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  1. vegascarnut

    Supercharged Horror Stories

    Yeah I'll say! I don't get near 15.2 on the highway—maybe downhill, and I have a JDM tune, same setup.
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    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    Yeah that sounds about right!
  3. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    Ok guys, talk is cheap—like me!! I built my supercharged 6.2l setup from a wrecked 1 season Indmar marine engine for about $4500, including tune, plugs, and everything else. Runs like a champ! I’ll get excited when I see someone build something different and cool that runs. I’m all about an EV...
  4. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    Yeah I’ve been following EV west for a long time. Cool idea if you can make it play nice with the rest of the rotating accessories, transmission, ECU, etc. Someone has done an f150 conversion commercially. Can’t remember who. Range was an issue, and ground clearance, but it was cool.
  5. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    It does win there, hands down.
  6. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    Here comes the fun police! Killer of dreams! LOL
  7. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    I do think that in these trucks, giving up any torque is a bad idea—they're trucks! So, the 6.2 is going to win there almost all of the time, and then with a blower you'll be making big fat torque even lower in the power band. You don't need 7,000 RPM in a truck, IMO. The only engine I could see...
  8. vegascarnut

    How Long Can/Will Your Gen1 Last?

    Curious why a 5.0 swap when you can just drop another 6.2 in it for less?
  9. vegascarnut

    Geisers vs stock

    Eibachs are a linear fixed rate, Geisers are progressive, like stock. I have had Eibach fixed rate springs on other vehicles, and I would expect them to be stiffer when going over moderate bumps, but how much I don't know. I like the ride of the Geisers on road. Less brake dive than stock ...
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    Geisers vs stock

    I run Geisers on low perch. Sits 1.5" higher than stock, so similar to mid-perch with stock springs. Much better feel on and off road. A friend had the Eibachs, which I believe are a fixed rate, not progressive like the Geisers. They were MUCH stiffer. Felt harsh to me.
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    What did u do to your raptor today?

    Full Race Radiator over the weekend. When it's 110 outside, the temp won't get over about 200, and when it does, it quickly settles back to 190-195 with the stock thermostat. With the old radiator, I could get it into the low 220's on a 110 degree day. Recovery is excellent with this radiator. I...
  12. vegascarnut

    GEN 1 2012 Raptor won't do a brakestand?

    It's not? Crap...now what am I going to tell her?
  13. vegascarnut

    GEN 1 2012 Raptor won't do a brakestand?

    Ah, yeah 37's are meaty! What OPGs are you running?
  14. vegascarnut

    Supercharged Horror Stories

    Damn, what a bummer. So that was roughly 750 at the crank? Man, that must have been one crappy day! Let us know when it's breathing again!
  15. vegascarnut

    Supercharged Horror Stories

    The only reported instances I have read about oil pump gear failure were with people standing hard on the throttle, creating major wheel hop, which shocks the drivetrain, creates crazy harmonics and shatters the oil pump gears. Not common, but it has happened to a few unlucky people. I...
  16. vegascarnut

    Supercharged Horror Stories

    What do you mean blew the exhaust manifold? Did it break, blow a gasket? Just curious.
  17. vegascarnut

    GEN 1 2012 Raptor won't do a brakestand?

    Add more hp and you won’t need the brake!
  18. vegascarnut

    Does Dorman make an IWE delete part now???

    Yes. They are weak, just like the stock IWEs. If you want those, you really already have them. Just plug your vacuum source—done! Ran mine like that for a year.
  19. vegascarnut

    What did u do to your raptor today?

    R1 brakes, bleed with new Amsoil fluid, delete IWEs...found a small hole in a CV boot and patched it with E6000 (to be continued).
  20. vegascarnut

    GEN 1 Old & New - Meet Big Red

    Sweet! You have to live with someone else's mods for a while, but so what. Change what you like when you can afford to do it—easy driven supercharged gen 1 with 24k miles is HARD to find! Enjoy!
  21. vegascarnut

    What did u do to your raptor today?

    Drain/fill tranny, oil change, drain/fill power steering, wash, drive.
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