f150 4.6 triton v8 or 4.0 sohc?
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f150 4.6 triton v8 or 4.0 sohc?
was having a few drinks with my buddy who just picked up a 1998 RWD F150 with the 4.6 TRITON V8 with an exhaust and intake and he was pretty sure that his truck would smoke my 2007 RWD ranger 4.0 sport with K&N and magnaflow catback. both trucks are automatic but he has 250 k while i only have 50 k.
i dont go around racing my truck against people so i guess my question is would i beat him?
i dont go around racing my truck against people so i guess my question is would i beat him?
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all stock F-150's (Save lightning's and other special trucks) are slow. I Can't remember what the 0-60 times were when the 2004 Body came out with the 5.4 but it was embarassing (I seem to recall low 10 second range). I bought my 2004 Level II the same week my Buddy bought a 2004 FX4 F-150 and we lined up once in the parking lot of his business and it was no contest. I think I could take it with my cadillac! LOL The 150 is a great truck but fast it is not.
~HJ
~HJ
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with 3.73's and stock 255's i took the f150 i talked about before. and it was an fx4 so im sure had better gearing.
either way, you should do work.
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Are you drag racing? If you are then you got the worst factory gearing for a ranger for that. Taller Gears = faster acceleration, and especially true with fords over head cam engines. The first thing I would do with any OHC engine ford makes if I wanted it to be peppier from a dead start would be upgrade the rear gears. Example: A 2003-04 Marauder can't match a 1996 Impala SS in the quarter mile stock. Well ford put 3:55's in it to meet emissions requirements (impala ss's got 3:08's) but with a change to 4:10's now the car is a competitor. That being said you will still whoop his ***.
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On another note, you will see a huge difference after you get a tuner with a 92 or 93 octane tune on the F150 5.4L, night and day difference.
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a friend of mine has one, 04 hemi 4x4 on 33s and its fast, even faster now that she bought a superchip.
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He probably just thought that someone tried to race him at a stop light. People do that here all the time too.
If I'm driving the subie I'll pull away somewhat fast and smoothly level out at 60-65mph. Usually after I stop accelerating some tool with a horrible sounding rusted off exhaust will pass me at 70-80mph staring at me in his mirror like he just beat me. lol
Anyhow, I think a lot of people would be surprised what a 4.0 SOHC can do when it is geared properly. So many people throw on huge tires and leave the truck under-geared and tell everyone it is "fine". My guess is that those people have never re-geared a truck. My sport track was over-geared a bit with 4.88's and 33's, but I could smoke most everyone off the line at a light with them and a rear locker. Only mods were gears, locker, tires and tuner. I even played with a couple of built super duty diesels and took them until about 45-50mph before their monster torque over came their weight.
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edit: meant to quote the other line that said bs
He probably just thought that someone tried to race him at a stop light. People do that here all the time too.
If I'm driving the subie I'll pull away somewhat fast and smoothly level out at 60-65mph. Usually after I stop accelerating some tool with a horrible sounding rusted off exhaust will pass me at 70-80mph staring at me in his mirror like he just beat me. lol
Anyhow, I think a lot of people would be surprised what a 4.0 SOHC can do when it is geared properly. So many people throw on huge tires and leave the truck under-geared and tell everyone it is "fine". My guess is that those people have never re-geared a truck. My sport track was over-geared a bit with 4.88's and 33's, but I could smoke most everyone off the line at a light with them and a rear locker. Only mods were gears, locker, tires and tuner. I even played with a couple of built super duty diesels and took them until about 45-50mph before their monster torque over came their weight.
He probably just thought that someone tried to race him at a stop light. People do that here all the time too.
If I'm driving the subie I'll pull away somewhat fast and smoothly level out at 60-65mph. Usually after I stop accelerating some tool with a horrible sounding rusted off exhaust will pass me at 70-80mph staring at me in his mirror like he just beat me. lol
Anyhow, I think a lot of people would be surprised what a 4.0 SOHC can do when it is geared properly. So many people throw on huge tires and leave the truck under-geared and tell everyone it is "fine". My guess is that those people have never re-geared a truck. My sport track was over-geared a bit with 4.88's and 33's, but I could smoke most everyone off the line at a light with them and a rear locker. Only mods were gears, locker, tires and tuner. I even played with a couple of built super duty diesels and took them until about 45-50mph before their monster torque over came their weight.
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Ummmm.... Heres the video: YouTube - 2003 Ford Ranger vs Dodge Ram 1500
This has already been covered in one of my threads.This WAS at a track, as you can obviously see, And yes, it was a 1500, with exhaust, a programmer, and intake.
This has already been covered in one of my threads.This WAS at a track, as you can obviously see, And yes, it was a 1500, with exhaust, a programmer, and intake.
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Ummmm.... Heres the video: YouTube - 2003 Ford Ranger vs Dodge Ram 1500
This has already been covered in one of my threads.This WAS at a track, as you can obviously see, And yes, it was a 1500, with exhaust, a programmer, and intake.
This has already been covered in one of my threads.This WAS at a track, as you can obviously see, And yes, it was a 1500, with exhaust, a programmer, and intake.
and im gonna go back to what i said.. a lot of people don't know how to drive... plus dodge's suck.
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Yeah My 4.0 SOHC and 4.10l/s gear beat people all the time. When i first test drove my truck i was used to a 3.0 5speed and yeah man o man did i like how i can actually get up and go when i want to.
btw that video makes me want to go see what i can do in a 1/4 just for $H!Ts and Giggles and to waste some tires doing a burn out
btw that video makes me want to go see what i can do in a 1/4 just for $H!Ts and Giggles and to waste some tires doing a burn out