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Now they are talking about an everst raptor what next a ka raptor
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Talking about but probably won’t happen......
https://www.goauto.com.au/news/ford/...-13/69722.html . |
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The diesel is 30hp less than the raptor and is still running a 6 speed Vs the Raptors 10. Torque is the same. I have read the 31’’ tyres don’t look right on it given they’ve lifted it 2 inches. Still a nice bit of gear though. |
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wow the colorado has been criticised for having tiny wheels,then for having larger brakes,would like to see the two hp/trq curves overlapped and see where they are compared to each other especialy with gbox ratios
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cmon the only mud these will be seeing is at a building site etc anybody who does serious 4wheeling wont have one of these.yes there will be the odd 1 but most will be toorak tractors
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I got nothing. I've grown bored with this ute already.
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To me, this conversation has turned very interesting.
A little side note, but bare with me. Ancient history is a hobby of mine so I watch a lot of videos covering some of the explorations going on these days. Something I have noticed, most of the vehicles used by these explorers are diesel powered moderate sized SUVs and pickups. They seem to get the job done, but I don't get a sense of confidence from watching them. I tend to think there are a lot of off camera rescue missions with winches, shoves, come-alongs, jacks, etc. I think a Ranger Rapter with the now planned 2.0 twin turbo 4 cylinder diesel would be the perfect vehicle for these missions. I know if I was on one of these journeys I would want a Ranger Rapter. |
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But in regards to newton metres it has only 88nm extra? Pathetic. Luckily the Ranger Raptor has 70nm more than the Triton which is one of the cheapest decent utes you can buy. At least when you see a Triton in the Mojave desert you can speed off at 170km/h. At least with the HSV SportsCat they aren't pretending to have a performance engine. They basically said, "the standard engine is good enough, but look at this cool stuff we added" I wonder what Ford could have achieved if they re-worked the 3.2L 5cyl and added another turbo. Probably more than 10kws and 30nm. Not sure if it was even possible, but a whole new engine for such a small improvement seams like a lot of effort. Before someone says "10 speed" imagine a 10 speed on a slightly bigger engine. Quote:
When you go orffroading most vehicles are the base spec model of whatever 10 year old 4x4 the owner prefers. I went off roading yesterday. The newest car I saw was near new shiny red LR Defender which had some serious off road orientated mods on it. Everything else was a base spec 7+ year old 4x4. |
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It’s not an entirely new engine. They stole it from the Transit.
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Does that mean that this will be on the way shortly also?
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Ford aren't pretending to have a performance engine. They've openly come out and said the car isn't about the engine.
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I guess the terrain was fairly consistent then. Like I said, the multilink rear in the ranger will blow the f150 leaf springs away... the head of ford performance in the usa said so himself.... not something the yanks do lightly!
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Well, then I would say it says how great the suspension is in the Ranger Raptor. Looking forward to seeing some reviews, and also what power plant the US version gets. Maybe a future version of the F150 Raptor will get coilover shocks? I know there are some big changes coming to the North American trucks starting late next year.
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it's based on the mondeo engine
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In comes a 5.4 with 290kw....power/numbers are king again
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19-02-2018, 01:39 PM | #687 | ||
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The way I read it, the new engine is an Ecoblue, Mondeo uses the older Duratorq.
The Transit range in Europe will be the first models to employ the new EcoBlue engines http://www.caradvice.com.au/438106/f...ines-revealed/
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Ecoblue will replace the old Duratorq's in Mondeo, Focus etc. It's an all new engine. Transit uses the low power single turbo version.
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Whether it's the Mondeo or the Transit 2L that has been reworked it still seams strange that they chose a pretty modest engine to tune up. Out of all of the 'One Ford' engines that exist they chose a pretty average one for the 'performance truck' which is going to be one of the most expensive Ford products outside the proper performance cars. |
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