Rant: Is it just me…

[thatJeepguy]

Lol I’m not comparing the trucks or having the same old boring engine conversation. People do whatever the F people do and I couldn’t care. My point was it’s ironic that after all this bashing and fighting for a decade that in the end ppl are still selling their V6’s and going back to V8’s as fast as they possibly can (and overpaying for them might I add) which we were told was impossible and I find that humorous. Why I have always said just offer both versions and let the ppl buy what they want but yeah know.

I dont think its apples to apples bro. Slap E85 tune on a gen2 with big turbos and you’re within a second of the 165k beast. To me its just not worth it…

 

[CigarPundit]

damn people have been pissy today.

 

[Frogger22]

I dont think its apples to apples bro. Slap E85 tune on a gen2 with big turbos and you’re within a second of the 165k beast. To me its just not worth it…

I agree with you it definitely isn’t worth it.

 

[FordTechOne]

Lol I’m not comparing the trucks or having the same old boring engine conversation. People do whatever the F people do and I couldn’t care. My point was it’s ironic that after all this bashing and fighting for a decade that in the end ppl are still selling their V6’s and going back to V8’s as fast as they possibly can (and overpaying for them might I add) which we were told was impossible and I find that humorous. Why I have always said just offer both versions and let the ppl buy what they want but yeah know.

Except you are. And that’s not what’s happening. Obviously you care or you wouldn’t have made this thread. You’re trying to imply that the G1 “V8” fanboys are the reason for the R, which couldn’t be further from the truth. The Gen 2/3 makes a mockery of the G1 in every performance aspect; that’s not why the R exists. The purpose of the R is Ford’s answer to the TRX. The 5.2 S/C has about as much in common with the fleet special 6.2 as it does with the Ford Flathead. The 6.2 is also a Y-pipe single exhaust that sounds like shit and drones horribly with any aftermarket catback. The cylinder configuration is you’re so fixated on is hardly relevant, people are buying the R because it’s a limited production 700HP performance truck from the factory.

As far as people “selling their V6’s as fast as they can”, that’s a completely ignorant, baseless, and downright ridiculous claim. G3s are in high demand with most selling above MSRP. Not everyone wants a $150k Raptor that gets 10MPG.

It sounds more like you’re just trying to stay relevant and vindicated by claiming that the R has a “V8”. The truth is your slow decade old truck is irrelevant and has nothing to do with the R.

 

[Frogger22]

Except you are. And that’s not what’s happening. Obviously you care or you wouldn’t have made this thread. You’re trying to imply that the G1 “V8” fanboys are the reason for the R, which couldn’t be further from the truth. The Gen 2/3 makes a mockery of the G1 in every performance aspect; that’s not why the R exists. The purpose of the R is Ford’s answer to the TRX. The 5.2 S/C has about as much in common with the fleet special 6.2 as it does with the Ford Flathead. The 6.2 is also a Y-pipe single exhaust that sounds like shit and drones horribly with any aftermarket catback. The cylinder configuration is you’re so fixated on is hardly relevant, people are buying the R because it’s a limited production 700HP performance truck from the factory.

As far as people “selling their V6’s as fast as they can”, that’s a completely ignorant, baseless, and downright ridiculous claim. G3s are in high demand with most selling above MSRP. Not everyone wants a $150k Raptor that gets 10MPG.

It sounds more like you’re just trying to stay relevant and vindicated by claiming that the R has a “V8”. The truth is your slow decade old truck is irrelevant and has nothing to do with the R.

The R has a V8 my homie

 

[FordTechOne]

The R has a V8 my homie

 

[GordoJay]

damn people have been pissy today.

Some of the gen 1 boys are always pissy. To be fair, if I was stuck in a gen 1, I'd be pissy too.

 

[FordTechOne]

damn people have been pissy today.

I’d swap “pissy” with “insecure”.

 

[CigarPundit]

Well I love my Gen 2. I think it’s my favorite vehicle I’ve ever had. Would love an R, but not for what they’re currently bringing.

 

[thatJeepguy]

Some of the gen 1 boys are always pissy. To be fair, if I was stuck in a gen 1, I'd be pissy too.

Cmon man the low tech stuff is nice sometimes in todays day and age . Also they do sound good.