buy 2020 or wait for 2021?

K223 said:

True dat! Oh bring back the Chevy Big Block lol. Forced induction has helped to fill the large motor void. Sub 400CI V8’s are not large displacement engines. Well maybe by today’s standards.

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ha! couldnt agree more. the new 5.2L is not even 320ci... an engine that size would have had you laughed off the strip during the 1960-70s hp wars

i love me a big block 454 but those days a long gone

AKS said:

ha! couldnt agree more. the new 5.2L is not even 320ci... an engine that size would have had you laughed off the strip during the 1960-70s hp wars

i love me a big block 454 but those days a long gone

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Oh yeah, gotta have that big V8!!! My plow truck has the Vortec 8100! (496 cubic inches!)





Makes 340 hp

xrocket21 said:

Oh yeah, gotta have that big V8!!! My plow truck has the Vortec 8100! (496 cubic inches!)





Makes 340 hp

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But the throttle is much smoother and more useable, without all that nasty boost!

AKS said:

thanks late-1960s car advertisement but this is 2020

i do believe that ford may eventually shoehorn a large v8 into the raptor but only to appease the substantial demand for it and to blow the TRX out of the water. if they offer several options the v8 would easily jump past the $100,000 mark after dealer adds. you and everyone else begging for a v8 going to ante up with an order for a six-figure raptor?

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It would cost Ford jack shit more to make a TT V8 than it does a TT V6. You realize they make these engines right? They don't buy them.

At some point, the 3.5L will not make enough HP. When 800 HP is the starting point to be competitive in eh full size off road truck market, Ford will need more displacement to do that on pump gas. Octane is the ultimate limiter. You cannot keep upping the boost to make more power once you hit the limits of the fuel. That is why there is no replacement for displacement. EVERYTHING a small engine does power wise, a larger engine configured similarly does better. N/A? check. Boosted? Check. Nitrous? Yup.

The only thing a TT V8 would significantly drive up cost to Ford is a stronger drive train behind it. They would need to upgrade the 10 speed in house, and then go source stronger T-cases axles, driveshaft and u-joints. Given everyone is consolidating axle suppliers now- I think there will be something ready to go for those power levels for all the OEMs to choose from.

I was roughly 12% under sticker when the value of my trade was taken into account. MSRP was $74,775; trade was $13k, I paid 56k out the door (tax title license fees etc included).

1 VLoci said:

I was roughly 12% under sticker when the value of my trade was taken into account. MSRP was $74,775; trade was $13k, I paid 56k out the door (tax title license fees etc included).

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Post pics in new owner section. Good way to get aquatinted with the forum.

next one will be 2022 from my dealership.

wait v-8 coming back

2wrds4u said:

wait v-8 coming back

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Im cool with my Gen2. Be nice if the Raptor did have that big brother though. Myth or truth, Time will tell.

I have 2 496 big blocks and they love to drink. Lol

xrocket21 said:

Oh yeah, gotta have that big V8!!! My plow truck has the Vortec 8100! (496 cubic inches!)





Makes 340 hp

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