Hello, and welcome to another great segment of Gearheads.org. Where in this episode we will look into a few trucks that have been dropped in our laps, and their owners are expecting us to nibble on them up like Mickey. Here we go.
Gearheads.org So, you may already know about how Ford announced their latest and greatest version of the award winning F-150, and the way it proposes to make wanting a new Ford truck even harder to resist, right? Well, it seems like the Ford guys had some extra time on their own hands, and mulled around the idea of dropping a diesel into their tried, and true F-150. As it stands, this wouldn’t have already been the first time the strength techs at Ford contemplated a diesel, but the recession put the kiebasch on that deal. Now here we have been in 2014, and a moderately powered diesel wouldn’t be such a bad idea, especially with it being placed in one of those hard faced F-150's. I mean, why not throw a diesel in a F-150? It already has one of the better engines from the game, and some of the best mileage numbers around. Throwing a diesel motor into the mix would only improve things, and besides there’s another player thinking the same thing.
Now our next player within the Modified Truck game may be the Gm Reaper, and the specs on this truck are as follows: The ability is provided by way of a Ligenfelter Performance V8, that’s connected to a Magnuson TSV1900 Supercharger, which makes 550Hp. Ground control comes by mean of a Fox Racing suspension setup. (The same as the Raptor’s) Other goodies that could be found attached to GM’s Reaper, are 17 inch bead-lock wheels which are wrapped in 33 inch tall off-road tires, a visible skid plate, aftermarket high clearance bumpers, LED lighting, and a Corsa exhaust system. Now let’s look at this Reaper for a minute. Is it me, or does anyone else assume that this GM Reaper has a ghost of your chance of taking out the Raptor? So it took GM a little over 5 years to come up with a truck that might remotely come near to driving like the Raptor. A minimum of the Reaper’s weird looking, bulging front fascia, may help keep buyers guessing on whether they should spend the $50,000 to $65,000 dollars on one of these brilliant trucks. Let me end using this, the GM Reaper is a truck which had been made to help GM feel happier about losing the ongoing struggle in the “Modified Truck” race.
Toyota-Tacoma_TRD_Pro_Series_2015 Our third contender comes from the business that “Pulled the Space Shuttle” quite some time ago, and apparently, they’re still patting themselves on the back for that event of sorts. Toyota, makers of the Camry, the Corolla, and the CPU that hurdles your car forward without your permission have finally chose to join the Modified Truck Game. It feels like the Toyota Racing Department. Alternatively, TRD for short wanted in of what Ford is enjoying over the past few years. That would be the sweet taste of victory my girlfriends. Be that as it may, Toyota put their racing development squad into action, and locked them in a room until they produced something promising, or at least worth talking about. Then end result is, the 2015 TRD Pro Series trucks, and off-roaders. It sounds a little bit corny, but whatcha gonna do? Here’s the reduced down. Toyota inducted these three of their vehicles into the fray by giving them a slight boost in the suspension, and looks departments. So, basically they made them a little more fascinating to the average buyer. Oh, anyway, I’m not mistaken once i said all three. The FJ Cruiser will never be a part of the Toyota line-up by year’s end. Go here for the story. Any who, the Pro Series gives these Japanese upstarts some TRD labeled Bilstein shocks that add between 1 to 2 inches of travel all around. “Yeah! ” There’s some shiny new skid plates, newer and more effective wheels, and off road tire packages, a new low pressure, cat-back exhaust, and wrapping it all up are some nifty, and cool looking TRD badges, and logos that are scattered about the vehicles, to add a certain amount of flair. Toyota is looking to capitalize on the absence of competition for that Ford Raptor, although there hasn’t been any hardcore announcements on pricing as of yet. If anyone features a fair chance at doing something worth mentioning, it would be these guys, though i’m not saying that this new Pro Series is going to undertake it. I mean, they did pull a 165,000 pound space shuttle hull around as a promotional gig right?
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