Road&Track goes rallying with the Raptor, STi, and EVO

[The Tank]

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[RallyBud]

Those are cool videos. I was lucky enough back in 2004 to find a good car control school for the SEAL Teams. After a few of the top names in the states I eventually ended up at Team O'Neil. We have been using them ever since as one of our driving schools. I have been through a six day course four times now. Yes, that is 24 days of tax payer funded pure fun!! Awesome videos. If you guys ever get a chance to do a rally driving school...do it!!

 

[The Tank]

I picked up the issue of R&T and here are the times around the test track. Tim O'Neil made all the hot laps

Total Time around the 1.25 mile test track(all off-road)
EVO: 1.40.73
STI : 1.43.60
SVT : 1.53.30

Avg MPH
EVO: 44.4
STI: 43.5
SVT: 39.9

Tim O'Neil's only real complaint about the Raptor is a delay in downshifting. So with a transmission tune I could see the Raptor being more on par with the EVO and STI. Its not bad for a truck that out weights them both by 3000lbs