I dont know why the crooked reflash sticker bugs me.

 

Did you get the optional gooseneck hitch system? Reason I ask is I called B&W and their new 2011 hitch will be shipping out by the end of this month. Curious as to how you liked this version?

 

Funny you mentioned that i called B&W yesterday and was told the same thing. I like their hitch system a very nice bolt on and go hitch.
Ford does not offer hitch in 6 foot bed version.. I was thinking of going with 8 foot bed just because of the hitch.

 

That accelleration sounds mean for a stock motor!
I could be wrong but it sounds like my SRT-10 Ram V-10?
I'm impressed.

YouTube - 2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10 Cold Start and Acceleration

 

I drag raced one of thoes last year with my V10.
It was an epic fail.

 

I bet the exhaust would open up nicely with an aftermarket muffler. I'd go with a DI/DO Magnaflow.

Keep the pics comin'! Maybe a video of the stock exhaust?

 

Sweet ride Mike. Looks & Ballz! Congrats!!! The least you could do is report lousy mpg before we dine on our heart.

 

That thing moves out! Geeezzz! Awesome!

 

Mike whats your seat of the pants feeling on this motor for it's ability to be a good RV puller. I was a die hard 460 fan until I bought my first V10 F350 CC SRW 4.30s (work truck), I had to go to Texas to pick it up on a dealer trade and half way home I knew I would have one to pull our RV with and in September we bought our present truck. So do you think that the 6.2 with the 6 speed will be a winner for us that pull heavy tall wide loads.

Denny

 

Sweet ride brother! Good luck with it. That thing has some serious *****! Very impressive, it almost makes me want to switch back to gas... almost!

 

Hi Denny
Have not had a chance to pull anything yet might hook up a bumper pull trailer this weekend to get a better seat of pants feel. I can tell you so far the engine likes to run at 3500 rpms and above to make its power, truck just comes alive in that range. In that range it feels like it pulls better there than the 3v V10 does.

There is lots of drive by wire lag/slow response down low on tip in.. which is how the 3v V10 are stock until its reworked with a calibration/tune. So Ford may have left some torque and power down low. The truck does not have the torque down low of a V10, dont get me wrong here its got torque but the V10 has great low speed torque.

I think i agree with what Mike the Ford Engineer has said, Thats its a great compromise between the 5.4L and 6.8L. If you tow 10k lbs - 15k lbs 20 times a year the truck is a great platform for that.. in my opinion.

I hope this helps some but I will really get a feel for the truck once we tow our 5ver a few times.

Mike

 

Thanks for the update Mike! Hope everyone is giving you some rep love.

 

I'm sure you will get way better turning clearance with the 8'! I'm gonna try the 6' version with the Gooseneck from B&W. (It's offered through them!)

 

Sounds really good. 8.x second 0-60 mph is decent for a truck that big and heavy.

 

Mike that is totaly bad A$$, the sound is incredible, and to think they are putting that motor into the Raptor. What, maybe 1000# lighter, hang on we're going for one heck of a ride. Congrats, and looking forward to what you can pull out of it with your tuning abilities.