Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
Yeah, my 7 series gets 28 (24 cause I put my foot on it) and the Taureg gets 18. Makes the case for higher octane fuel. I also use an octane booster in most tanks as well.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
And then you have to run expensive fuel injector cleaner additives more often, but also might need to add an octane boost to help clean out the crap along with the cleaners.CByrneIV wrote:Yeah... and NOT USING SHITTY GAS, in a modern high performance engine.
When you put 87 in my caddy, it runs like shit. The computer retards the timing, and it runs a bit rich; so not only do I get less power, the mileage sucks.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
Chris, even the lowly Ford Focus with it's fairly long in the tooth 4-banger will advance the timing and give you an extra 15 horses if you feed it E85. Whether the rest of the fuel system components can handle it will depend on how Ford built it of coursenot all of them have the E-85 rated fuel pump.CByrneIV wrote: Your typical econobox isn't going to bother with variable intake, exhaust, and timing, beyond the most basic "make the engine run without blowing up" level.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
sweet! This is the first I've heard of the thing.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
That's what you get for being gone for so long!Evyl Robot wrote:sweet! This is the first I've heard of the thing.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
Digging up old threads:
I saw this on the US version of Top Gear:
http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/svtraptor.html
Power:
• 501 bhp @ 5,100 rpm
Performance:
• 0 - 60 mph: 5.6 sec.
• 1/4 mile: 14.1 @ 97 mph
The VelociRaptor 500 Upgrade Includes:
• Twin Screw Supercharger System
• K&N Air Filter
• Custom Fuel Rails
• Upgraded Fuel Injectors
• Stainless Steel Headers
• Stainless Steel Exhaust System
• Custom Engine Management Software Calibration
• All Necessary Gaskets & Fluids
• Exterior Hennessey Emblem on Tailgate
• VelociRaptor 500 Badging
• Serial-Numbered Dash & Engine Plaques
• Professional Installation
• 1 Year / 12,000 Mile Warranty
I saw this on the US version of Top Gear:
http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/svtraptor.html
Power:
• 501 bhp @ 5,100 rpm
Performance:
• 0 - 60 mph: 5.6 sec.
• 1/4 mile: 14.1 @ 97 mph
The VelociRaptor 500 Upgrade Includes:
• Twin Screw Supercharger System
• K&N Air Filter
• Custom Fuel Rails
• Upgraded Fuel Injectors
• Stainless Steel Headers
• Stainless Steel Exhaust System
• Custom Engine Management Software Calibration
• All Necessary Gaskets & Fluids
• Exterior Hennessey Emblem on Tailgate
• VelociRaptor 500 Badging
• Serial-Numbered Dash & Engine Plaques
• Professional Installation
• 1 Year / 12,000 Mile Warranty
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
I thought the initial specs for that truck were going to be considerably more powerful... You should look into Hennesey before considering doing business w. them... My guess is reprogramming for performance alone will obtain most of those gains.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
Those figures are based on the 5.4 engine, they also do the 6.2 so that's probably where the higher numbers you heard about came from.
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. It's voltage divided by current.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
The most ridiculous mid-sized pickup in recent memory.
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Re: Desert Sports Car - Ford's New Raptor Pickup
And they wonder why people are buying other manufacturer's vehicles - and here I though at Ford, quality was supposed to be Job #1!!cageym wrote:• 1 Year / 12,000 Mile Warranty
If they're trucks are built so well, why not give them a longer warranty?
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad