Seed

very easy.

I drove a 6.2 Raptor and a week later a 5.0. That with 3.31s. The 5.0 was still pretty impressive but thanks to the forum members here went with a custom order 3.73. Glad I did. It hauls *** and sounds great.


8cyl til I die.....

AndrewM

Thanks for the info. V8 all the way for me as well. My 6.2 with the Borla Raptor touring exhaust just sounds amazing.

BigBlue&Goldie

There are whole ecoboost classes in BITD. There is no reason a TT 5.0 wouldn't be allowed to race. Danzio's trophy truck is twin turbo, and it's far bigger in displacement than a 5.0! Ford won't be doing a TT 5.0, but it would be bitchin' if they did.

Doworktruck

A 5.0 with some tweaks should be able to make over 400 hp. a good programmer intake and exhaust would put it in the ball park.

WarSurfer

The point is it isn't matched to an existing class. You can't claim 'born in baja' if the engine is a disqualifier for anything but say Pro 1 TT. There is no twin turbo v8 class in BAJA - period. They may make one one day but for now the big boys are N/A. Danzio is running a F/I in lower races so who knows, they might open pro 1 or create a new class

Besides, Trophy truck unlimited (the only class that might possibly allow F/I in the future) is filled with million dollar rides - hardly the every mans class which is what the Raptor was marketed towards.

The Raptor was billed as a truck that with some minor mods could participate in BAJA. That's why engine class matters, if you also have to spend 600k+ on top of the sticker price, it's out of reach for 99% of the population.

http://score-international.com/2014-class-levels-and-vehicle-numbers/

WarSurfer

Which is why the next gen Raptor is an ecoboost...

DAI6.2

I had a 6.2L with 5star tune as well, now have a 3.5L ecoboost, the truck being 700lbs lighter than my 6.2 was makes a big difference, that 3.5L is a beast, stock it feels faster than my tuned 6.2L did, instance power just like the 6.2 had too, dont have to wait like earlier ecos, idk if 365hp is true on the 2015 ecos, sure feels like alot more

BigBlue&Goldie

Do you not remember Ford running the 2014 aluminum ecoboost in Baja a couple if years ago? Pistol Pete also ran an ecoboost for a while until he gave up on it a couple of months ago (not in trophy truck). Besides, Ford doesn't give a **** about SCORE races, they put their time and money into BITD.

And Baja has nothing to do with what motor Ford puts in the Raptors. I only know of one "Raptor" actually racing and it's pretty much a fully built prerunner with nothing Raptor left. It would be stupid to build a race truck off a Raptor as nothing would be left but the cab and portions of the frame.

Saying "The Raptor was billed as a truck that with some minor mods could participate in BAJA" is like saying a Jeep Rubicon could go race King of the Hammers with a few mods. Not even close. The Raptor is awesome for what it was built for; racing isn't what it was designed for.

What do I know......... Danzio tunes our motors, we're one of the only teams running a Ford motor in class 1, and we'll be racing the Baja 500 next weekend.

BigBlue&Goldie

The only reason there are Ecoboost classes is because one of Casey Folks/BITD's biggest sponsors is Ford. Before Ford came to the table with money a couple of years ago, there were no Ecoboosts racing.

Blue.Oval.Fan

My last NA engine returned over 25hp through the powerband--peak hp was even more. I'd say with a tune, CAI and a cat-back exhaust would put you over the 400hp mark.