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Check out this one of a kind beast: Ford Raptor
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SDHQ Raptor Skid Plate
The SDHQ designed skid plates cover the entire underbelly of your Raptor. Constructed from 1/4″ aluminum, these plates start from either our LED, HID or our Trophy Truck style bumpers and replace the weak factory ones. Covering the engine, transmission, transfer case and gas tank from rocks and other debris.
This is a pretty sick skid plate. SDHQ is a quality place and this is another example of what they can do. To see more photos, visit their website – SDHQoffroad.com or call them at 877-969-2929.
Custom 2010 Ford F-150 Raptor Built By John Williams Was Featured at the 2011 SEMA Show
While SEMA may be the center for all things aftermarket, it is still amazing to see the variety of causes that theses aftermarket parts can represent. Sometimes people will choose a cause to support or sometimes they will choose a specific purpose to build the vehicle and sometimes they just build a car because they like building cars. In this case, the Ford F-150 built by John Williams was a blitz project that was begun 2 weeks before SEMA began and was finished 2 days before the show was to open. Let me repeat that 12 days of work to build this from the impressive, but stock, Raptor.
The F-150 in question began life as a 2010 F-150 Raptor with a 6.2 engine, which will be growling at the world through the K&N 77-2579KTK Performance intake system and will see an estimated 20Hp increase from this mod alone. John has done some previous work on SEMA vehicles as well, even earning some awards for his efforts. No wonder this particular build was no slouch on the suspension mod list:
ICON Upper control arms
Sway Away 2.5″ shocks
Deaver Leaf Springs
Poly performance rear shackles
4.56 ring and pinion from West Coast Differentials
Front Auburn Ected locking Differential
Warn 12000VR Winch
Custom pre runner bumpers
Superchips Cortex Programmer
Baja Designs Lights
Black Rock Wheels
BFGoodrich Mud Terrain TA KM2 Tires
K&N Performance Intake.
When asked what this vehicle does outside of SEMA John replied, “Drives me to and from work and pre running on the weekend.” It certainly ought to do that well. John has had some previous experience in building cars. In the past he has built cars for BRGoodrich, Bully Dog Technologies and Black Rock Wheel just to name a few.
When asked why he uses K&N specifically John replied “It’s the best product out there with years of testing and a long history of being the best air filter.” And when asked what experiences he’s had with K&N he said, “I have been using them on all of my vehicles since 1998!”
Now that SEMA is over John says that he is going to try to get back into rock crawling events and dirt racing. John also has a goal for his custom raptor; in short, 38×14 BFGoodrich Mud Terrain tires. As John puts it, “No other Raptor will be on tires this big!” And that’s a pretty impressive statement. That’s not to say that the entire project was bolt on or easy. That front bumper was an entirely different matter, it was custom built by John and in his words “They were the first tube products that I actually built.” With all of these custom parts and Fords recent foray into rock crawling at Moab it looks like this raptor is a dinosaur not to be taken lightly.
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Ford Raptor Cleaner than a Leaf Blower
That’s right…Edmund’s Inside Line did a test with a 6.2L V8 Ford Raptor, a 1.4L V4 Fiat, and two leaf blowers from Home Depot. They ran FTP 75 emission cycle tests on the vehicles and yard equipment, adjusting for aerodynamic and weight differences. What were the results?
The Fiat and Ford Raptor came out way ahead of the leaf blowers. Not only that, the Raptor put out fewer hydrocarbons than the Fiat. Someone should invent a hose that you can hook up to your Ford tail-pipe to blow your leaves and grass clippings. Not only would you make a boat-load of money, you would be helping the environment. That’s capitalism at it’s best.
SoCal SAYS: We would imagine that more research needs to be done here to prove the research, but if it holds up, this is a great sign for Ford. What an improvement from 5 or 10 years ago. Most lifted truck owners would rather drive a more environmentally friendly truck, especially since most of us snowboard, surf, ride in the desert or at the river. It’s great to see Ford doing their part.
Ford SVT Raptor unleashed at SEMA
The Ford SVT Raptor is one of the most extreme off-road trucks to ever come from the factory. But, when it comes to the SEMA Show and Las Vegas — which happens to take place there early next month — stock doesn’t cut it. Enter the Addictive Desert Design/JPM Coachworks Luxury Performance Raptor. Its spec sheet includes some of the best who’s who in the aftermarket industry.
Based on a black-on-black 2011 Raptor SVT SuperCrew, the Addictive Desert Design/JPM Coachworks Luxury Performance Raptor has visited some of the best aftermarket company in the industry. First stop was at Hennessey Performance where John and his crew blessed it with the VelociRaptor 600 SC package giving it 605 horsepower from the addition of a supercharger.
Next it traveled down to JPM Coachworks in Temple, Georgia for a complete interior overhaul featuring Royal Hides from Edelman Leather and Alcantara. It continued on to High Desert Mobile in Albuquerque, New Mexico for an audio upgrade complete with Mosconi amplifiers, Blackhole sound deadening, and Tsunami wiring harnesses and connectors. It also received a NAV-TV system that integrates front and rear Chasecam 3 cameras into the Ford navigation system for better visibility around the outside. The components are controlled by a JPM Coachwork control panel custom mounted in the center console. Visualogic fabricated a custom head rest mounted rear seat entertainment system.
After the interior and audio/video was complete the modified Raptor moved onto Addictive Desert Designs for some more off-road pieces: Stealth front and rear bumpers, Rigid LED lighting, rock guards, aftermarket front and rear suspension (King Shocks 3-inch coil-over shocks in the front and a 3-inch triple bypass piggyback setup in the rear with 14 inches of travel) and Fuel Hostage wheels (with bead-locks installed by Marsh Racing) wrapped in Goodyear MTR Kevlar tires. Baer Brakes provided Extreme Plus Calipers and 15-inch rotors.
The Raptor then travelled to California where Hi Tech Collision in Costa Mesa added some custom touches to the bodywork. Spintech Muffler added a one-off true dual exhaust system that dumps the spent fumes toward the ground just before the rear axle. The bed, wheel-wells, underside, and bottom 12 inches of the body were coated by Line-X.
Renny Doyle of Detailing Success finished off the project with a 12-step process to get the factory paint completely smooth in preparation for XPEL STEALTH Protection Film to protect the truck’s paint finish.
Affliction Clothing will hold a contest to name the beast [something shorter and catchier than Addictive Desert Design/JPM Coachworks Luxury Performance Raptor]. Participants could also win prizes. To keep up with the build and contest visit the official page (http://luxuryraptor.com/) or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LuxuryRaptor)
Source and Photo courtesy of: http://www.ford-trucks.com
Read more: http://www.trucktrend.com/features/news/2011/163_news111019_luxury_ford_raptor_2011_sema/index.html#ixzz1bQRfFVrG
SoCal Says: This truck is pretty legit, and we look forward to seeing it at SEMA. Also, kudos to Affliction Clothing for sponsoring the contest of the naming of the new truck. Get out there and submit some names.