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<blockquote data-quote="91Eunos" data-source="post: 1336164" data-attributes="member: 29616"><p>Unless you actually removed your hood, it sounds like you may have a weak/under pressurized strut. </p><p></p><p>I assume Raptor hoods are physically heavier from the plastic “vent” insert and additional stiffening bends around the perimeter of the vent to compensate for the huge hole cut in the hood for the vent, but the struts should compensate for that additional mass to relieve the felt weight. Very similar to the torsion bar in flex step tail gates vs no torsion bar in regular tail gates. The flex step is <u>much</u> heavier, but feels the same, or even lighter due to the torsion bar assist. </p><p></p><p>That said, I’ve only owned a Raptor in this generation Ford truck, so I have no reference to compare. It’s certainly possible that Ford uses the same strut part # on both Raptors and non-Raptor F150s. I’ll check out my neighbor’s ‘19 F150 Lariat later today.</p><p></p><p>Fun fact re: the vented hood: Don’t know if you noticed, but there are actual vents only in the first couple ridges where there is a low pressure area above the hood. This allows the hot engine compartment air to escape...doesn’t make aerodynamic (or cooling) sense to have vents in the high pressure area towards the base of the windshield, unless you’re going for some form of cowl induction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="91Eunos, post: 1336164, member: 29616"] Unless you actually removed your hood, it sounds like you may have a weak/under pressurized strut. I assume Raptor hoods are physically heavier from the plastic “vent” insert and additional stiffening bends around the perimeter of the vent to compensate for the huge hole cut in the hood for the vent, but the struts should compensate for that additional mass to relieve the felt weight. Very similar to the torsion bar in flex step tail gates vs no torsion bar in regular tail gates. The flex step is [U]much[/U] heavier, but feels the same, or even lighter due to the torsion bar assist. That said, I’ve only owned a Raptor in this generation Ford truck, so I have no reference to compare. It’s certainly possible that Ford uses the same strut part # on both Raptors and non-Raptor F150s. I’ll check out my neighbor’s ‘19 F150 Lariat later today. Fun fact re: the vented hood: Don’t know if you noticed, but there are actual vents only in the first couple ridges where there is a low pressure area above the hood. This allows the hot engine compartment air to escape...doesn’t make aerodynamic (or cooling) sense to have vents in the high pressure area towards the base of the windshield, unless you’re going for some form of cowl induction. [/QUOTE]
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