Raptor vs. Ram Runner Part #1

[OR2BAJA]

The Raptor 4 door has a longer wheelbase than the extended cab by almost a foot. I am pretty sure crew cab and quad cab Rams are the same wheelbase with the crew cab having a shorter bed. I assume the extra wheelbase could make a difference in the handling as well.

Agreed!

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[teamgreen]

Yikes. Maybe that was just upper control arms. A guy from Texas takes his on the Rip to the Tip and he has the full Brenthal kit and it's pretty amazing the stuff it can soak up. Hummm???

The bonus to the 6.2 is that with a Cold Air Intake, Exhaust and tune you can be bumping up against 490 HP very easily and reliably. I have a feeling that the Eco Boost would have to be pushed quite a bit to hit that, plus it's still possible to throw a supercharger on the 6.2 and now you're up over 600 HP, that's not my style but I would love some long tube headers and a CAI!

I've driven the Fikes-Texas-Raptor & it has awesome "Track-n-Turn" capability, Unbelievably improved Stability at Stupid Speeds, A Front-End that REALLY wants to go Pre-Running...and a Back-End that may not be that much Better than stock...when it's all said and done...

The Rear may be "smoother"...
A Bit More "Compliant"...
Have substantially more forgiving Bottom-Out "feel"...

But, it CERTAINLY has LESS carrying capacity and spends most of it's time "Squatting" way up into the Shock-Travel...a lot "shorter" feeling than stock...go figure.

The Brenthal kit (FRONT!) makes it REALLY want to HAUL BUTT into VERY Gnarly sections...where...the Rear-End seems to run out of Ability REALLY QUICKLY.

Now, about the Eco-Boost V6...that I have about 3000 "Mixed-Miles" beating the HELL outta it...and...

It takes off like a Super-Car...Big TORQUE...RIGHT NOW...Turbo-Mercedes AMG Kinda-Torque!
Get this: They have an "Over-Torquing" issue...too.
Kinda cool, except, the darn thing will go into "Limp-Mode" when it recognizes that it's producing TOO MUCH POWER...bwahahahahaha; and, until you stop and trun it off to "Reset" the thing...it rattles-n-shakes like a P-51 Mustang with a Broken Prop!
The Turbo V-6 mlg is an easy 20+Fwy and 14+ Cty in a 4X4 Crew (Driven kinda "nicely")...you'll only get that in a 6-Duece rolling down hill with the Engine OFF! Still, the 6-Duece sounds Reallllllllly Nice. In-fact, with the right Exhaust...the damn thing sounds EXACTLY like the new 427 'Vette...WTF?
The Trans-Programming and Load settings for the Eco will need to be ENTIRLEY different and I believe that's proll'y what we're waitng on. They'll HAVE to do it since they have some Serious CAFE issues staring them in the face...

Expect the Eco to ad about $1K to the price, too.

Me?

I can give the Brenthal Front-End a SOILD "Two Thumbs UP!" and for the Rear I'd say ad the Bottom-Stoppers and go with some 3" shocks of your favorite flavor and call it a day.

If I had money fallin' outta my pockets I'd buy Nimby some Fox 3" shox and rear Stops...maybe get some of those Yoko specs from PAB and call it a day. Maybe cage it if he's gonna keep runnin' Baby Kay around in it, too (The Nimby Family is the Officail DA Day Care Factory Team).

Interesting thing about Nimby: He drives the ** ĦAy, caramba!**** ĦAy, caramba!**** ĦAy, caramba!**** ĦAy, caramba!** outta that truck, all the while, taking VERY GOOD care of it...he proves that the Raptor fulfills the mission.

[aiiraciing]

If that's a complete Ram Runner, that's a great price.

What dealer is that?

Here's a link to their ad

http://www.olathedodgechryslerjeep.n...d317843287.htm

[Kent Kroeker]

Thanks for the info. KORE just sent a guy there to purchase that truck. He wanted to finance the bundle.

In addition to the full factory warranty, that's another huge advantage to the Raptor - a guy can walk into a dealership and walk out with a pretty cool truck he can pay on for 60 months.

[tcm glx]

That sounds awesome to me Kent. PDiddy is thinking about a trip too. We just need to pick a date and make it happen.

I thought you were coming down with us Bronco guys the first week of August.....???

[tcm glx]

Incidentally, I didn't see any Raptors prerunning on the actual course, but I did see this Dodge prerunning the start on the way to Ojos:




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Hahaha, I like where your going with this!! Ok, I'm a Raptor lover, but I could get cozy driving this Ram Runner as well!!

[nimrod]

I hope so. First week might be crazy for me getting ready for V2R.

[Kent Kroeker]

August ain't going to work - V2R for me too. Late July is good. Let's make it happen.

PMs starting today.

[nimrod]

I know this sounds pretty wimpy but I'll be in Italy with my honey for 3 weeks in July. I know, it's a rough life being a Nimrod but it's a curse I have to bear!

[Kent Kroeker]

I know this sounds pretty wimpy but I'll be in Italy with my honey for 3 weeks in July. I know, it's a rough life being a Nimrod but it's a curse I have to bear!

As long as "honey" isn't a burley guy with a mustache wearing a leather police hat I think you're OK.

We'll figure out a time period that works.