factive
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Wow!
Would you have bought something else instead, like a dedicated pre-runner or race truck or would you just be happy with the rap + 3.0s?
Cost to Fun Ratio, Is It Worth It?
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Wow!
Would you have bought something else instead, like a dedicated pre-runner or race truck or would you just be happy with the rap + 3.0s?
Dan06
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I'm tired of all this pessimistic party pooper talk. Who's got an over modded Rap? I'll gladly take her off your hands lol.
Dan06
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Lol my bank account says yes... Any regrets? Not that I can think of
Sage
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It's in the top 10 of most fun things done with my pants on. Sort of shows that I lead a dull life.....
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My Raptor is nearly stock, with just a perch change, some recovery gear, and some lights.
It's that way because of lessons learned from going to far with a vehicle as I did with the Evo I had, which turned into >$70k spent in 3 years, on something that I paid $19k for.
At first, it was just simple bolt-on stuff and a fuel change.
Then I wanted a little more, so swapped turbos.
Then I had to have the driveline brought up to par to handle the new power.
Then I had the money and wanted more, so it went to a shop for a full engine/turbo etc build.
Then I wanted more still, and it went back in somewhere else for a ridiculous-to-have fuel system to support running basically straight alcohol(E98).
Then I found out that it WAS going to destroy parts of the driveline at that power level and there wasn't really anything I could do about it except fix it when it broke.
It also turned even a quick romp on the throttle into speeds high enough to be a mandatory license loss.
I parted out and sold the car last year.
It wasn't worth it.
For this reason, my truck will stay nearly stock. I went down that road with something else, and I regretted it when it was done. I live in MN and there's no where to go where I would need that level of investment anywhere nearby.
When I was looking at getting a job in the Southwest I decided that instead of building the Raptor, I would have picked up a ranger or something to make a prerunner out of. The cost would probably be similar, it would be more capable than the Raptor for that one task, and I could tow it out to wherever I wanted to play in comfort with the Raptor.
That said, I would like to pick up a bumpstop kit for the rear, which I look at more as insurance on being dumb mod than a performance one.
It's that way because of lessons learned from going to far with a vehicle as I did with the Evo I had, which turned into >$70k spent in 3 years, on something that I paid $19k for.
At first, it was just simple bolt-on stuff and a fuel change.
Then I wanted a little more, so swapped turbos.
Then I had to have the driveline brought up to par to handle the new power.
Then I had the money and wanted more, so it went to a shop for a full engine/turbo etc build.
Then I wanted more still, and it went back in somewhere else for a ridiculous-to-have fuel system to support running basically straight alcohol(E98).
Then I found out that it WAS going to destroy parts of the driveline at that power level and there wasn't really anything I could do about it except fix it when it broke.
It also turned even a quick romp on the throttle into speeds high enough to be a mandatory license loss.
I parted out and sold the car last year.
It wasn't worth it.
For this reason, my truck will stay nearly stock. I went down that road with something else, and I regretted it when it was done. I live in MN and there's no where to go where I would need that level of investment anywhere nearby.
When I was looking at getting a job in the Southwest I decided that instead of building the Raptor, I would have picked up a ranger or something to make a prerunner out of. The cost would probably be similar, it would be more capable than the Raptor for that one task, and I could tow it out to wherever I wanted to play in comfort with the Raptor.
That said, I would like to pick up a bumpstop kit for the rear, which I look at more as insurance on being dumb mod than a performance one.
Wilson
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Sage
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Either your life is duller or you have your pants off so often you don't have time for more....
Wilson
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Haha yep farm I do practice the art a lot lol.
1. Raptor runs
2. Hunt fish
3. Farming
4. Went on a vacation once that was fun
5. Flew an airplane
1. Raptor runs
2. Hunt fish
3. Farming
4. Went on a vacation once that was fun
5. Flew an airplane
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