The 2017 Eco-Boost vs V8 Bench Racing / Whining thread

[skyscraper]

Why Is the jeep wrangler ****** still trolling this forum?

Surely there's another forum you can feel at home with....

 

[PropDr]

Nope. I like the Twin Turbo V6 450+HP Gen 2 Raptor because I expect it to kick the Gen 1's ass...in every way.

I'm not afraid of change. I'm not a naysayer. You?

I hope you like the heat soak at slow speed over rocks with the horsepower and torque disappering faster than a snow cone on an August afternoon in Death Wally...

 

[Blind1]

Come on Ford!!! A 3.5 TT-ECO Boost belongs in a Ranger, not a Raptor. Give us a TT 5.0 Coyote Engine, I would put my order in, like yesterday. Sheesh!!!

**** the Prius Lovers.

 

[Rookie]

Didn't we have a poll somewhere for who will or will not be buying one? Or who likes and doesn't like the v6? Can't remember

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[m3dragon]

I am being lazy and not reading 19 pages of banter but has anyone pointed out the following.

1. FRF / Off-roading Raptor owners is maybe 10% of total raptor ownership on the high side.

2. Most raptors are poser street queens. The 10% of us that use the truck as intended are most likely on this forum.

3. Should Ford cater to the 10% or the 90% of market shares? (Rhetorical as they should cater to 10% dammit HAHA) The new Raptor while having all the fun gadgets and fixes does for now show a focus more towards street use. BMW and Audi are perfect cases where they are making cars for the masses not the enthusiasts. They need to make money and meet share holder expectations, yada yada you know this already


I think the new Raptor looks good but as I have stated how will the new motor and 10 speed do in the hands of owners. We as owners can test trucks in ways designers never fathomed. I personally love the V8 for simplicity and in offroading as the truck was intended simple is better. All the complexity of cooling and pipes to cool the engine / turbo air and so on is a lot more brake points over time from vibration.

So whether you have a Gen 1 or Gen 2 don't care. But Gen 2 needs to be in the hands of owner (FRF members) to see how good / reliable it is over 4 years as Gen 1 has. Remember Gen 1 started off not so hot (bent frames)

Noodle on that Batman

 

[Craigy]

Didn't we have a poll somewhere for who will or will not be buying one? Or who likes and doesn't like the v6? Can't remember

freedommotorsports.us

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Email: [email protected]

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Yeah it probably got merged with this thread.

 

[ZaneMasterX]

Come on Ford!!! A 3.5 TT-ECO Boost belongs in a Ranger, not a Raptor. Give us a TT 5.0 Coyote Engine, I would put my order in, like yesterday. Sheesh!!!

**** the Prius Lovers.

The coyote motor is a high revving track inspired motor, not exactly what you want in a truck.

 

[Blind1]

Are you telling .me the V6 is not going to be high reviving? I'm throwing the yellow flag down on that ^^^

 

[Chris's FX4]

Are you telling .me the V6 is not going to be high reviving? I'm throwing the yellow flag down on that ^^^

Peak torque on the current 3.5 Eco is around 2000rpm. So.....

 

[Greybeard]

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