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<blockquote data-quote="Mister Pinky" data-source="post: 1530925" data-attributes="member: 41592"><p>What product did you use on the turbos and have you had any bad side effects when they get heated? I’m considering biting the bullet and using that AMSoil protectant while the chassis is still new and clean and then topping off with Woolwax.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If GM hadn’t beaten the new Silverado with the ugly stick relentlessly and if they offered something comparable to the Raptor, I really would’ve considered getting another one. I absolutely loved my 2011 and how wonderfully simple they were. </p><p></p><p>I hear you loud and clear on the memory seats. It was one of the few options I really wanted because of the height difference between my wife and I. I wish Ford would take a more Porsche-esque approach and allow you to specify individual options albeit at a higher price that if that option was in a package. </p><p></p><p>I wanted the memory seats, navigation, sound system, and cooled seats sans dual zone climate control but no...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know we’ve been here before, but I think it has more to do with CAFE/.gov and less to do with their confidence in their V8s. They invested all that money into the Ecoboost program for trucks and now they want to use it. </p><p></p><p>That said, the 5.0L in an F-150 will embarrass a 5.3L. Pair the 10 speed with the Gen 3 in a Mustang and suddenly you’re taking lunch money all day long. I wasn’t huge on the 5L until I test drove everything else before I bought my Mustang. That car makes 460HP and</p><p>consistently gets 21+ MPG in mixed driving even on winter fuel without the use of cylinder deactivation. If I want more, I can bump it up to 480 and get 40% more torque lower in the RPM range with a Ford Performance tune. It is nothing short of an absolute technological marvel. The problem is that it’s a revver, which works for a grand tourer but isn’t a favorable characteristic for a truck motor. That’s ultimately why I believe the Ecoboost is the better solution for the Raptor, simply because of the low end instant torque.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mister Pinky, post: 1530925, member: 41592"] What product did you use on the turbos and have you had any bad side effects when they get heated? I’m considering biting the bullet and using that AMSoil protectant while the chassis is still new and clean and then topping off with Woolwax. If GM hadn’t beaten the new Silverado with the ugly stick relentlessly and if they offered something comparable to the Raptor, I really would’ve considered getting another one. I absolutely loved my 2011 and how wonderfully simple they were. I hear you loud and clear on the memory seats. It was one of the few options I really wanted because of the height difference between my wife and I. I wish Ford would take a more Porsche-esque approach and allow you to specify individual options albeit at a higher price that if that option was in a package. I wanted the memory seats, navigation, sound system, and cooled seats sans dual zone climate control but no... I know we’ve been here before, but I think it has more to do with CAFE/.gov and less to do with their confidence in their V8s. They invested all that money into the Ecoboost program for trucks and now they want to use it. That said, the 5.0L in an F-150 will embarrass a 5.3L. Pair the 10 speed with the Gen 3 in a Mustang and suddenly you’re taking lunch money all day long. I wasn’t huge on the 5L until I test drove everything else before I bought my Mustang. That car makes 460HP and consistently gets 21+ MPG in mixed driving even on winter fuel without the use of cylinder deactivation. If I want more, I can bump it up to 480 and get 40% more torque lower in the RPM range with a Ford Performance tune. It is nothing short of an absolute technological marvel. The problem is that it’s a revver, which works for a grand tourer but isn’t a favorable characteristic for a truck motor. That’s ultimately why I believe the Ecoboost is the better solution for the Raptor, simply because of the low end instant torque. [/QUOTE]
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