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10-04-2019, 09:30 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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So I’m very close to buying a Raptor, the only thing making me hesitate is Ford crumbling under the pressure and releasing a more powerful engine down the track.
Wondering if there is any real talk of it happening? Anyone in the know?
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10-04-2019, 10:20 PM
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Excessive Fuel Ingestion
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Hmm, yes, something I'm considering. But same issue, will they upgrade the donk?
Ed 
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11-04-2019, 09:18 AM
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If.. they did, would you be prepared to pay extra?
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11-04-2019, 09:47 AM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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Just don’t want to get one and then a better version right rolls out a few months later. Not that I believe there’s anything inherently wrong with the current model.
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11-04-2019, 05:51 PM
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23-04-2019, 08:32 PM
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Banned
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Better versions always roll out a few months later. If they did'nt nobody would buy new ones. That's just the car game . Buy used, you save a ton of money. Maybe you work in the mines and earn 80,000 for only six months work. If so , who cares how much money you wast.
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11-04-2019, 10:22 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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US Ranger is getting a 2.3L ecoboost, whether the volume justifies getting a second engine through compliance for our market, who knows.
What engines will the regular Rangers be offered with? Just diesel? It would be ludicrous if the Raptor ended up with the least powerful engine in the range.... |
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11-04-2019, 01:47 PM
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Falcon RTV - FG G6ET
 
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There's a Ranger up here that's going to wear a Barra T soon. Work is just beginning.
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 BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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11-04-2019, 04:03 PM
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You want to see a good conversion then visit this website and read up this post. http://newranger.net/forums/viewtopi...+conversion%2A |
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11-04-2019, 04:13 PM
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I am Groot
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11-04-2019, 06:40 PM
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Should be no big deal! |
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11-04-2019, 06:54 PM
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I am Groot
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12-04-2019, 06:55 PM
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11-04-2019, 02:32 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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if anything does come it will be years away, not months.
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11-04-2019, 02:49 PM
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BLUE OVAL INC.
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Does it have AEB yet or is that due for the second half of the year, things like that will matter to resale in the future.
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11-04-2019, 02:58 PM
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Peter Car
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FORD has bumped up the prices of its popular Ranger series but has also added extra equipment to compensate on some variants, including the belated inclusion of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) driver-assist technology on every model including the Raptor flagship. On sale from June, most models now cost between $250 and $650 more than before depending on the variant, with the perennial-favourite Wildtrak copping an $800 rise, while the Raptor jumps $600 to $75,990 plus on-road costs – its second price hike in less than nine months. |
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11-04-2019, 09:27 PM
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https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...ARsbjjcVGW9CZ0
We won't get a Ranger with a better engine I would guess. |
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12-04-2019, 03:20 PM
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Peter Car
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12-04-2019, 06:58 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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BPT are putting kms into a flashed test mule at the moment. Figures so far are 125nm and 25 kw gain.
Might be an option!
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13-04-2019, 10:42 AM
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Thailand Specials
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 'Ford Performance' Thailand edition bro Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 13-04-2019 at 10:51 AM. |
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17-04-2019, 06:29 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Just buy it.
Because if they do release one with a better engine a few years down the track, you can bet there'll be rumours of something better again, and you'll wait forever for the next upgrade. If they do come out with a bigger engine, sell up and buy the next one. |
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17-04-2019, 09:54 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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For all those non believers,
Across the Asia Pacific region, Ranger Raptor sold well in the last four months of 2018 Quote:
By deduction, that would mean "roughly" 1,500 Raptors were sold in Australia last year. |
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24-04-2019, 12:46 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I think Australia got around 1000 raptors in 2018... Not all have sold yet.
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17-04-2019, 09:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Just get it. Lots of cars have crappy engines, but they can still be fantastic to live with and drive.
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22-04-2019, 10:24 PM
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23-04-2019, 08:06 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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Welp, just put in motion to buy myself a Raptor, should have it end of May.
Woot!
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23-04-2019, 08:22 PM
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24-04-2019, 09:37 PM
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Fiat POWAAH!
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I would have loved the red, but the Pilbara sun will destroy it
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25-04-2019, 10:23 PM
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