Recent content by CalvinC

This is actually a full half the reason I’m looking for the MFT option (other half being the utility of course). The alternative is adding the words “Please do not” Just above the giant emblem.

Holy heck!! That’s like 31% discount by those numbers. I haven’t followed every single post here but I think that would be about a new record. Was there like hail damage or was this a dealer demo or did you have compromising pictures of the sales manager or what??!! Would love to know more...

If your top priority is an engine that will be trouble free for 250k miles, snag a 2nd Gen Tundra, 2015-16 F150 5.0 or 2021+ 5.0. Otherwise just drive em all, see which one you prefer being behind the wheel of, and let Future Homer deal with what happens in 100k miles.

Have also seen lots of reports here that after a large tire diameter change like you have done the transmission shift points are off enough to materially degrade performance. You can get it recalibrated at a dealer for your tire size potentially, or I believe you can do it yourself if you...

Ha as a Denver Metro resident that’s exactly the stretch I had in mind when asking about the concrete highways. I’ve been through multiple sets of tires and suspension setups in no small thanks to that stretch.

Are these concrete highways by chance? Do you notice the same issues at the same speeds on asphalt stretches? Some regions use concrete slab sections that are at just such a length that they absolutely do not play nice with certain wheel bases. But also IMHO DuraTrac tires don’t have the...

There is something seriously strange going on here. I’m trying to think of what else could be happening interfering with / limiting the damping. Three things come to mind: 1) Is you have used up all your down travel. But this only happens when folks crank their coilovers to maximum lift and...

There are very small you haulers, essentially an enclosed trailer with a Murphy bed and a crapper. Otherwise most you haulers you find are very unfriendly to half tons in general. Not due to the total weight, but rather the weight distribution. Because they are designed to carry sometimes up...

Agreed, 2.0” shocks are mainly for looks - gain height but maintain or slightly improve the on road ride in the process. Does not make for a Raptor off road, but certainly no worse than stock. Still much better than oem shocks in handling additional unsprung weight, especially when...

It’s just a relative indicator. And at 10 seconds the indications are 1) the engine may be unhealthy and 2) I wouldn’t want to tow anything material with it. MPG is another relative indicator of #1. All that said I spent lots of money and time making a truck go fast before and would agree...

Yes. This. Particularly on the GMC and Toyotas. And if you expect to have any rear passengers with legs, it isn’t a great setup back there. And now that all but the Frontier are Crew Cab Short bed configurations, they are all neither fish nor foul. Meaning cabs are too small for people...

On a prior Bilstien setup, I had mounted a set of E range DuraTracs. They rode awfully and I really played around with air pressures since tires were the only thing that changed. Instinctively I aired way down to something like 32 to try to improve ride comfort, even through I knew it was way...

My natural instinct, similar to others, says too cold a transmission is not optimal. But I am not a transmission builder and you are. So I’m inclined to be open to your thoughts here. And since you seem to be a grown up who understands the risks and will fix issues if they arise, I’m keen to...

We have large volume DEF tanks on diesels and sensors to monitor levels, programming to elicit specific behaviors when empty etc. If there were a tangible benefit to emissions they’d find a way to do it. They’ve done far more and gotten less. Heck eTorque provides a far less tangible benefit...

This is also default behavior for the F150, but you can enable “cop mode” via ForScan wherein even if engine is running from a traditional start (not a remote start) you cannot place the transmission into gear without the fob present. Remote start already works that way. I wonder if it is...