Full Race's "Gen 2.5" Raptor build

[RaceUV]

Ouch that sounds terrible for it all to go at the same time. But glad to see your wife is on board with everything. I just ask for forgiveness instead of permission. Haha
I have been building mine up for awhile now and my RMB Stage 2 with Headgames heads ported heads that I had in was never happy. Finally it shit the bed so I put a OEM long block in. Now my truck is running right, finally! Thanks to @GooseTuned We are datalogging 93 right now and then can swap over to full E85 and get that dialed in.
Hopefully I never have to do a transmission. Fingers crossed.

That’s great! If you do have to do a transmission, I HIGHLY recommend Suncoast. So far, I have had some of the best customer service I have ever experienced!

 

[91Eunos]

Glad the information was helpful! I am about to be doing an entire drivetrain in mine. Bought ALL the goodies from Geoff, building a transmission with Suncoast, and installing a brand new long block from Ford. Everything decided to fail at the same time so me and the wife went full ham on this thing. Lol

Are we twins? LoL

 

[RaceUV]

Are we twins? LoL

That’s a very real possibility

 

[mashtastic]

 

[full-race geoff]

Big thanks to Jeff at SVC, he came through with the pallet of raptor R parts I needed and shipped out yesterday



Also tossed in a gen 3 rear bumper to replace my haggard one



Taking the wife and kids on a quick vacay to Costa Rica this week. Be back at it soon enough. Have a great weekend everyone

 

[416wgt]

Hey man,

You do not HAVE to machine the key way into the crank. I called ATI and they told me if you are installing it without machining the crank, all you have to do is place a small spot of RTV to the opening to prevent an oil leak. After you plug the hole with RTV install the crank bolt and you’re good to go.

See my earlier post for part numbers on the belts. I would also highly recommend replacing the water pump and what not if your truck has high miles like mine did.

THIS IS IMPORTANT

You NEED the correct install tool for the Ecoboost balancer. Below is the one I just ordered that should work for the 3.5. I haven’t used it yet but I will soon and report back.

https://a.co/d/ellR4HA

I hope this helps!

Thanks for the information. I didn’t think it was necessary but wanted to ask.