Greetings from WNC, First truck 20' Lariat

[Busted]

Welcome to the Ranger. Whereabouts in WNC?

Canton area

Dang how long have you had it, that is a nice mod list. Man, I am not tuned but I have an intercooler, charge pipes done then down pipe. While the Mishi intercooler/pipes made a slight improvement in throttle, the down pipe wow, turbo spools up right away now. I would look into that.

I am so tempted to throw a tune on it but always was afraid of it for warranty reasons.

Extended warranty is the most important, glad you got it. My AC compressor recently failed and thank goodness the stepper motor issue was duplicated on the tech when there. That alone paid for it all and then some. Hope if my trans gives me issues it is when I am home and not towing but so far that has been good, engine at 50k miles, freak rod bearing issue but whatever.

About 4 months now maybe, I can't leave something stock for long. The tune is awesome, highly recommend especially with mods, really wakes the truck up and makes the trans act a bit better. The only issue I've had so far is the DPFE sensor, swapped that out myself and reset the adaptive trans learning.

Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you are heading in the right direction. Nice looking truck.

Thank you

Welcome to the forum Robert. Nice looking Ranger. Your mod list is......
Holy crap! You have done a s***load to it already lol.
Have fun and enjoy it!

Thank you, it's already a solid list for the short time I've had it. More to come as I can do it. Still planning to tint the windows, exhaust, downpipe, intercooler, and charge pipes at a minimum at some point.

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Thank you for the shirt.

Well that’s a good looking truck you got there. Welcome to the club.

Thank you

Welcome Robert, great list of mods and nice looking Ranger.

Thank you, shes coming along nicely.

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[bsr956]

Welcome to the forum neighbor, I'm from Lenoir. Good looking truck!!

 

[awd.nv]

About 4 months now maybe, I can't leave something stock for long. The tune is awesome, highly recommend especially with mods, really wakes the truck up and makes the trans act a bit better. The only issue I've had so far is the DPFE sensor, swapped that out myself and reset the adaptive trans learning.

lol it took me about 4 years what you did and more in 4 months lol. Granted, all the engine mods came recently within 2 months.

I was always worried about an engine issue and warranty getting denied, then my engine got a rod bearing issue at 50k miles. Ford powertrain covered it. Once that engine was broken in at about 8-10k miles I said screw it, I can't have that bad a luck to have two engines bad lol time will tell.

Just hoping if/when I have a trans issue it is under my extended warranty, I LOVE this truck. Even when I look at a new Ranger Raptor, I think cool truck but I like mine more. Which is why I decided to do the mods.

Wish I had the play money to consider a Coyote swap like they do overseas.

 

[Busted]

Welcome to the forum neighbor, I'm from Lenoir. Good looking truck!!

Thank you

lol it took me about 4 years what you did and more in 4 months lol. Granted, all the engine mods came recently within 2 months.

I was always worried about an engine issue and warranty getting denied, then my engine got a rod bearing issue at 50k miles. Ford powertrain covered it. Once that engine was broken in at about 8-10k miles I said screw it, I can't have that bad a luck to have two engines bad lol time will tell.

Just hoping if/when I have a trans issue it is under my extended warranty, I LOVE this truck. Even when I look at a new Ranger Raptor, I think cool truck but I like mine more. Which is why I decided to do the mods.

Wish I had the play money to consider a Coyote swap like they do overseas.

Well my buddy already had one while I had the Mini, always liked his truck. Always said when I get rid of the Mini I'm getting a Ranger. So, I kind of had a plan and knew some of the common issues from the start. Love how much I can play with the Ranger, the Mini was super niche. All I could do to the Mini was, downpipe, exhaust, intake, charge pipes, intercooler, tune. Everything else was crazy expensive. The only company that made a hood for it was like $3500+ unpainted, they had a full body kit that I'd say would be about $10,000 for all of it and paint. Finding someone to work on it was also a pain, no one would do an alignment on it. Ranger solved those issues. Plus after dealing with the Hurricane Helene mess, I realized I needed a way to haul stuff and more ground clearance. So I just sorta sent it, mods and all.


A Coyote swap would be wicked in one of these though, I'll have to look into how well those fit and whatnot.

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

Welcome to the group, Robert!

 

[subquark]

I'm sorry and even though I have some of the same mods, I'd have to say this list could easily be improved. -p

For one, you don't mention a damper. Surely, you must have one. =D

Additionally, you don't mention dragging a trailer full of 303, so I'm not sure that a certain mod will even allow you to stay! =D

Apart from that, glad to see you in this forum!

303 check on aisle 4 please

 

[OGMix376]

lol it took me about 4 years what you did and more in 4 months lol. Granted, all the engine mods came recently within 2 months.

I was always worried about an engine issue and warranty getting denied, then my engine got a rod bearing issue at 50k miles. Ford powertrain covered it. Once that engine was broken in at about 8-10k miles I said screw it, I can't have that bad a luck to have two engines bad lol time will tell.

Just hoping if/when I have a trans issue it is under my extended warranty, I LOVE this truck. Even when I look at a new Ranger Raptor, I think cool truck but I like mine more. Which is why I decided to do the mods.

Wish I had the play money to consider a Coyote swap like they do overseas.

Oh if we are talkin play money I want the 3.0TT and a three link rear suspension

 

[OGMix376]

Thank you





Well my buddy already had one while I had the Mini, always liked his truck. Always said when I get rid of the Mini I'm getting a Ranger. So, I kind of had a plan and knew some of the common issues from the start. Love how much I can play with the Ranger, the Mini was super niche. All I could do to the Mini was, downpipe, exhaust, intake, charge pipes, intercooler, tune. Everything else was crazy expensive. The only company that made a hood for it was like $3500+ unpainted, they had a full body kit that I'd say would be about $10,000 for all of it and paint. Finding someone to work on it was also a pain, no one would do an alignment on it. Ranger solved those issues. Plus after dealing with the Hurricane Helene mess, I realized I needed a way to haul stuff and more ground clearance. So I just sorta sent it, mods and all.


A Coyote swap would be wicked in one of these though, I'll have to look into how well those fit and whatnot.

Sounds like BMWitis
Main reason I got rid of my 2010 M5… loved driving it but hated absolutely everything else about owning it.

 

[awd.nv]

Thank you





Well my buddy already had one while I had the Mini, always liked his truck. Always said when I get rid of the Mini I'm getting a Ranger. So, I kind of had a plan and knew some of the common issues from the start. Love how much I can play with the Ranger, the Mini was super niche. All I could do to the Mini was, downpipe, exhaust, intake, charge pipes, intercooler, tune. Everything else was crazy expensive. The only company that made a hood for it was like $3500+ unpainted, they had a full body kit that I'd say would be about $10,000 for all of it and paint. Finding someone to work on it was also a pain, no one would do an alignment on it. Ranger solved those issues. Plus after dealing with the Hurricane Helene mess, I realized I needed a way to haul stuff and more ground clearance. So I just sorta sent it, mods and all.


A Coyote swap would be wicked in one of these though, I'll have to look into how well those fit and whatnot.

Here ya go.

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