Building Dream Truck, no spending limits, have a few decisions left
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03-13-2019, 09:50 PM
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Building Dream Truck, no spending limits, have a few decisions left
Hi All,
This is my first post so please bear with me and I am by no means an expert. This is going to be my daily driver and will likely never see any off roading (although I haven't really tried it much either so who knows). The temps here get down to -50. Im going for look, reliability, fun (speed) and a comfortable ride. I am willing to pay for it. Any advise that anyone can give me on the below questions would be great!
So far: 2019 Platinum, Roush supercharger, 6" BDS lift w/traction bars and UCAs (or Ready lift 7"), Stainless works headers and exhaust, bumpers, hood, vicowl, rack, side steps, EBC rotors with Power Stop calipers, regearing to 4.56 (or 4.88), 35" (or 37") tires, Bilistein 5100s, Atlas leaf springs instead of lift blocks, Nguage tuner (a few other smaller goodies)
1- If I go with 37" tires, is there anyway to get the ride quality/relaibility back? How bad are these vs 35"?
2- Thinking of putting on Hellwig front and rear sway bars, RCV IFS axles, hydraulic bump stops, RPG tie rods, oil seperator, transmission + oil coolers but I am not clear on how much these would help me. I don't expect that I neeeed these things but figured that they could help with reliability because of the 6" lift and supercharger.
3- 4.56 vs 4.88 gears. How bad would the increased RPMs be for engine/transmission? Will the truck be faster than stock off the line?(not taking supercharger into account though)
Any thoughts?
Thank You!!
This is my first post so please bear with me and I am by no means an expert. This is going to be my daily driver and will likely never see any off roading (although I haven't really tried it much either so who knows). The temps here get down to -50. Im going for look, reliability, fun (speed) and a comfortable ride. I am willing to pay for it. Any advise that anyone can give me on the below questions would be great!
So far: 2019 Platinum, Roush supercharger, 6" BDS lift w/traction bars and UCAs (or Ready lift 7"), Stainless works headers and exhaust, bumpers, hood, vicowl, rack, side steps, EBC rotors with Power Stop calipers, regearing to 4.56 (or 4.88), 35" (or 37") tires, Bilistein 5100s, Atlas leaf springs instead of lift blocks, Nguage tuner (a few other smaller goodies)
1- If I go with 37" tires, is there anyway to get the ride quality/relaibility back? How bad are these vs 35"?
2- Thinking of putting on Hellwig front and rear sway bars, RCV IFS axles, hydraulic bump stops, RPG tie rods, oil seperator, transmission + oil coolers but I am not clear on how much these would help me. I don't expect that I neeeed these things but figured that they could help with reliability because of the 6" lift and supercharger.
3- 4.56 vs 4.88 gears. How bad would the increased RPMs be for engine/transmission? Will the truck be faster than stock off the line?(not taking supercharger into account though)
Any thoughts?
Thank You!!
#2
03-14-2019, 03:48 PM
Cargo Master
#4
03-14-2019, 04:02 PM
Buy a Raptor from Hennessey or Roush. That having been said, I know a lot of guys like to build, or have built, a truck of their own.
On your build list I would go with Fox or King coilovers instead of the Bilsteins. You are adding big weight and big power.
Consider a Brembo brake kit instead of upgrading the stock brakes, for the same reason above.
Your idea to change the gearing is a good one. The new lower gears will give you a similar feel to having the stick size tires and gears.
If you are supercharging a 5.0, definitely get a catch can. Look at the thread here titled “Ford replacing 5.0s”
Good luck with your plans. Please don’t think that you’re building a truck you can “launch” like some *******es on the other forum.
On your build list I would go with Fox or King coilovers instead of the Bilsteins. You are adding big weight and big power.
Consider a Brembo brake kit instead of upgrading the stock brakes, for the same reason above.
Your idea to change the gearing is a good one. The new lower gears will give you a similar feel to having the stick size tires and gears.
If you are supercharging a 5.0, definitely get a catch can. Look at the thread here titled “Ford replacing 5.0s”
Good luck with your plans. Please don’t think that you’re building a truck you can “launch” like some *******es on the other forum.
#5
03-14-2019, 04:16 PM
#7
03-14-2019, 04:46 PM
Never said it was a problem for me. I just find it a waste. Just like making all the mods on a Harley. Nobody will want to buy it in the end because it's not what THEY want. I lost a bunch on my first Harley making it mine. Plus the truck itself just lost what? 30% of its value just for driving it off the lot (The higher the trim level the faster the depreciation). As the old saying goes "Chrome won't getcha home". And I know there was no mention of chrome.....
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#9
03-14-2019, 04:58 PM
Hi All,
This is my first post so please bear with me and I am by no means an expert. This is going to be my daily driver and will likely never see any off roading (although I haven't really tried it much either so who knows). The temps here get down to -50. Im going for look, reliability, fun (speed) and a comfortable ride. I am willing to pay for it. Any advise that anyone can give me on the below questions would be great!
So far: 2019 Platinum, Roush supercharger, 6" BDS lift w/traction bars and UCAs (or Ready lift 7"), Stainless works headers and exhaust, bumpers, hood, vicowl, rack, side steps, EBC rotors with Power Stop calipers, regearing to 4.56 (or 4.88), 35" (or 37") tires, Bilistein 5100s, Atlas leaf springs instead of lift blocks, Nguage tuner (a few other smaller goodies)
1- If I go with 37" tires, is there anyway to get the ride quality/relaibility back? How bad are these vs 35"?
2- Thinking of putting on Hellwig front and rear sway bars, RCV IFS axles, hydraulic bump stops, RPG tie rods, oil seperator, transmission + oil coolers but I am not clear on how much these would help me. I don't expect that I neeeed these things but figured that they could help with reliability because of the 6" lift and supercharger.
3- 4.56 vs 4.88 gears. How bad would the increased RPMs be for engine/transmission? Will the truck be faster than stock off the line?(not taking supercharger into account though)
Any thoughts?
Thank You!!
This is my first post so please bear with me and I am by no means an expert. This is going to be my daily driver and will likely never see any off roading (although I haven't really tried it much either so who knows). The temps here get down to -50. Im going for look, reliability, fun (speed) and a comfortable ride. I am willing to pay for it. Any advise that anyone can give me on the below questions would be great!
So far: 2019 Platinum, Roush supercharger, 6" BDS lift w/traction bars and UCAs (or Ready lift 7"), Stainless works headers and exhaust, bumpers, hood, vicowl, rack, side steps, EBC rotors with Power Stop calipers, regearing to 4.56 (or 4.88), 35" (or 37") tires, Bilistein 5100s, Atlas leaf springs instead of lift blocks, Nguage tuner (a few other smaller goodies)
1- If I go with 37" tires, is there anyway to get the ride quality/relaibility back? How bad are these vs 35"?
2- Thinking of putting on Hellwig front and rear sway bars, RCV IFS axles, hydraulic bump stops, RPG tie rods, oil seperator, transmission + oil coolers but I am not clear on how much these would help me. I don't expect that I neeeed these things but figured that they could help with reliability because of the 6" lift and supercharger.
3- 4.56 vs 4.88 gears. How bad would the increased RPMs be for engine/transmission? Will the truck be faster than stock off the line?(not taking supercharger into account though)
Any thoughts?
Thank You!!
With that being said, start over and be realistic because all of the modifications you mentioned above will by no means increase longevity, ride quality, mileage etc, etc, etc.....not to mention your warranty be toast.
#11
03-14-2019, 05:06 PM
The guy asked for some help and ideas. We really need some more people on this board because it’s getting kind of stagnant. So let’s not scare someone off by slamming him and his ideas.
If we all drove the same truck that a few approved of and deamed to be adequate, we wouldn’t be here.
And yeah, I have an F150 with some mods and a Roadglide too. Both a silly waste of money when I could have bought a stripped Frontier and a Rebel 250.
OP, you already started a thread about this. You can post in it and it’ll bump it to the top. No reason to start a new one.
If we all drove the same truck that a few approved of and deamed to be adequate, we wouldn’t be here.
And yeah, I have an F150 with some mods and a Roadglide too. Both a silly waste of money when I could have bought a stripped Frontier and a Rebel 250.
OP, you already started a thread about this. You can post in it and it’ll bump it to the top. No reason to start a new one.
#12
03-14-2019, 05:18 PM
A few mods here and there are one thing. To take a $60K truck and totally dismantle it and rebuild it by adding another $20K - $30K in stuff that nobody else is ever going to want is a different story.
#14
03-14-2019, 07:55 PM
LOL...you should hang around my boating buddies, his spending total is the cost of ONE of two engines for these boats not including prop, I won't even get into the cost of the boat. If he wants to spend why bust his chops, IMO help the guy or don't bother.
#15
03-14-2019, 08:27 PM
Cargo Master
I don't want to scare anyone off, but even Bill Gates has a spending limit on what he'll pay for something.
Best advice I can give is to tell him to call Roush, Hennessy or other specialty truck suppliers, tell them want he wants and get their advice on what would be the best combination of parts to make the truck look good, ride good, perform well, be dependable and still have a warranty.
I'd rather he did that than purchase a new truck then do thousands of dollars worth of mods only to end up with a poor handling, rough riding, non performing, undependable pile of junk with no warranty.
I,ve had a supercharged truck, the supercharger is just one part of the combination of parts and tuning needed to make the truck perform well and still be somewhat dependable.
Best advice I can give is to tell him to call Roush, Hennessy or other specialty truck suppliers, tell them want he wants and get their advice on what would be the best combination of parts to make the truck look good, ride good, perform well, be dependable and still have a warranty.
I'd rather he did that than purchase a new truck then do thousands of dollars worth of mods only to end up with a poor handling, rough riding, non performing, undependable pile of junk with no warranty.
I,ve had a supercharged truck, the supercharger is just one part of the combination of parts and tuning needed to make the truck perform well and still be somewhat dependable.