New Member/Raptor owner Bogart GA

[VelociRap]

Congrats!! Welcome to the forum, enjoy the beast.

 

[Jeffrey B]

Saw you were from Bogart with an Avalanche. I'm from Athens and also have an Avalanche but live in Destin FL now. I bought mine without ever sitting in a Raptor or even paying attention to them on the Street. Was totally against not having a V8 in a truck. My business partner said buy the truck and was extremely adamant so I did, in March. Bought in Atlanta and it was shipped to Destin without me ever seeing it other than photos. I still take many unnecessary trips to run errands or do something useless just so I can drive it even having used it all day at work. Enjoy.

 

[SS308]

Nice trade up. Congrats and welcome to FRF!

 

[Stephen Frazier]

I am like you. Have a Camaro I have had since my hay days. Daily driver for years. Took it off the road and basically turned it into something of a bracket car/max effort street car several years ago. Non narrowed 10” tire with Ford 9”, 400SBC 400 turbo manual/transbrake, subframes, 6 point roll bar, etc etc etc as you know what’s in these things. Need to finish body refresh and paint. Good 10 sec pump gas car.

Small block or big block for the S-10? NA or Forced fed?

Raced with my brother for years all over. He’s a true Pontiac guy, 455’s.

You guys race in FL at all over the years? Gainesville? Or?

that’s solid!! I haven’t built a full on drag car yet. My s-10 will be getting a mild 350. Going carb with it. Just trying to be consistent and not spend a fortune trying to hook. Just want to close the gap on some of the faster cars.

My dad has raced In FL and Gainesville many times When he raced ran a stocker. Won class at the gators in mid 00’s. I was running his business while he was gone so I hardly ever got to go. G/SA Duster. We race at Atlanta Dragway mostly now I’m sportsman. I’m
Too busy to mess with anything else and have plenty of fun.

 

[Stephen Frazier]

Saw you were from Bogart with an Avalanche. I'm from Athens and also have an Avalanche but live in Destin FL now. I bought mine without ever sitting in a Raptor or even paying attention to them on the Street. Was totally against not having a V8 in a truck. My business partner said buy the truck and was extremely adamant so I did, in March. Bought in Atlanta and it was shipped to Destin without me ever seeing it other than photos. I still take many unnecessary trips to run errands or do something useless just so I can drive it even having used it all day at work. Enjoy.

That’s awesome! I love destin! Anywhere around there is good really. Really like Greyton Beach. Red Bar is my spot!

I’m from Chattanooga but moved here as my wife is from Athens.

Yea I just wanna drive mine all the time too. Pure joy

 

[K223]

that’s solid!! I haven’t built a full on drag car yet. My s-10 will be getting a mild 350. Going carb with it. Just trying to be consistent and not spend a fortune trying to hook. Just want to close the gap on some of the faster cars.

My dad has raced In FL and Gainesville many times When he raced ran a stocker. Won class at the gators in mid 00’s. I was running his business while he was gone so I hardly ever got to go. G/SA Duster. We race at Atlanta Dragway mostly now I’m sportsman. I’m
Too busy to mess with anything else and have plenty of fun.

Thats cool man. Honestly I have seen guys win more money, with very consistent mildly built cars. These guys were well seasoned bracket racers and normally right on. Breaking less often is a lot more fun too. I tend to over build and always wanted reliability.

Hey looks like you already put some lighting in the bumper pockets.

 

[Stephen Frazier]

Thats cool man. Honestly I have seen guys win more money, with very consistent mildly built cars. These guys were well seasoned bracket racers and normally right on. Breaking less often is a lot more fun too. I tend to over build and always wanted reliability.

Hey looks like you already put some lighting in the bumper pockets.

my dad has been racing since the 70’s so he has guided me well on the build. I wanted to go big. He was deadly with a 69 rambler with a 199 I6. “Slow white”. If it isn’t consistent in bracket racing it’s an awful time. Lol

yea those lights were already on when I got it. Haven’t driven it at night yet so not sure what they’re like. Going to tonight as my buddy is driving three hours to hang out and ride in truck. And drink whiskey...

 

[K223]

Whiskey and a Raptor, two great things that may not to good together lol. I’m sure you guys are going to enjoy the truck. For such a fat and heavy thing it’s quite nimble and quick. Good bursts of torque!

Talking about torque, engine builds that were fairly mild back in the day, and built for at rack car needed good torque in that power band if it couldn’t make decent HP. These cars were consistent and held up well. You will remember unless someone ran a 6-71 blower back in the day, most cars were NA or many uses the laughing gas. Today it’s mountain motor or forced induction to be considered fast lol And then maybe nitrous in top!

The tech in these trucks today keeping pushing limits. Did you think you would have really wanted a V6 performance truck years ago? Or there could ever be such a thing?

Well the GNX proved a lot of things wrong back in the day too. Ford remembered.

my dad has been racing since the 70’s so he has guided me well on the build. I wanted to go big. He was deadly with a 69 rambler with a 199 I6. “Slow white”. If it isn’t consistent in bracket racing it’s an awful time. Lol

yea those lights were already on when I got it. Haven’t driven it at night yet so not sure what they’re like. Going to tonight as my buddy is driving three hours to hang out and ride in truck. And drink whiskey...