Aggressive pickup styling without a lift?

[Gman]

I read a few bad reports about super charged Raptor V-6's crapping out with really low mileage. Dealer would say crap like you were being too hard on it, and refusing to honor warranty. Squeezing V-8 power out of a six is asking for trouble. Do the math. Be scientific. Don't buy the hype. I think it mainly was supercharger failure. If the thing is going to leave me stranded, I don't want it.

Probably was a supercharger failure...because they don't have one. Maybe you're thinking about the turbocharger.

There are a number of engine designs out there using V-6s with direct gas injection and one or two turbos that turn out an amazing amount of horsepower and torque and are very reliable. I also read about teething problems with the early Ecoboost engines, but haven't heard much lately.

[BushMasterBoy]

Raptor SVT supercharged....I know what I read. Shed the Teflon on the rotors and effed it up. Guy worked in the outback of Canada. Older guy, never hot rodded it. Every new truck I ever had had some serious failures too. World of junk! I go through the forums a lot, and every once in awhile do a modification. Usually to prevent an impending failure. They use soybean oil to make wire insulation, and the rodents love that stuff. Maroons!

[wyome]

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[hurley842002]

Raptor SVT supercharged....I know what I read. Shed the Teflon on the rotors and effed it up. Guy worked in the outback of Canada. Older guy, never hot rodded it. Every new truck I ever had had some serious failures too. World of junk! I go through the forums a lot, and every once in awhile do a modification. Usually to prevent an impending failure. They use soybean oil to make wire insulation, and the rodents love that stuff. Maroons!

Perhaps the author(s) provided inaccurate information, or you read it wrong, is that even remotely a possibility? We all make mistakes now and then. From the quick research I just did, the only factory non naturally aspirated Raptor available is with a turbo, not a supercharger. The Lightning came with a supercharger. If I'm wrong on this, I'll gladly admit it....

Sorry to get off topic Tim.

[Gman]

Raptor SVT supercharged....I know what I read. Shed the Teflon on the rotors and effed it up. Guy worked in the outback of Canada. Older guy, never hot rodded it.

OP was speaking of a new truck. 2017 and newer Raptors do not use an SVT designation. As far as I know, the only SVT supercharged Raptors were older models using the 6.2L V-8s, which were 3rd party builds from Shelby, Roush, and Hennessey, like the VelociRaptor.

[XC700116]

Raptor SVT supercharged....I know what I read. Shed the Teflon on the rotors and effed it up. Guy worked in the outback of Canada. Older guy, never hot rodded it. Every new truck I ever had had some serious failures too. World of junk! I go through the forums a lot, and every once in awhile do a modification. Usually to prevent an impending failure. They use soybean oil to make wire insulation, and the rodents love that stuff. Maroons!

Any previous (pre ecoboost Raptor) Supercharged Raptor was aftermarket and thereby not covered by ford's warranty. Roush had a deal where they'd take over the warranty if they installed their kit on the truck Hennessey did something similar. There hasn't been a Ford Factory Supercharged Raptor ever produced for direct sale to the public.

[XC700116]

Anyway Tim, I'd look at a Regular F-150 crew cab with a 5.0 in it (like mine) and then do what I did with my old one and plan to do to this one. Leveling kit up front, Airbag helpers in the back. and 33" ish Tires and wheels. Retains all the warranty, drives nice, gets 21 mpg. and looks pretty nice. Put a nice molded topper on it and you have clean dry storage in the back for gear/guns/whatnot.


I just need to stop bleeding money on barrels and loading components long enough to save up the cash for the updates.

[Gman]

Yeah, I wish the Raptor had the Coyote 5.0 as an option.

[Tim K]

Well, here's what I ended up buying. It's the perfect gun runner. It seats four adults, hauls ass, and with the hard tonneau cover, stores guns and gear securely and out of the weather. I did bed liner crap on the rockers, and now in considering it on the tonneau cover. At some point (when my wallet stops smoking) I'll do aftermarket bumpers front and rear.

Oh, it's a Dodge Ram Rebel. The air suspension is endlessly entertaining for my kids.

[Irving]

Looks good. Are you going to paint "Gun Runner" on the tailgate in cursive, like the name of a sailboat? If you do, it should be in bed liner!



All jokes aside, it looks cool. Never even heard of a Rebel before now.