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Old Feb 10, 2025 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiky
There's an "easy" way around the annoying open diffs we have. Swap in the Raptor gears from the same generation. It's only money.
Haha you got that right. Honestly for as little off roading and burnouts as I intentionally do, I'd almost rather have an automatic Eaton locker that GM started using in the GMT800 as it again takes away the manual engage and disengage that the Ford E-locker has. Slipping a little on a stop it'd be nice to have the Eaton engage with a little wheel spin and then disengage on it's own after. I guess I don't know 100% the E-locker's usage as to me it's only for straight line, engage only when both back wheels are turning the same speed or stationary, not just engage it and drive when road conditions are bad in town otherwise it's on and off depending if you're going over or under 20mph, could engage while turning when slowing down and cornering, could be cornering on patchy dry pavement, etc. To me leaving it on when you think you need it like it's 4 wheel drive is just going to tear it up. The traction control "single wheel spin traction control" that never disables even when holding the button down and disabling the traction and stability can be felt when spinning one tire off a stop when slippery and in two wheel drive, which essentially is trying to transfer power to the other wheel by braking the spinning wheel, attempts to help with the one wheel peel but doesn't make a ton of difference that I can feel.
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Old Feb 12, 2025 | 04:56 PM
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There is a distinct difference in the 3 levels of traction in our non-Raptor trucks. You can do donuts with the long-hold-off setting, despite it not being truly off. Whereas with it on you can't even turn on snow, it will just make you do an s-curve pattern.

If you are going out for fun, you can remove a fuse and actually get zero traction control, also. Not recommended for everyday, but possible.
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