SVT Comments on Raptor Frame Bending

[debate]

What negative publicity...

That which motivated Mr. Hameedi to do stuff like this video and the Autoblog interview. The company gets more than half credit for the fuss.

The lift block shelves are incorrectly designed.

The middle/rear connections on the modular F150 frame aren't strong enough for the Raptor.

It's still a fun truck.

 

[Hockster]

That which motivated Mr. Hameedi to do stuff like this video and the Autoblog interview. The company gets more than half credit for the fuss.

The lift block shelves are incorrectly designed.

The middle/rear connections on the modular F150 frame aren't strong enough for the Raptor.

It's still a fun truck.

It wasn't publicity... I few things were said. I never seen anything on the news about it... He did that because he has to. He reads these sites and so do his engineers... I just dont feel there was much negative about it... I dont think the block are designed incorrectly at all... What problem does the block cause? and if you think they were designed what would you do to fix the design? They do what they are designed to do... Keep the axle at the correct angle and are also used for jounce...

 

[BigJ]

This is exactly why there's an aftermarket; to improve upon the OEM.

Use the truck as directed in the manual and supplement, and the OEM setup is more than adequate. Push beyond those limits and you're going to find weaknesses. The first in line just happens to be this bump stop. "Fix" it and you're going to find the next weakest part soon after. Its just how these things work

 

[Squatting Dog]

These truck are not 500k luxury prerunners, be damn close to it with attention to a few weak points. Luckily, us owners have a great group of dedicated vendors to fix these "minor" issues!

Stick that in your chevy, toyota, hummer, etc pipe and smoke it.. Lol

 

[Aaron]

That which motivated Mr. Hameedi to do stuff like this video and the Autoblog interview. The company gets more than half credit for the fuss.

The lift block shelves are incorrectly designed.

The middle/rear connections on the modular F150 frame aren't strong enough for the Raptor.

It's still a fun truck.

I'd be willing to bet that those shelves are set to hit the bumpstop just shy of the rear shock's uptravel limit. Pretty sure SVT paid attention to that little detail.

Would I rather have bumps in there...yep. But for stock, I've hit em and not bent the frame and I've run my truck fairly hard.

 

[Rat]

How so?
It's always been my understanding that you want more bump than droop when setting up a truck

Desert trucks and stadium or short course trucks are totally different. Depends on what your doing Right ?

 

[Blukrom]

I don't know about you guys but I think Ford gave us a great product at a price that's still affordable for the most part. I know that a $50k truck is pushing the envelope for most of us. much more and you probably couldn't have one in your garage. The manufacurers do their homework, they review price points for the market segment they are after as well as survey thousands and conduct focus groups. In the end they take all that information back and try and work it all into a set of restrictions set forth by manufacturing, required profit margins and legal requirements. When all is said and done you have lots of compromises and the best product they could come up with that fit all parameters. We should cut SVT a little slack and drive the trucks within its limits.

 

[dataustin]

What he said.....

 

[Bad company]

As someone already mentioned, I bet those bump stops are perfectly sized to prevent the shocks from bottoming out and getting destroyed.

I can not imagine SVT suspension designers overlooking additional travel for such an easy change in the design. I hope that when someone trys to "improve" in the design, they will post results, and maybe we'll all learn something.

 

[debate]

What problem does the block cause? and if you think they were designed what would you do to fix the design?

It's the shelves (landing pads) that I disagree with. One of the techs, if I recall correctly, mentioned they could be interchanged from side-to-side, putting the shelves outboard. Till then, I just slow down when the bed is loaded.

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I'd be willing to bet that those shelves are set to hit the bumpstop just shy of the rear shock's uptravel limit.

That's a possibility. However the 2011 FX4 SCrew I checked did not have any shelves (landing pads) on the lift blocks.