Sleeper TRX

[Montana_]

Oh but it is.

Not on any truck with a supercharger exactly.
But rather any truck with Ford’s own supercharger retains full factory warranty.

That’s a Whipple running a conservative ford-engineered tune and installed by a ford Dealer.

It’s not a dealer warranty or a whipple warranty, it’s a Ford warranty all the same.

But I haven’t heard much about issues with folks supercharging Coyotes, either on their own or through Ford Performance. The Coyote is stout.

And so I have hopes that the Hemi comes back similarly, with all forged internals and dual injection. Then it will be a candidate for any material amount of boost, like the 6.2 was.

Yea the only real exception would be a Shelby brand vehicle, which becomes a Shelby warranty. Even then, there are still FORD parts so FORD is covering a vast majority of the warranty as well.

I'd love to see RAM actually competing with these things, but they just don't. They offer the TRX, or the new v6 equivalent RHO, and both are far from sleepers.

We need more actual sleepers. I fell in love with the single cab F150's running those setups as soon as I saw them. I have no brand loyalty, least of all to Stellantis. Back in the day, sure, Dodge... but not so much anymore. I also hope they bring back the 5.7 and stop being so damn boring. Guarantee if you give people the option you are going to sell some v8 monsters.

Like Subaru lol... holy crap they fell off a cliff with their boring ahh vehicles

Anyways, here is a pretty basic video on the F150's. They are hands down the "muscle" of todays vehicles.

 

[Bigbadgen]

yes it is. and nope not interested.
anyways, hopefully i saved OP some money. between the questionable "build plan" and someone running spacers complaining, that's enough time spent on this. unfollowing this mickey mouse madness.

I gotta poop

 

[Ex_dutch]

I can kind of see what OP is trying to do. Personally I think my truck is old enough now to not worry about messing up my warranty anymore if I would end up wearing something out or what have you if I Whipple’d it. Compared to trading in (for a TRX?) and throwing more money at it for fenders, axles and what not I think I will save more than enough to pay for a transmission rebuild or whatever, if needed.

 

[LITTLEREBEL]

I can kind of see what OP is trying to do. Personally I think my truck is old enough now to not worry about messing up my warranty anymore if I would end up wearing something out or what have you if I Whipple’d it. Compared to trading in (for a TRX?) and throwing more money at it for fenders, axles and what not I think I will save more than enough to pay for a transmission rebuild or whatever, if needed.

The boogieman is gonna get you

 

[Ex_dutch]

boowho?

 

[Idahoktm]

Any problem can be solved with enough money.

But you’d spend way more “streeting out” a TRX than you’d spend Modding a 1500, by the time you account for swapping the fenders and other body work. And you’d murder a TRX’s resale on top of it, and I still wouldnt be super confident from a reliability standpoint having swapped I weaker-spec axles.

So from a financial standpoint, I think money is better spent on a Procharger and some street suspension for your 1500, or even a Hellcat Swap would be cheaper or at least a draw.

Or… if you just got the TRX I’ve seen some people paint to match the fender flares and other various bits and it helped to reduce the brodozer look.

You are confused. This is the Brodozer look.

SEMA 2023: The Brodozers

Big, brutal, barbaric, the Brodozer is where interesting taste and creative engineering collide!

www.autoweek.com

 

[Brigs]

another one of those things that just make one goes "...why." TRX is different underneath, from axle, suspension, drivetrain, all the important parts. all the mounting points are different and require custom fab work. by the look of what you're looking to accomplish, it does seem like you don't have the skills or knowledge necessary for these types of projects, so you will be paying custom work rate at fab shops.
another way to go around this ridiculous attempt to be "unique" is to drop a SRT crate engine in your current truck. but again, that requires extensive mechanical knowledge and skill which I doubt you have (deduced from your fixation on warranty), I don't think that is for you too.

dude, if you wanna go fast and not go offroad, get a hellcat Challenger or Charger. the amount of money you gonna dump into pulling this mickey mouse "build," is gonna cost identical to buying a hellcat but will come with proper brakes, suspension, tires, and handling that save you from wrapping yourself around a tree. and you save more money that way too.

I never said I want to do this because I want to be unique, I want to do this because I want it to look a certain way. I don’t plan on doing any sort of work myself, I’m not trying to Mickey Mouse anything, I simply asked if it was possible, cause I don’t know. In hindsight my post was kind of all over the place, but you could have just said “no”, rather than just be a condescending dickhead.

 

[Brigs]

You are confused. This is the Brodozer look.

SEMA 2023: The Brodozers

Big, brutal, barbaric, the Brodozer is where interesting taste and creative engineering collide!

www.autoweek.com

THANK YOU for explaining it the way you did, and for also providing me an alternative solution. Makes a ton more sense in my head now. Also I didn’t even consider the depreciation factor. I feel like an idiot

 

[Brigs]

I can kind of see what OP is trying to do. Personally I think my truck is old enough now to not worry about messing up my warranty anymore if I would end up wearing something out or what have you if I Whipple’d it. Compared to trading in (for a TRX?) and throwing more money at it for fenders, axles and what not I think I will save more than enough to pay for a transmission rebuild or whatever, if needed.

In hindsight I see how it was a dumb thought, sometimes I just write the things my brain has running through it and don’t really proofread and just send it. The idea of a sleeper TRX sounded cool to me, but just the phrase sleeper Trx is an oxymoron in itself, you can’t have both those things at once, I’ll probably just end up doing the suspension mods on my current truck after it hits 100k.

 

[Brigs]

im just trying to save him some money and wrapping himself around a tree lol
if he wants to do street driving and go fast, a street car is the logical choice since it is designed for it with the brakes, chassis, tires, etc. A truck is not designed to go fast street driving unless he also upgrades brakes, chassis, suspension, arms, and the whole 9 yards.

from my experience with my friends who try to do some questionable things, flaming is the only way to get them to stop. i don't sugarcoat things just to make things sound "nice" lol and if with all the flaming and the guy still goes for it... then that's on him but i've yet to see any positive results.
in fact, i just wrapped up a project for a kid who got the entire baja design catalogue thrown on his quarter million mile mitsubishi montero that doesn't even run right. guy had previously tried to do everything himself but everything was done completely wrong. but dude's got daddy's money and he's determined to spend over triple the car's worth on lights and double the car's worth for me to wire things in despite me flaming him he's doing it on the wrong car with a bunch of unnecessary stuff. no joke, every time he shows up i flame him and told him that's not the right way but he's determined despite his dad agreeing 100% with what i say. what can i say, some people got more $$ than sense.

trust, anyone who would want to tackle a project of this scale... warranty is the least of their concerns.

Dude why do you assume all the things you’re assuming I simply asked a question. You act like I posted this **** with a photo of me In my garage with tools in my hand under a TRX and the caption reading, “I’m doing this right now tell me how to internet”

 

[Brigs]

Your 2018 is not the same truck as the new ones everyone is turning into drag trucks. Which is also why I mentioned the many performance centers and dealerships offering packages turning XL's into straight sleeper beasts that crush every other truck on the market currently. For the price of a TRX, you can get one hell of a sleeper F150. I think that's the point people are missing with my mentioning of the F150's at all here. Just check out what Cleetus is running on his numerous F150's and all the videos of him and like minded folks dragging them. They are nothing to scoff at and not the same as a bone stock 4 door with all the options and added weight. The keyword here was sleeper. A TRX isn't sleeping at all lol, it's a very obvious monster.

Either way, this thread is probably dead. OP made the initial post and hasn't been back since due to some ridiculous flaming.

No im just employed and forgot about it. I’m here now tho and thats what matters. Glad to see I upset so many of you tho.

 

[Montana_]

No im just employed and forgot about it. I’m here now tho and thats what matters. Glad to see I upset so many of you tho.

Well, I was on "your side" and offering more sleeper options but apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit and you are clearly only here to stir the pot so take care buddy!