Roush announced their 2018 Raptor

I guess Ford Performance plans on ******** whomever bought this 545-HP 'ticking time bomb' at an auction to support youth aviation programs.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.automobilemag.com/news/2017-ford-f-22-raptor/amp/

That's not much. 545bhp.

It's a tune and some bolt ons.

And they auctioned a one off specialty vehicle that will most likely be displayed more than it's driven.

That's totally different than adding bigger turbos and pushing 550whp.

Roush staying away from the engine and transmission on the Raptor could mean any number of things... from "this thing is already on the edge and we don't want to tip it over" to "we don't have the expertise to tune this engine/transmission" to "Ford Performance is going to release a line of performance upgrades for this truck, and we don't want to step on them"... or any number of other things.

A buddy of mine worked for Ford Performance until about a year ago, and hearing some of the info that he had to offer (remember the old Paul Harvey segment "The Rest of the Story"?), it wouldn't surprise me a bit to learn that there's more to the story of why the Roush Raptor is what it is (and isn't).

Somehow with all cars that Roush has tuned over the years, I find it extremely hard to believe they are scarred of the EcoBoost. Roush did an appearance package on the 5.0 F150 before they released the supercharger version. You can still buy both versions of the 5.0 F150.

If anything, both Roush and Ford Performance have been notorious for taking their time to release new parts and upgrades.

Roush works WITH Ford - they don't operate on their own in a vacuum. That means they have to coordinate things with Ford and follow a plan for development and product introductions.

Give this time and we'll see what they (both) offer

Roush is not going to waste time and effort for a short run engine. They have their focus on the next engine for the Raptor.

pjones said:

I see that you ran out of ***** to suck today...

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Lol ya are too funny, I die laughing reading this forum some days.

SasQueef77 said:

I have no life so I spend my time attacking the Gen2 Raptor, EcoBoost engines and Ford on this forum. It's pathetic that I can't go quietly away but then again I truly am a ******!

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Sorry you're having so many problems with your spelling. I fixed it for ya