OKRaptor
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Some background, I have owned multiple vehicles over the years, several supercharged, several with turbos and several N.A. With modern vehicles to extract the most performance and drivability you pretty much have to tune them. I'm one of those that just can't leave a vehicle stock, whether it be a motorcycle or a car, unless it's my wife's.
I traded a 2010 Raptor with a Roush charger in on the Ranger and I new that I would be giving up a lot of torque and power. I was just tired of driving a large truck and I really enjoyed driving the Ranger on my test ride. So before committing to purchasing the Ranger I researched and found that the 2.3L Ecoboost responds well to tuning. Once purchasing I further researched who was producing tunes for the Ranger and who had a good reputation/following. This led me to Unleashed Tuning/Torrie. I Purchased the SCT BDX unit from Unleashed and when received provide the necessary info to Torrie and in no time he sent me all the tunes I requested. Initially shifting was a little off and I contacted Torrie and he promptly tweaked it and sent the revised tune. The whole process really is fast compared to ten years ago.
With larger wheels and tires the extra un-sprung weight really takes a lot of HP/TQ to get the truck rolling compared to stock, another reason to get a tune. The 91 octane performance tune from Torrie is awesome! I love the extra torque down low and how the skip shifting is still there under light throttle but when you intend to accelerate quickly it shifts directly to second and then sequentially. Also the truck doesn't shutter like it did before when it skip shifted directly to third. The shifting in all gears is so much smoother.
With larger tires and the OEM tune, it was hard to maintain speed when cruising. Particularly if going up and down hills. Now with the extra torque and the trans shifting later in the rpm range, the truck maintains speed up and down hills with a lot less modulation of the throttle. But what is more important than the extra HP/TQ is the drivability. Like I said I have experienced a lot of tunes and it is hard to find a tuner that spends time on drivability as well as increasing performance. Torrie, obviously has spent some time in a Ranger and his tune reflects this.
I can't emphasize the importance of good drivability with added performance, it just makes driving the vehicle that much more fun to drive.
I highly recommend Unleashed Tuning/Torrie, he provides a quality tune and his customer service is far above anyone i have dealt with in the past.
I traded a 2010 Raptor with a Roush charger in on the Ranger and I new that I would be giving up a lot of torque and power. I was just tired of driving a large truck and I really enjoyed driving the Ranger on my test ride. So before committing to purchasing the Ranger I researched and found that the 2.3L Ecoboost responds well to tuning. Once purchasing I further researched who was producing tunes for the Ranger and who had a good reputation/following. This led me to Unleashed Tuning/Torrie. I Purchased the SCT BDX unit from Unleashed and when received provide the necessary info to Torrie and in no time he sent me all the tunes I requested. Initially shifting was a little off and I contacted Torrie and he promptly tweaked it and sent the revised tune. The whole process really is fast compared to ten years ago.
With larger wheels and tires the extra un-sprung weight really takes a lot of HP/TQ to get the truck rolling compared to stock, another reason to get a tune. The 91 octane performance tune from Torrie is awesome! I love the extra torque down low and how the skip shifting is still there under light throttle but when you intend to accelerate quickly it shifts directly to second and then sequentially. Also the truck doesn't shutter like it did before when it skip shifted directly to third. The shifting in all gears is so much smoother.
With larger tires and the OEM tune, it was hard to maintain speed when cruising. Particularly if going up and down hills. Now with the extra torque and the trans shifting later in the rpm range, the truck maintains speed up and down hills with a lot less modulation of the throttle. But what is more important than the extra HP/TQ is the drivability. Like I said I have experienced a lot of tunes and it is hard to find a tuner that spends time on drivability as well as increasing performance. Torrie, obviously has spent some time in a Ranger and his tune reflects this.
I can't emphasize the importance of good drivability with added performance, it just makes driving the vehicle that much more fun to drive.
I highly recommend Unleashed Tuning/Torrie, he provides a quality tune and his customer service is far above anyone i have dealt with in the past.
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