wolfpack219

It's going to be very hard to get a jury in a civil case to fully blame Ford for alterations to the integrity of the vehicle after aftermarket installs. plus With Ford willingly helping Departments fix the damage done by aftermarket installers it, it shows them working to reasonably correct an issue they did not create..

Just pissed me off when reading this shit show of an article. The dude driving the Raptor said it didn't feel stable a speed on the gravel roads...... so I wonder how the other two felt at speeds he can't mention..... So stupid and they dissabled comments because they knew people would call it out!

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/ram/2500/2017/chevrolet-colorado-zr2-vs-ford-f-150-raptor-vs-ram-2500-power-wagon/ So motortrend then dissables the comments so nobody can call them on this BS article. There is no way in hell that ZR2 Chevy out performs a Raptor. The Power Wagon is a completely different type of off road truck.

The most regular fixed items in the first years units was some PTU failures but I don't see that anymore. Now there seems to be some cheap sensors that cause check engine lights to come on but doesn't cuase issues with the way it runs. I have not seen any major or catastrophic failures from our units. I have 100k on my 13 AWD 3.7L. I totaled a 14 model stopping a wrong way driver a couple years ago, it had 26k with no issues. They seem to hold up very well compared to our PD's dodges..... They have since switched to the utilities also.

We several new ones on order, this time I will be getting the Ecoboost version. One of the Deputies in my unit has one and it is definitely quick.. really impressed with how smooth the power is.

I have been driving PIU vehicles now with my Sheriff's Office for several years now. What seems strange to me is it's not all the vehicles. My department has at least a couple hundred of these vehicles driving around and I have heard of one PIU being turned in for the exhaust fumes in the cab. Whatever is causing it is not consistent, and is either occuring as a manufacturer defect or being created with wear. I personally have not had this issue and my units idle forever, probably more then drive time due to checkpoints and other patrol activity.

I guess I just didn't say that correctly. What I meant was if they can keep a solid demand for that many motors throughout an entire product line (most notably the f150), then it's financially feasible. You wouldn't want 5.0 only being in a Mustang or a 2.7 only being in a low volume fusion.

As long as they are putting those motors in other ford vehicles, the production works and giving the option to apply it to the truck is feasible.

Funny I saw this article several weeks ago or close to that time frame. I went to the car was last week and for the first time ever they took my antenna off lol. I got a stubby one after I saw that article though.

I'm pretty sure my Department gets Ford PIU's for between 29-32k. 25 units at that price is 800k vs about 925k for Tahoe's. Also what needs to be taken into consideration is that our fleet mechanics have all been trained on fords and have all the Ford Equipment/computers. It was going to cost additional $ to switch everything over to Dodge or GM and the light package for Tahoe's is more expensive. Overall it's just more cost effective to go with the ford for several reasons in addition to how good of a patrol vehicle it really is. I certainly enjoy mine. Also crashed one stopping a wrong way driver and came away unscathed, so very happy with it.

I think 200-300 lbs is alot and would significantly impact the handling and performance. That's one or two people depending.

I would announce a track ready GT 500 on the release day of the new race ready Z28

That's impressive man. That motor is something special.

I think some custom tunes were adding 20-30rwhp in some on line forums. I think a 450 hp motor with equal torque and an aluminum body might do the trick.

We have outfitted a majority of 300+ department with them. Mine doesn't have as many miles as I had a 6 month hiatus after an ankle injury. 31k on mine but others in my unit have 60k+ with no issues. Some of our first issued ones are closing in on 100k and other than some minor leaks in seals I haven't heard of anything catastrophic happening on its own. We have had several crashed units however and they are safe vehicles.