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01-09-2011, 11:40 PM
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Graphics B*tch
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Ford Raptor not just a lifted Truck!
Lets see Chevy, Dodge, Toyota, or Honda put one of their trucks out there like this.
Go FORD!!!
http://www.race-dezert.com/home/ford...011-14108.html
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01-10-2011, 04:35 PM
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I think the Raptor is prettier, but I'd trust a Duramax diesel and an Allison trans in a 4x4 Silverado to go the long haul over any Ford truck, any day.
Not saying the Raptor isn't a great truck, I'm sure it is. But Chrysler and GM both make worthy trucks aswell, whether they sponsor a truck in your race league of choice or not.
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01-10-2011, 05:20 PM
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Fast & Filthy
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Ford put that new engine through a lot of performance testing along with their normal testing. I'd trust it.
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01-10-2011, 06:45 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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Quote:
Originally Posted by enkeivette
I think the Raptor is prettier, but I'd trust a Duramax diesel and an Allison trans in a 4x4 Silverado to go the long haul over any Ford truck, any day.
Not saying the Raptor isn't a great truck, I'm sure it is. But Chrysler and GM both make worthy trucks aswell, whether they sponsor a truck in your race league of choice or not.
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Totally different categories. The Raptor is a "sports" truck, I mean it's dervived from racing competition, not built for working (i.e., towing, hauling.)
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01-10-2011, 06:56 PM
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For 50k I'd buy a silverado and put 28k on mods for it and it would be top that any day.
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01-10-2011, 08:13 PM
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Graphics B*tch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck
For 50k I'd buy a silverado and put 28k on mods for it and it would be top that any day.
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I am saying that no other auto manufacturer out there has a Truck that could do what the Raptor does in "stock" form. Sure buy a Silverado for $35K and drop another $10K into is to get it to be as good or possibly better than the Raptor, but you can not drive a Chevy truck off the lot drop a cage in it and do what this truck does.
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'13 Ford Fusion SE (2.0L EcoBoost)(Conor)
'03 Zinc Yellow Mach 1(Yazmine)
290HP / 305TQ
1/4 mile ET: 13.28 @ 101MPH (1.867 60')
'99 White F-150 (4.6L)(Bud Jr.)-gone but never forgotten
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01-10-2011, 08:26 PM
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Graphics B*tch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by enkeivette
I think the Raptor is prettier, but I'd trust a Duramax diesel and an Allison trans in a 4x4 Silverado to go the long haul over any Ford truck, any day.
Not saying the Raptor isn't a great truck, I'm sure it is. But Chrysler and GM both make worthy trucks aswell, whether they sponsor a truck in your race league of choice or not.
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So you are saying that You could drive a Chevy Duramax 4x4 off the lot drop a cage in it and compete as well as the Raptor?
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'13 Ford Fusion SE (2.0L EcoBoost)(Conor)
'03 Zinc Yellow Mach 1(Yazmine)
290HP / 305TQ
1/4 mile ET: 13.28 @ 101MPH (1.867 60')
'99 White F-150 (4.6L)(Bud Jr.)-gone but never forgotten
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01-10-2011, 11:43 PM
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Well if I had that kind of money to bust a nut on a truck, sure I would buy a raptor. But it doesn't fit in the mold that I would need. I like the duramax/allison but the Raptor would kill any other stock truck off road. There was a bad ass episode of Top Gear on the history channel where Tanner Foust was killing the desert in one, I was waiting for it to break apart and it never did... props to Ford.
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01-11-2011, 01:55 AM
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The best off the showroom off-road truck period. I drove it over at Barrett Jackson Las Vegas. I was surprised how soft the suspension was. I guess with all that travel, the suspension does not have to be so stiff.
Bob
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01-11-2011, 02:14 AM
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Sport truck? The lightning is a sport truck, the raptor isn't. Performer? Well it isn't a 2wd truck, therefore it's too heavy to be a jump worthy performer, like the trophy trucks. And as far as being a practical truck to tow and haul, well it's not a diesel. So Duramax and Cummins and Powerstrokes win. So what good is it really? It's a Glamis cruiser. What else? Name a practical purpose for it.
Once again, great truck, top of its genre sure. But what genre? And who cares about that genre? No one in here has bought one...  What would you, Leedom, do with this truck personally, that your Mustang or Chuck's diesel couldn't do better?
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