Aside from the hot humid weather....I will be shooting for 12's on Friday night!! Did a little weight reduction and a little more tuning since the last outing. The truck is pulling super hard and putting the drag radials to the test. A little less weight and some better aerodynamics would surely...
13k miles on my Ranger running E85 and I run it hard.....and have seen zero signs of oil anywhere in my intake system. My Ecoboost Mustang definitely needed it, Not completely sold on needing it for the Ranger.
This is not needed with a stock turbo. My tuner was shocked with intake temps after a full 13.40 1/4 mile pass. We looked at temps after the next pass and some hard street runs on the way home as well and he said it would be a waste of time and money to change it.
A downpipe with cat, exhaust, drop in filter, and a tune will give you great results. I have other mods that most will not do but previous to that, there aren't many upgrades yet that will give you an increase in power that is worth the $. The FMIC is actually very good on these trucks. We made...
AFE intake tubes, drop in filter, SPD catted downpipe, magnaflow exhaust, XDI hi pressure pump, colder plugs, and E85 tune. Still needs a little tweaking to the tune to get shift points right for the track and since we added downpipe.
I have a stickier tire for the track. Still only cutting a 2.0 60'....I have only made 2 passes with these tires and first time I got greedy and it wheel hopped badly. Second go and I was too cautious with brake boosting. I think I can get a 13.20 with a great launch until we can get the tune...
Agreed....I would love to see a real intake from turbo to filter with smooth transitional bends. I might have to wind up making my own to see power difference.
There are options out there. Depending on what your goal is may change who you go with. Mine is right above 350 to the tire and drive it daily and everywhere. Street manners are similar to stock and it runs mid 13's with ease.