My 37 got smoked by a Hyundai SUV (question)

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Zev

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Never quite understood guys with giant trucks that think they are somehow fast. I can tell they've never really had any exposure to actual fast cars. In other words, a guy that owns a 911 Turbo along with his Raptor would never generate this thread.
I’m one of those guys, launching my 911 Turbo S isn’t for the faint of heart, fastest car I’ve owned.
 

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Let me just add that my Peterbilt with a 475hp single turbo CAT does 0-60 in 23.2 seconds. My Gen1 is FAST. And I get beat by Hyundai's, Kia's, Schwinn's, and even Prius's quite often. It's even slower if I'm pulling a trailer.:beatdeadhorse5: But I have enjoyed reading the other posts.
 

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My 2017 Raptor tuned was getting consistent 4.3 - 4.5 second 0-60 runs verified. This is pretty damn quick. Obviously I'm spoiled by my Tesla Model S right now, but once my 37 PP gets here I'll be putting whatever monster 93oct tune I can do and expect to see similar results with the 37s. This should keep up with some TRXs depending on sea level elevation - obviously the TRX we've seen stock verified in 3.5 - 3.8sec so that's nuts and is still very fast. My tesla does high 2s to low 3s.. the difference between a bad start for me and 0-60 in 3sec is really unnoticeable in comparison to my old F80 M3 which did 3.7 second which is comparable to a perfect TRX run so it's not widely different in feeling in my mind.

Tuned Raptor will make all the difference.. if speed is what you want. Everyone's different, different strokes. I don't have tons of trails to pick from here where I'm at so I do enjoy modifying for straight line speed just cuz its enjoyable. I don't hate the TRX, in fact I really wanted one. I'm happy I didn't now that I see them available under invoice, I would have had to pay ADM when I first looked at them.. at least with the Raptor I've already basically gained 20k in invisible equity before I've taken possession.
 

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Edmunds video.
They all do 5.8s on the 0-60. Raptor is on 37 so you can assume 35 would be a bit faster.
 

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My 2017 Raptor tuned was getting consistent 4.3 - 4.5 second 0-60 runs verified. This is pretty damn quick. Obviously I'm spoiled by my Tesla Model S right now, but once my 37 PP gets here I'll be putting whatever monster 93oct tune I can do and expect to see similar results with the 37s. This should keep up with some TRXs depending on sea level elevation - obviously the TRX we've seen stock verified in 3.5 - 3.8sec so that's nuts and is still very fast. My tesla does high 2s to low 3s.. the difference between a bad start for me and 0-60 in 3sec is really unnoticeable in comparison to my old F80 M3 which did 3.7 second which is comparable to a perfect TRX run so it's not widely different in feeling in my mind.

Tuned Raptor will make all the difference.. if speed is what you want. Everyone's different, different strokes. I don't have tons of trails to pick from here where I'm at so I do enjoy modifying for straight line speed just cuz its enjoyable. I don't hate the TRX, in fact I really wanted one. I'm happy I didn't now that I see them available under invoice, I would have had to pay ADM when I first looked at them.. at least with the Raptor I've already basically gained 20k in invisible equity before I've taken possession.
Good post. One thing I'd add is that if you run into a modded TRX, all bets are off
 

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tuned on e50 and I still think that the truck needs twice the HP/TQ to be considered solidly quick.

From my experience of what fast really means, the truck is not fast, its "quick" but not fast.

Then again, ford raptors are designed to be a fantastic performer in a specific off road category.
 

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How can you expect a 6000+ pound truck with a freight train air dam in front to compete with a 3000 pound car sitting almost on the pavement?

The extra weight of the off road frame mods and suspension weigh more than the car!
 

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Well here's a successful Raptor vs SUV story

It's snowing it's balls off here in the Mid Atlantic area, but wasn't quite sticking yet. My (stock) Gen2 was on 4A and I raced a new X3. He had been following me for awhile and we finally got a red light together.

I just stomped it when it turned green. Zero wheel spin. We were neck to neck to 70 and then I started pulling on him

At the next light, we were both cracking up
 
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