Best in the Desert 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Race Truck

[Aaron313]

Can actually hear it here:

https://instagram.com/p/BFJuDmlx7mg/


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Still pretty weak for having no sound deadening materials in the cab lol

 

[John Tanglewood]

Can actually hear it here:

https://instagram.com/p/BFJuDmlx7mg/


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Sounds way deeper than expected, but don't they pump noise through speakers or no?

 

[2014RubyRed]

Can actually hear it here:

https://instagram.com/p/BFJuDmlx7mg/


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It's weird, but if you listen closely there is like two different motor sounds. One sounds like a throaty V8 and one sounds like the V6. I wonder if the engine sounds that are pumped in are delayed or something? I know when he first takes off at the start, that is all V8 sound......

 

[MatMan]

Confirmed, it sounds pretty good, for a 6. Its the EcoBeast, I bet. His post referenced "the belly of the beast" and a beast it is...

Well done FoPer team!

 

[RLTW]

No, no it doesn't.


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[khahn73]

This is a side-by-side race as indicated by the two instances of thumbs up by the race controller. What you are mostly hearing is the other truck. Check out this instagramers other posts for a better video with just the Raptor.

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[Hole Shot]

The light v8 sound you heard was foust farting in the truck. Sounded much better than the truck Itself.


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[Reptar]

The idea is to shake down the Raptor and show the public what it can do in nearly stock trim. Im pretty sure Ford said "Dont be a ******* idiot and destroy the truck and not finish any races."

The idea behind these races is MARKETING. Does no one get that? Ford is showing everyone that they have a capable truck and no one else is entering factory backed trucks into these races (Nissan, Dodge, Chevy, Toyota) in near stock trim.

But by all means tell Ford how to sell trucks, they need help from the peanut gallery.

https://www.facebook.com/AlVazquezFAMA/videos/10208213538671382/

lol ding ding ding! You'll find most people in here don't work at all in a field that can remotely relate to marketing, engineering, etc. They'll pound their chest...errr...keyboard saying everything otherwise, but it still shows through lol.

You're right on the money. If the driver was flogging the living shit out of it where it came back at the end of the race looking like it's a full insurance write off with smashed front end, smashed doors, smashed bedsides, that would get a pretty ****** rep by the public eye, checkout this Raptor, it was destroyed in an offroad race, must not be very capable.....vs finishing it in 1 piece, and looking as good as it started by the end. May not impress the FRF peanut gallery, but the rest of the public eye, it looks good.

Gotta love the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" too, Ford enters a relatively stock truck in this race, it gets tore up on FRF because it's not full blown race or full blown stock. And how dare they call a truck that they're racing in a race, a race truck lol.

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor: What We Learned at the Mint 400 - PickupTrucks.com News
"The suspension's ability to soak up the kind of abuse we experienced on the racecourse might have been the most impressive aspect of the new Raptor."
The only thing I have a problem with is this perception of how stock this truck competing in these events really is. Suspension is a huge selling point and the fact that this so called stock class truck won't carry the same impressive suspension is kind of easy to mislead new customers who rely on articles like the one above to get info on potential vehicles. Say what you want about the shocks having the same diameter but having totally different springs and the pairing of remote reservoirs really does make a difference. Don't forget to add different rear bypass shocks and beefier leaf springs and bam you've changed the characteristics of how this truck rides and feels. Lets not all forget to mention that this truck had power windows and Sirius radio and that those are the defining features of how stock this truck really is! [emoji16] This truck is built for the masses but let's market it with a setup that maybe less than 10% of them will ever perform and say how great this suspension was at all these racecourses and that they too will have a race truck without all the stickers this coming fall [emoji196]


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Have you ever seen the Ford Racing catalog? Ford knows there's a big aftermarket they didn't get to tap into with the gen 1 Raptors. I'd say there's a pretty good chance they're going to capitalize on that with the Gen 2 a little bit, and could very well offer these exact springs and shocks through Ford Racing as an upgrade for those 10%, because heck they're already tested/proven on their truck in these races. Yes there's a lot of other aftermarket options to go against, but the Ford Racing advantage is you can get them done under warranty.

 

[Addictive Desert Designs]

Well said Reptar. We get it, Gen 1 guys like V8s, we all do. But you cant bash Ford for what they are doing with this truck, the competition doesnt even come close.

 

[Rated R]

And there you have it. All this stuff spewed here will be silenced once the reviews, purchases and real world use come into being. That'll be a sad day for many here.