From headlamp to tailgate. From suspension to drivetrain. See how the unique features of the Gen2 Raptor work in perfect unison… to take off-road performance to an intimidating new level. The Raptor is even more of a beast off-road. To manage the power distribution between the front and rear wheels, an all-new, four-wheel-drive, torque-on-demand transfer case. The Raptor also sports 3.0-inch FOX Racing Shox which provides great off-road performance and a smooth ride on-road.
I have about 57k miles on the Raptor now, and given my driving style it's suggested to have the stock Fox shocks rebuilt around 50k miles. If you're a major off-roader, you may have to do this every 10-30k miles depending on the daily beatings. Fortunately, Forged Offroad is about 11 miles away and they do the majority of shock rebuilds for these trucks and are part of an avid off-road community as well!
For local customers, we can bring to the shop in the morning and it's done by end of day. In my case, I got there about 8:45am and they called me to pickup around 2:30pm - great time!
Here's how they look after the rebuild - great team, and great work!
Here's a cold start video of my Whipple Tuned 2017 Ford Raptor with the SPD Performance 3.5L EcoBoost Trombone Equal Length Resonator Delete, RDFR20EL
Definitely louder on cold-startup than with the Flowmaster Flow-FX. The truck sounds like a race car when you floor it, and really screams! There is some drone from 1,800-2,200 rpm so I'm not happy with that as that is cruising RPM around town.
It's been 4 years since I changed the exhaust with the Flowmaster Flow FX setup and was looking for something a little different. SPD created this new equal-length resonator delete pipe that mimics the 2020+ Raptor exhaust. It's pretty funky looking!
When I first reached out in February, I asked SPD about "drone" and they said absolutely no drone... well, it's not entirely true.
The pipe showed up a few weeks ago, so aboutI had mine installed today - ordered February, showed up about 2 weeks ago... almost 5 months waiting!!!
My initial review (sorry no video yet)
The truck idles more deeply, and sounds throatier
it's definitely LOUDER for sure, but very cool to hear how this engine 'breathes' - you can't hide any throttle wiggle with this pipe! Seriously with this mod, it sounds more like you're driving a Ford GT - it's pretty crazy!
sadly it drones around 2-2.1K rpms which is really disappointing, which is a lot of driving around town RPMs when in sport mode, and hunting right around 6th gear...
Maybe it's just the difference from the FlowFX which tended to rumble more in the middle of the truck - now all the sound has moved to the rear outlets...
I kept my Flowmaster FlowFX if I want to go back but will give it some time to wear in a bit
Hope to record and post a video soon for a better sound review.
