Yea, so diesel tech in the 80's in the states was, to say the least, pretty undesirable. While it's a cool rare car, I would say it's rare because no one wanted it. I prefer the mark VIII to other generations of the mark. I owned a 1998 model that was built in the final month of production...
That was quite a well thought out and executed write up. With any muscle car, though, the question of what is better is always based on personal experience and opinion. My 13GT is more than capable of leaving a standard 13 Shelby. As the OP stated, traction can be and is an issue. Even with...
Actually, Ford corporate has become irritated to the point of taking action against dealers selling over msrp. Chrysler started penalizing all dealers who sold over MSRP a while back. If you are found doing it, they take away your allotment for high demand vehicles. It sounds like Ford is...
The removal of the 6.2 was disappointing to say the least. Yes, the 6TT is pretty quick (even I'll admit such since I have a regular one and was more than surprised by the punch after tuning) but there is an old saying that is never wrong. "There is no replacement for displacement."...
As someone who once worked for a Ford dealer, there was one general rule of thumb we all knew well and never spoke about. NEVER buy the first model of anything. They are plagued with issues. They live in the service department for an inordinate amount of time. Idiotic people pay absurdly...
Yea no. First off, a twin turbo factory Raptor has been tweaked fully by Ford. Different heads, tune etc. Not to mention it's a $100k truck designed for offroad vs what a gen 2 whipple standard f150 that is half the price when they are on what, gen 5 whipples?. It's well known that a gen 5...
I have to agree. The Ranger is absurdly high priced when you option it out. Like not far from an F150. The Maverick however offers the entry price point very close to what a new Ford Explorer was in 1992. That is a hard act to pull off, 30 years later.
So they act like the 3.0 Twin Turbo is something special. Lincoln was using it almost a decade ago. They say 400HP like it is amazing......the Lincoln version with AWD has had 400 HP since it's first year and today the average minivan is just under 400hp. Ford is just rebadging, renaming and...
Why do so many act like a blown little motor is so great vs an NA V8? There is the old adage, there is no replacement for displacement. If you toss a twin turbo setup on the old 6.2 then who you gonna lay your money down on in a race? And no, there is no exhaust system that will make a V6...
So I've searched the net inside out and upside down and found 5 or 6 references to this. 2019 Mustang Ecoboost Premium with 35000 miles. Technically it's my daughters car, but anyway I changed the front lower grill out along with the upper grill and after putting it all back together (Not sure...
Again, late to the party here but I can tell you that it is basically plug and play as I have it in my 13. The additional harness just plugs in to the under dash harness. You do have to run a power wire to the battery or powerbox through the passengers side firewall that can be a pain in the...
I know this is old, but every so often you realize you are sitting on someone else's gold mine. I have a new in the box Sub with amp and harness, but it's for the 11-14 models. I had bought this thinking I could rework it to fit in my daughters convertible, but after looking it over 6 ways to...
I've got a brand new in the box Shelby Kicker Sub kit. These things are nearly impossible to find these days as they have been long discontinued and the couple places I did see them available they are listed as asinine prices. (to the tune of over $2000 in some stores)
Perhaps they are worth...
There are ways to work around that. It was a deal breaker like 10 years or so ago before the aftermarket audio companies figured it all out, but these days there is a wire harness for just about anything. However, it's probably not relevant for you as finding one of these subs these days is...
I can’t recall where they were. I thought it was on the original post. What I was saying above was they back then you got rebuilt real Brembo calipers and now they are substituting cheaper knock off chinese copies. I’ve seen Shelby selling the full takeoff kit for for 399 a few times and that’s...
I’m not sure as the links didn’t go to parts. Although these days from what I’ve heard is most of the parts stores are selling the Chinese version which is supposed to be lower quality. I see the 4 piston sell on eBay all the time for less than what I paid when I did this a couple years back...