Stock '10 Raptor extended cab
2500 miles on truck
Whipple On for about a week
200 miles driven with the whipple installed.
Just wanted to share my initial thoughts
UnBoxing: After it arrived, The kit was far more involving than I would have ever expected! Two large boxs, and the bigger heavier one that we opened first did not even include the charger!
Quality: My installer has installed and worked on countless superchargers. We have been good personal friends for many years and he would not BS me with any info. He said it was one of the nicest kits he had seen, All the components were top quality, from the machining, to the out sourcing of any of the components. Even the instructions were spot on.
Upgrades: In addition to the whipple, we added only a boost guage, and a borla sport cat back exhaust to the drive system.
I have other 500+ hp sport cars so the power/acceleration to me is not as overwhelming as it might be to others, BUT... for the weight of the truck, and the size of the tires considered, it is massively impressive.
Learning to get the most out of it with the way the truck responds to the throttle and transmission takes a little to dial in. Not sure if the first batch of 6.2's (mine) had some different shifting parameters than the newer Raptors, but if cruising normally at 30-40 and you punch it, its not reacting fast, The supercharger is nearly instant, but you wait as the truck shifts down, rpms come up, then it plants you in the back of the seat. if you drop down a gear manually first to bring up some rpm, then the truck is snappy with the power. At 30 mph the rear tires can break loose!
Traction control: with it on, once the tires break a little, it will pull power and its not nearly as pleasant when your held back with your seat belt when your expecting to be feeling g's in the opposite direction. With traction off, this is MUCH better, you just have to roll on the throttle to keep the tires from breaking loose and wheel hopping.
Transmission: normal automatic driving, The Raptor shifts fast at low rpm's so if your wanting to feel a bit sporty its tricky, if you roll from a stop to far out, it'll shift to second pretty quick and you miss you opportunity to play with the supercharger. Manual mode shifting is ok, but the rpm's will jump up fast, and you will hit the rev limiter pretty fast.
Sound Levels: VERY QUIET for normal driving, You can hardly hear a faint whine with easy driving. I was nervous about this because ALL the videos were with full throttle flybys and the charger was screaming! Getting into the power, it will make all the noise you hear in the videos, but with an upgraded exhaust, you will still hear a little more exhaust note.
Fuel Milage: I will never really know this. I did see the average read 3.2 at one point, now its around 10-11. I think it will be the same as stock if you could resist playing.
Suspension: Under full power, the front of the truck become light, is it does not drop until your hitting the speed limiter at 110mph.
Power: Very snappy from a stop, first time driver will chirp tires from a stop. Very even consistent power, it feels pretty level through the full rpm range with it becoming stronger as the rpms come up rather than loosing any.
Cops: I will be getting a ticket in my near future. The truck already drives faster than you expect you are going. Now... if your listening to the sounds, your usually doing double the posted limits when you look at the speed.
Overall: It's no competition for the Ferrari, Or R8 V10, but it is now one of the meanest trucks on the road! I personally do not see the point with trying to squeeze just a little more performance by adding the long tubes. This seems to be 99% of all the tuning issues I have read. Using it within its intended configuration is working out great for me!
Nice job Whipple!
and Thanks!
2500 miles on truck
Whipple On for about a week
200 miles driven with the whipple installed.
Just wanted to share my initial thoughts
UnBoxing: After it arrived, The kit was far more involving than I would have ever expected! Two large boxs, and the bigger heavier one that we opened first did not even include the charger!
Quality: My installer has installed and worked on countless superchargers. We have been good personal friends for many years and he would not BS me with any info. He said it was one of the nicest kits he had seen, All the components were top quality, from the machining, to the out sourcing of any of the components. Even the instructions were spot on.
Upgrades: In addition to the whipple, we added only a boost guage, and a borla sport cat back exhaust to the drive system.
I have other 500+ hp sport cars so the power/acceleration to me is not as overwhelming as it might be to others, BUT... for the weight of the truck, and the size of the tires considered, it is massively impressive.
Learning to get the most out of it with the way the truck responds to the throttle and transmission takes a little to dial in. Not sure if the first batch of 6.2's (mine) had some different shifting parameters than the newer Raptors, but if cruising normally at 30-40 and you punch it, its not reacting fast, The supercharger is nearly instant, but you wait as the truck shifts down, rpms come up, then it plants you in the back of the seat. if you drop down a gear manually first to bring up some rpm, then the truck is snappy with the power. At 30 mph the rear tires can break loose!
Traction control: with it on, once the tires break a little, it will pull power and its not nearly as pleasant when your held back with your seat belt when your expecting to be feeling g's in the opposite direction. With traction off, this is MUCH better, you just have to roll on the throttle to keep the tires from breaking loose and wheel hopping.
Transmission: normal automatic driving, The Raptor shifts fast at low rpm's so if your wanting to feel a bit sporty its tricky, if you roll from a stop to far out, it'll shift to second pretty quick and you miss you opportunity to play with the supercharger. Manual mode shifting is ok, but the rpm's will jump up fast, and you will hit the rev limiter pretty fast.
Sound Levels: VERY QUIET for normal driving, You can hardly hear a faint whine with easy driving. I was nervous about this because ALL the videos were with full throttle flybys and the charger was screaming! Getting into the power, it will make all the noise you hear in the videos, but with an upgraded exhaust, you will still hear a little more exhaust note.
Fuel Milage: I will never really know this. I did see the average read 3.2 at one point, now its around 10-11. I think it will be the same as stock if you could resist playing.
Suspension: Under full power, the front of the truck become light, is it does not drop until your hitting the speed limiter at 110mph.
Power: Very snappy from a stop, first time driver will chirp tires from a stop. Very even consistent power, it feels pretty level through the full rpm range with it becoming stronger as the rpms come up rather than loosing any.
Cops: I will be getting a ticket in my near future. The truck already drives faster than you expect you are going. Now... if your listening to the sounds, your usually doing double the posted limits when you look at the speed.
Overall: It's no competition for the Ferrari, Or R8 V10, but it is now one of the meanest trucks on the road! I personally do not see the point with trying to squeeze just a little more performance by adding the long tubes. This seems to be 99% of all the tuning issues I have read. Using it within its intended configuration is working out great for me!
Nice job Whipple!
and Thanks!
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