Owned by an Explorer?

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A buddy just bought his wife a 2015 explorer with the EB. Jokingly he asked to race my 2014 tuned, 3.92 gears, lt's, 6 speed. I laughed and said sure. Long story short he spanked me badly. I can drive and have owned several pony cars. After the race, he told me all he did was upload the 93 canned Diablo sport 90 hp and 90 tq on his damn TT 3.5. His trinity logged a 4.9 and 5.1 0-60 mph and I believe it. I think I'm going back to the pony cars

 

[6.7CumminsDrvr]

Easy to get a chunck of power with just a tune with forced induction......

 

[BlownGP]

Those EB motors are no joke..

My friend has a EB explorer and he runs 13.6@102 with just a tune and CAI

 

[charonblk07]

The EcoBoost makes great low-rpm torque and the Explorers are relatively light, everything your truck doesn't have going for it. They're a great engine but limited to what's available for major mods that won't crater the thing in a few months.

 

[HammerHead]

A buddy just bought his wife a 2015 explorer with the EB. Jokingly he asked to race my 2014 tuned, 4:56 gears, lt's, 6 speed. I laughed and said sure. Long story short he spanked me badly. I can drive and have owned several pony cars. After the race, he told me all he did was upload the 93 canned Diablo sport 90 hp and 90 tq on his damn TT 3.5. His trinity logged a 4.9 and 5.1 0-60 mph and I believe it. I think I'm going back to the pony cars

Same thing happened to me but by a Taurus or fusion (not sure which one) killed him off the line but he soon blew by me. It put some serious debate in my mind about modding my truck and how much $ I was planning to spend.

 

[drittal]

I traded an Explorer Sport for my Ram. Bone stock it grabs it's ass and *****-n-gets. Liked the Explorer, love the Ram.

 

[BlownGP]

Same thing happened to me but by a Taurus or fusion (not sure which one) killed him off the line but he soon blew by me. It put some serious debate in my mind about modding my truck and how much $ I was planning to spend.

Taurus SHO, fusion doesn't get the TT 3.5L.....

I want to see what they do with bigger turbo's.

 

[drittal]

The new Ford GT will be EB powered. 500+ hp.

 

[drittal]

I lied. The 2016 Ford GT will be powered by a 3.5l t.t. ecoboost that so far ford is claiming 600+ to the rear wheels.

 

[hemihustlin]

They have fairly recently gotten a bunch of ecoboost tarus interceptors around here. Now i know why haha. The era of slow ass crown vics is behind us.
But will they be as unkillable, that is the question.

 

[R/T_Fire]

The explorer is one on the list for the GF's new ride.... Still want the SRT-8 well really the Hellcat but I don't think I can talk here into that much $$$ and she doesn't like the body styling of the 2015- chargers... she wants a 11-14

 

[HammerHead]

A buddy just bought his wife a 2015 explorer with the EB. Jokingly he asked to race my 2014 tuned, 4:56 gears, lt's, 6 speed. I laughed and said sure. Long story short he spanked me badly. I can drive and have owned several pony cars. After the race, he told me all he did was upload the 93 canned Diablo sport 90 hp and 90 tq on his damn TT 3.5. His trinity logged a 4.9 and 5.1 0-60 mph and I believe it. I think I'm going back to the pony cars

And I got to be honest, I expect to get beat by a pony car or a vett but getting beat by another truck or a sport utility really get me going. I'm curious to how much you lost by??? Half truck or a bumper is a good race in my opinion if you hold your own. I took on a new vett and he puller 10-15 truck lengths up to 100MPH and I felt so stupid. But, I'm a truck guy and I love my ram at the end of the day.

 

[PassivAggressor]

I lied. The 2016 Ford GT will be powered by a 3.5l t.t. ecoboost that so far ford is claiming 600+ to the rear wheels.

While the new ford GT is beautiful and amazing I HATE that it has the EB. I was hoping for another crazy V8. I also like the new Raptor that will be coming out, except for the damn engine. Yes it will be fast, but I don't want my bad ass offroad truck to sound like a damn Camry.

 

[SlowRoller]

Better get used to 6's. We'll be seeing 400 HP 4's soon enough,,,

The muffler threads will be full of "How can I get a DEEP tone out of my 2.0 ?"

 

[BlownGP]

Better get used to 6's. We'll be seeing 400 HP 4's soon enough,,,

The muffler threads will be full of "How can I get a DEEP tone out of my 2.0 ?"

400hp is a 4- bangers!!!!! sheee that's been way done.

Do you remember the 1000HP Ecotec motor?
GM Prods Ecotec to 1000 HP - The Car Connection
and lets not forget the little skittles Neon SRT-4s. I've seen many with over 500-600HP

There were rumors the C7 was going to be a TT V6. Thank god that did'nt happen.

But yes the bill bad V8s will be a dying breed, so we better get them why we can.

THANKS OBAMA.

 

[RLJ10X]

The heaviest 2015 explorer is 4900 pounds.

What's your short bed reg cab weigh?

+90hp and 90tq would be hard to deal with. I assume it was AWD?

 

[Etroze86]

Reg cab short bed 4x4 with me out of it and low on fuel weighs in at almost exactly 5k lbs.

 

[JJEH]

A buddy just bought his wife a 2015 explorer with the EB. Jokingly he asked to race my 2014 tuned, 4:56 gears, lt's, 6 speed. I laughed and said sure. Long story short he spanked me badly. I can drive and have owned several pony cars. After the race, he told me all he did was upload the 93 canned Diablo sport 90 hp and 90 tq on his damn TT 3.5. His trinity logged a 4.9 and 5.1 0-60 mph and I believe it. I think I'm going back to the pony cars

Nothing to worry about and absolutely no reason to get rid of your Ram. Comparing NA engines to FI engines is BS and he doesn't need to be proud of his win. Take the turbo off and the Explorer is just a stinky fart in the wind. Barely noticeable...

 

[Canadian_Ram]

400hp is a 4- bangers!!!!! sheee that's been way done.

Do you remember the 1000HP Ecotec motor?
GM Prods Ecotec to 1000 HP - The Car Connection
and lets not forget the little skittles Neon SRT-4s. I've seen many with over 500-600HP

There were rumors the C7 was going to be a TT V6. Thank god that did'nt happen.

But yes the bill bad V8s will be a dying breed, so we better get them why we can.

THANKS OBAMA.

4g63 <--- that is all.

 

[RLJ10X]

Jjeh, I don't get your reasoning. The 3.5 EB, like it or not, is a turbo engine.

The 5,7 Hemi is Dodge's answer.

You don't win em all. When you get beat, Man up, and accept it. Then find a way to win the next one.