Ford Raptor Forum

Me and my son decided to visit the farm. It is 50 acres of soybean fields. We pulled off the road and headed in two wheel drive all nannies on. The truck dig in and started to spin the rear tires, till traction control kicked in. Not much fun. So, put her in sport mode, offroad mode and locked the rear diff!

She took off with two rooster tails of dust and dirt. The faster I pushed her the smoother the ride was. Sliding her almost effortlessly around every corner with pleasant cloud of soybean husks and softball size clumps of dirt. Even with a longer wheel base than my 2011 scab. The truck easily and controllably rotates on its axis with minimal countersteering to maintain drift. The steering ratio is dialed in perfectly for such a large truck.

The only negative thing is lowest perch setting on negative offset caused rubbing at 25° across the fields. Middle or top perch is next thing on my to do list. And RPG stage III kit is in order, to control some of the leaf spring wrap and wheel hop.

I could not be happier with the 2012 Raptor and duratracs. I can not wait to open this bad boy up and really push it to the limits during Texas run!

-Greg

Awesome Greg,

I was wondering how the new torsen would grip in. Audi runs them on there Quattro cars and the grip levels are nuts. Like you said, almost no fun if you want to be a hooligan.