Recent content by Snakebitten

The 3.3 NA fleet V6 is a pretty good apples/apples to what Stellantis decided on for the Ramcharger. Just a thought

If 2026/2027 launches a: Powerboost V2 Or EREV of ANY kind Or SuperDuty with legitimate electrification Then yeah, they have been sitting on something that has been stalled for whatever reason. That's sandbagging, in my opinion. Lol

If it's true that those manifolds would reduce knock, then it's very fair to assume that lower KR will result in the PCM switching to a more aggressive timing table. That's the beauty of the Ecoboost torque management. And a few additional degrees of timing can absolutely increase performance...

By the way, I need it to have at least 8 lugnuts for it to be a truck that I no longer need to own multiple trucks. If you know what I mean. Or put another way, for it to have a ~1500+ lb Payload in fully dressed up trim (KingRanch, for example), it'd have to be more frame and axle than any...

If it turns out that we are hearing about this early after getting greenlit recently, then my sandbagging accusation wasn't accurate. But if this was greenlit months/years ago, and they are now leaking what they are ready to tool-up for and produce in the next couple of years? Then they dang...

I'm not surprised that at first impression, just adding the FAR SUPERIOR manifolds, but not altering the "tune" of the truck, it might seem underwhelming as an improvement. The 3.5 Ecoboost is a torque management engine. Adding the manifolds wouldn't change the torque request that you make...

But someone can get their own short term PTS subscription for a very reasonable fee (~$28) and then authenticate access to their own VIN using their Ford account email address. Which allows them to see available updates for their VIN. Note: historically we have seen some instances where the...

Yet the vast majority of the original design have not sheared. (yet) Like so many mass produced products built in "batches", there seems to be evidence that whatever the actual cause is, there was a manufacturing date range that represents a higher percentage of failure.

My personal opinion is that if you didn't replace the bolts early in the life of the axle, you are taking the risk of shearing the bolt head off in the attempt to remove it. I did in fact replace mine about 12,000 miles ago. But it was the same day that I took the truck home with freshly...

Mine is working just fine for both the Mach-E parked in a hangar at the airport (work) and the Powerboost at the house.

I meant that with the Powerboost, if the HV battery is at sufficient SOC, the ICE wouldn't "start", but you would get the Ready light. In other words, if I was conveying that my Powerboost wouldn't start, I would actually be saying it failed to give me the Ready light. Or put another way, my...

Starlink options are a hoot! You'll be out of water, out of propane, out of coffee,....... But never out of touch!

It doesn't change Driver's Select Mode when you turn the DSM dial?

Just FYI, it'll run off of a 60watt source too. I've run one for a couple of hours with a handheld Anker battery pack with a 60watt USB-C port.

How can you describe exactly what "wouldn't start" means? I ask because on a Powerboost, starting isn't necessarily as simple as it might be if we are discussing a non-hybrid vehicle.