that one.....On it taking more time to offer an f150 version 6.2, it doesn't take any more time to put in a f150 spec cam than a superduty spec cam, they take the same amount of time, it's the same engine. So it doesn't take them any more time to build it one way vs the other. Again, it's not a cobrajet engine lol. On it taking up more space, the cams take up the same amount of space on a supply rack, whether it's a SD cam or a F150 cam, so it's not more space.
They can only build engines so fast, and the assembly line guy putting 1 cam in vs another isn't the part making it take longer lol. You can build say 100 engines an hour on the assembly line, you want 50 of them superduty 6.2's and 50 of them f150 6.2's? Okay that's still 100 engines to build, it's not going to take longer to build one than the other. You want 100 of them superduty 6.2s? Same time to build 100. Space for cams? You'll have 100 pairs of cams coming down the supply line, it'll be 50 pairs of SD cams and 50 pairs of f150 cams, that's not any more space than if it were 100 superduty 6.2's with 100 pairs of superduty cams lol.
Ford is a car maker, of course they can build XL's along with all the other lines. If Ford sold 1500 XL level trucks out of all the F150s they build they wouldn't build them anymore because there isn't any need for it...thanks for letting me prove my point in another way.
You missed the point totally. Most people assume the Raptor is built on a special assembly line, or a separate assembly line, or done in a run of just raptors all at once on the assembly line. That's not the case. You watch the assembly line, and in the same line you'll see a Raptor, then an XL, then a Platinum, then a XLT, then another Raptor, then a King Ranch, etc. It's so computerized, modularized, efficient, you name it, that they've got the process down to allow variations between trucks on the line without slowing it down.
F150's don't get the 6.2 anymore...what are you talking about? It's only available in the SD's.
Yeah I get that, and neither do the Raptors....what are you talking about calling it a Raptor engine then? lol The point was when the 6.2 was offered in the f150, it was the exact same engine as the Raptor. The 6.2 in the Raptor didn't have anything special done just because it was in the Raptor. It was a regular 6.2 just like the other f150's that had it. Again, calling it a "Raptor 6.2" is just a marketing thing.
I bet Ford sells more than 1500 5.0 crate motors a year. Can you provide me with numbers? Building crate motors is something they have done forever. Not so with the marine engine. Getting involved in a whole new industry is more of a cost. A new division to sell marine engines doesn't just appear and run itself.
Who knows how many they sell, it doesn't make a difference. They have 4 varients of the 5.0 crate motor though, plus an ecobeast crate motor. You have a link for Ford's new "Marine Divison"? If they even are, and it's not just another company buying Ford 6.2 crate motors and sticking them in boats.
But even say they do have this new marine motor divison, do you reallllllly think they sat down and went "well guys, we may flop on this venture, but we can always stick the 6.2 back in the Raptor to help offset this new boat market, so we can justify keeping the Raptorized 6.2 alive,.....yeah it'll kind of shit on all the ecoboost marketing for the gen 2 raptor if we come back out with the old weaker/slower/less efficient engine into the raptor, but eh lets go with it!" lmao
Look, like I said, someone told me something having talked with a person at Ford with inside info. Part of the team that was testing the EB engine in the Baja 1000. Seeing that since I was told that and Ford has obviously put money into marketing the Raptor 6.2 in the marine world, it seems to make sense to me.
ahahahahahha, someone told you something that talked with somebody at ford who talked with somebody who had inside info, from somebodys uncles cousins brothers neighbor....did I get that right? lol. Well that changes everything, I totally believe the irrational rumors then!
Now I don't know that guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who heard some stuff from a guy he knows, but I'm going to take a guess that they reason they're calling the marine 6.2 a Raptor 6.2....is maybe, just maybe, because it came in the gen 1 Raptor!?!??! And NOT as a secret illumanti clue that they're going to come out with it in the Gen 2 Raptor? And maybe, just maybe, because calling it a Raptor 6.2 sounds way cooler than calling it an F-150 6.2 or Platinum 6.2, even though it's the exact same frigging thing LOL.
The reason you're a **** is because you disregard the info I provided and start spouting off this BS because you are obviously an expert in the modular engine world. I may be wrong, no one knows. If you have factual information for me to prove me wrong, rather than your assumptions based off of your expansive knowledge of the modular engine assembly, feel free to provide it.
Didn't disregard any of it acutally, pretty sure I quoted almost each section of it to point out where the logic is flawed, doesn't make sense, or is realllllly stretching it (like in cases of a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy LOL).
You know you are helping me prove my point, right? The 6.2 isn't going anywhere. That's obvious. If it's not going anywhere and the are still making Raptor engines it seems more logical at some point they offer their Raptor engine in Raptors.
Hey if that keeps you sleeping at night, keep convincing yourself that lol. It's pretty hysterical seeing the general concensus on this board. Dig back to 2011-2012 when I posted I could completely see Ford offering a 3.5 ecoboost in the Raptor and so many people swore how that was insane, would never happen, not ever, completely stupid, will ruin the truck, blah blah blah. Well fast forward 4-5 years, looky there my rationale back then was spot on. Most people have accepted it, don't need to like it, but they've accepted it, but there's still a few hanging on with a stretch of the imagination that just because some boats get a 6.2L crate engine that marketing called a RAPTOR engine, (even though it's the same as any f150 6.2, but hey it came in the raptor at one point so it's a marketing buzz name) they think that THAT is a clue that the 6.2 will return to the gen 2 raptor. LOL! Keep reaching!
The only LOGIC used in that theory is so trivial, all based on the name of the marine crate motor that it would be "logical" to offer it in the next Raptor? There's no logic in that at all lol. Using LOGIC would be thinking that hey if Ford offered the old 6.2 back, it would really put a tarnish on the 3.5 EB marketing they've done, how they've touted it as so much better, more powerful, more efficient, overall better, and using logic to understand that if Ford offered the 6.2 back, people would be scratching their heads questioning why if Ford dropped the 6.2 all together, why are they bringing it back, and think it must meant they weren't so sure in the 3.5 afterall if they went back on their word and offered the old outdated engine back. LOGIC would also say, that if they do want to appease their V8 diehard fans, they would probably do so in a manner of offering a newer v8, and perhaps an EB varient, that would both further the EB nameplate, while appeasing the V8 diehards, without moving backwards and bringing back discontinued engines.
And for the record it's "dying" not "dieing". Maybe you should spend more time on the English language and less time on modular engine assembly lines. [emoji1617]
Oh gee, I'm so ashamed by that insult, I had a typo on one of the most commonly mixed up spellings of words, that completely invalidates everything else in my post! LOL
Hey you've got 2 done so far, did I miss any on this list.....?
Classic Trends of Weak Internet Debates:
-when you feel like someone completely squashed your side of the arguement, respond with an insult (you're a ****!")
-when you get frustrated you aren't changing opposing opinions, try insulting grammer or spelling ("you spelled dying wrong....blah blah blah")
-when you get really angry, try the "oh yeah, well I'm better/faster/richer/etc than you so na-na-na" (hmmm will that one be next? lol)
-when all else fails, go to the complete cheap shots no matter how irrelevent to the point of the debated topic (probably at least 2 or 3 posts away from that one lol)
