moog5050

He did a great job. Congrats.

And I had planned to sit right here this morning but I had to pick my daughter up from a birthday sleepover. Hope I see him again. He is big and unique.

Feel better Prayer sent.

Sounds like she was ready early Lomax. Keep those eyes peeled!

Giant 4. Nahhhhhh!

Already saw 3 doe. You win. Lol

Ok finally in a stand. Lol

No it was not. 1 yote and a fox after it was running away because someone couldn’t help their dad find the safety in time!

Well they are starting move daytime. I really should get out there at some point.

I missed a Yote.

Wow, dad was buying his own beer. That is a travesty. I make my kids pay for all my beer - that's what summer jobs are for. My house, my rules! lol

Get better soon to you both!

Heal up quick Law and Mrs. Law!

Resided on my property first year I bought it. It was my second season hunting. Tagged out on a lesser buck (but my first wall mounter) in bow not really knowing better. I should have really just focused on this guy. He ended up chasing a doe right in front of a blind in the neighbors field day 2 of gun season. Dump shot. Live and learn.

I know most don't like any v-max on deer, but my buddy swears by them with his 6.8 spc2. Says they are always DRT. I am still nervous to try a bullet like that on deer.

I haven't dyno-ed it. Others that have the same truck and mods tuned by the same tuner that have dyno-ed are around 580ish whp and 610ish lbs peak. Considering that its rated at 450 SAE hp (maybe 350 whp) stock, its a huge difference. I assume I am over 700bhp based on approx 20% drivetrain loss. I am also running E50 fuel but have a slightly less aggressive although still solid 93 tune that I can use when needed (ie no E85 available to mix in). I wouldn't push it further on stock internals. Other than some fine tuning with the E50, project is complete. Nice looking truck. I like the color. Did you supercharge it? I had a silvy SS that was as quick, but didn't have the top end power. It was supercharged with a little NOS mixed in. I recall a high 4.3 0-60 with that truck. That was my first foray into stupid fast trucks and I did the work myself except the final tuning despite not knowing anything about engines when I started. Not sure how I didn't blow it up! I will try to toss up a photo later.

Go for it. Who doesn't need extra power you will never really need. lol

Nah - not a fair comparison. That 3.5 is not tuned vs a supercharged 8. My 0-60 was 6.5ish before the tune and is now 4.4. Huge difference. Thats the great things about the 3.5TT - it don't cost much to make it very fast.

No smiles here on the gas consumption, but I always liked fast vehicles and its nice to have a truck that can handle most things as a fast daily driver. That said, I average around 15mpg. I probably can get close to 18 on highway driving but it won't beat your consumption. Still better than the old v8 raptor which averaged in the 13s.

First addition to the truck was a bed rug my friend.

Ain’t that the truth.

The first raptor was the 6.2. It sounded great. But this 6 cylinder would eat it’s lunch. Admittedly I prefer the sound of the 6.2 better. But the performance of the 3.5 is so much better.

I use a Cobb accessport. I like one of the Cobb TCM tunes (transmission) but have several custom tunes from goosetuned for the ECM. Tuning makes a world of difference, both in terms of useable power and to smooth out that 10 speed.

Did a little tuning while you all are hunting. Not bad for a 6000lb 6 banger. Lol. And I know it’s got more as I spun badly out of the hole. It’s a fun beast.

Waiting for @grampyto lasso that 160"er for me and I will take a day off to "hunt" it! lol Starting to see some shooters now but will probably limit hunting to whenever I have time. Too much going on this year to take time off.