[Gen2] New Engine Price? Follow up on Blown Engine...

[Antho]

These guys? The Chamlee's pretty much OWN class 7. Their latest truck is a Ranger tube frame chassis (with that Raptor motor), a Tremec 5 speed transmission, with 4" King Kong shocks and 40" BFG's. He's got a Gen 1 Raptor daily driver, too!View attachment 485025

Yep. Thats him. It was Dan and his wife we where talking to. Pretty funny. @TomDirt

 

[SCAR911]

For 23000$ I'd ditch the shit box eco crap and put in an LS3

 

[unashamed7]

I just replaced my motor in the fall here in Gilbert AZ with a brand new Ecoboost for $21k with a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty. My truck had 93,000 miles (it’s a 2018) and I change the oil at 5000 miles regularly. Major bummer. I looked into several 5.0 or 7.3 options and they were at least double and sometimes triple what I paid to repair it.

Thanks @roostinyfz, this aligns with what I’m seeing across my quotes. Dang, I was thinking the same thing for bigger engine - labor costs must’ve been a lot more to retrofit I guess?

 

[unashamed7]

This is a little off subject, but it ties in with the former owner saying he performed regular maintenance. When I do self-maintenance, I go to carfax and record the maintenance, along with uploading my receipts for parts. It goes a long way in assuring the next buyer that the maintenance was actually performed. When I sold my 2015 F150 3.5eb with 210k, I passed my binder with all of the repair & maintenance receipts to him, as well. For my Raptor, I'm also doing a blackstone-labs oil report every other oil change. I do full synthetic oil changes every 5k. BTW, the reports confirm the oil is still in healthy ranges, so I feel confident that I don't need to do them more frequently.

@Rickmeister 100%, I heard someone else mention carfax too and I’m realizing that he likely didn’t do that regular of oil changes unfortunately. But it still made it to 172 surprisingly.

I’m a big fan of your maintenance methods, thanks for sharing. Glad to hear your 3.5eb lasted so long! Black stone labs is a great idea thanks for the tips.

 

[roostinyfz]

Thanks @roostinyfz, this aligns with what I’m seeing across my quotes. Dang, I was thinking the same thing for bigger engine - labor costs must’ve been a lot more to retrofit I guess?

What I learned is a big expense of a 5.0 or a 7.3 liter swap is even though the transmission will work with it, the housing locates and mounts the transmission in a new different location than the ecoboost. This requires a new transmission in the swap and a lot of added expense.

 

[Badgertits]

What I learned is a big expense of a 5.0 or a 7.3 liter swap is even though the transmission will work with it, the housing locates and mounts the transmission in a new different location than the ecoboost. This requires a new transmission in the swap and a lot of added expense.

If Ford was REALLY confident in that coyote it’d be in the Ford GT….but it ain’t.