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Well I just looked in the official weight thread. Wish I hadn't.
Spooled's truck weighs 4300lbs. RCSB twin turbo...don't remember the year model.
My truck.....5060!!!! '
'13 RCSB STX with the roush blower and intercooler resevoir. That's really a surprise. I figured maybe 4600lbs tops.
That's a huge deficit to make up for in the horsepower to weight department. Should have bought a Mustang lol.
Yup. Which is why I always argue with fellow boosters who are dropping big coin on turbo upgrades, exhausts etc, for the 11-14 truck, when they could go buy a 2018 tune only Ecoboost and probably be as fast or faster without having to outlay so much liquid cash. Tune only 460 RWHP + 700 lbs lighter is huge.
Yup. Which is why I always argue with fellow boosters who are dropping big coin on turbo upgrades, exhausts etc, for the 11-14 truck, when they could go buy a 2018 tune only Ecoboost and probably be as fast or faster without having to outlay so much liquid cash. Tune only 460 RWHP + 700 lbs lighter is huge.
Obviously the same argument goes for the 5.0.
It's so crazy seeing tune only ecoboost's going 12.xx sec 1/4 mile.
If I wasn't set on supercharging I would have gone with a tuned ecoboost for sure.
Yup. Which is why I always argue with fellow boosters who are dropping big coin on turbo upgrades, exhausts etc, for the 11-14 truck, when they could go buy a 2018 tune only Ecoboost and probably be as fast or faster without having to outlay so much liquid cash. Tune only 460 RWHP + 700 lbs lighter is huge.
Obviously the same argument goes for the 5.0.
Too far into it to turn back now. I could try to sell it I suppose but it's hard to sell a truck like mine, unless there's someone looking for something already with a lot of mods.
Too far into it to turn back now. I could try to sell it I suppose but it's hard to sell a truck like mine, unless there's someone looking for something already with a lot of mods.
To be fair, you're at a pretty solid "finish point" in your build. Much different than the 11-14 guy who's just now contemplating boost.
That's pretty much the exact reason why I sold my 2012 ecoboost. I bought it brand new in '12 and it only had 50k miles when I sold it last year.
Just would have cost way too much to sqeeze any power out of it.
To be fair, you're at a pretty solid "finish point" in your build. Much different than the 11-14 guy who's just now contemplating boost.
That's pretty much the exact reason why I sold my 2012 ecoboost. I bought it brand new in '12 and it only had 50k miles when I sold it last year.
Just would have cost way too much to sqeeze any power out of it.
There's a lot more that could be done, but the truck's weight is always going to be a liability. But I love the way this truck looks with the street wheels on it. I'm sure I could start over with a new truck and do the same build and be a lot faster....but this one has been paid for a long time. I could spend a lot of money on it and still come out way less than selling and starting over with a lighter truck. Of course it's never going to be as fast as a comparable '15+ truck. But like BadCon said, there's always going to be something newer or faster.
There's a lot more that could be done, but the truck's weight is always going to be a liability. But I love the way this truck looks with the street wheels on it. I'm sure I could start over with a new truck and do the same build and be a lot faster....but this one has been paid for a long time. I could spend a lot of money on it and still come out way less than selling and starting over with a lighter truck. Of course it's never going to be as fast as a comparable '15+ truck. But like BadCon said, there's always going to be something newer or faster.
Amen to that. Eventually you just have to sit back and enjoy what you built.
There's a lot more that could be done, but the truck's weight is always going to be a liability. But I love the way this truck looks with the street wheels on it. I'm sure I could start over with a new truck and do the same build and be a lot faster....but this one has been paid for a long time. I could spend a lot of money on it and still come out way less than selling and starting over with a lighter truck. Of course it's never going to be as fast as a comparable '15+ truck. But like BadCon said, there's always going to be something newer or faster.
Man, that sits perfect! You need to be my suspension build coach!
05-20-2019, 01:49 PM
