25 years Ago

[Highlander]

Very true.

It makes you wonder how it ever got past engineering.

They obviously caught it too late.

The way I hear it, the engineering department was full of 7' tall guys. By the time the truck was passed for production, it was too late to make changes. But Ford knew they had an issue. I'm waiting for the Class Action to start. ?

Frank

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[P. A. Schilke]

Thanks Phil,

That’s a great story and from it, I’ll take a couple of things with me:

1. If I had waited just a bit longer, I could have had an FX4
2. That braggadocious “4X4 Off Road” sticker on my ‘01 XLT’s flank was “just a decal on the pickup box”

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Hi Duke,

Here is a related FX4 story of the Pre Production builds of the FX4 that supported Ford response to 9/11...

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/remembering-911-20-years-later.15411/page-2#post-309845

Best,
Phil

 

[Dereku]

Very true.

It makes you wonder how it ever got past engineering.

They obviously caught it too late.

They lowered it for the build and price picture. How deceitful.

 

[Trigganometry]

I’m pretty sure I posted this before. My buddies Ranger with a 429 in it. Pucker factor 10 instantly and then it goes up to 20 when you have to stop with drum brakes! Insane power in that thing. Even with the tires he’s got on it breaks free really easily coming out of the hole if you stomp on it. Will do a burn 1 thru 3 gears too.

 

[Dereku]

I’m pretty sure I posted this before. My buddies Ranger with a 429 in it. Pucker factor 10 instantly and then it goes up to 20 when you have to stop with drum brakes! Insane power in that thing. Even with the tires he’s got on it breaks free really easily coming out of the hole if you stomp on it. Will do a burn 1 thru 3 gears too.

you should introduce him to disk brakes! Sweet truck.

 

[Trigganometry]

you should introduce him to disk brakes! Sweet truck.

I believe that’s the next project on that truck. Taking a front end from a donor LTD that has disk breaks. The back is a easy aftermarket setup. Should ride a little better with the swap out so theirs room for everything

 

[Dereku]

I believe that’s the next project on that truck. Taking a front end from a donor LTD that has disk breaks. The back is a easy aftermarket setup. Should ride a little better with the swap out so theirs room for everything

That will be a pretty sweet setup.

 

[mokupilot]

 

[Jim C]

And 100 years ago.

& heres the 2 HP version
Im sorry but I had to do this
LMAO

 

[subquark]

I’m pretty sure I posted this before. My buddies Ranger with a 429 in it. Pucker factor 10 instantly and then it goes up to 20 when you have to stop with drum brakes! Insane power in that thing. Even with the tires he’s got on it breaks free really easily coming out of the hole if you stomp on it. Will do a burn 1 thru 3 gears too.

Damn that sounds good!

 

[Trigganometry]

Damn that sounds good!

It had bad gas in it that day. Been sitting all winter in storage and got kicked over for the first time. Headers and glass packs and that’s it. Running pretty rough there though.

 

[subquark]

It had bad gas in it that day. Been sitting all winter in storage and got kicked over for the first time. Headers and glass packs and that’s it. Running pretty rough there though.

Shh, bad gas?

You've just invoked @AzScorpion and his love of Gold Eagle products (graphene!). I ordered a case of this stuff and use it in both our cars.

https://www.goldeagle.com/product/sta-bil-360-protection/

 

[AzScorpion]

Shh, bad gas?

You've just invoked @AzScorpion and his love of Gold Eagle products (graphene!). I ordered a case of this stuff and use it in both our cars.

https://www.goldeagle.com/product/sta-bil-360-protection/

As you know that's the best stabilizer you can buy. You'll be happy to see the video I just posted on the Status-Bil.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/forums/maintenance-break-in-oil-fluids-servicing.18/

 

[5thranger]

And 100 years ago.

See, they had the same cat in heat high in the back look going on back then also.

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