When you hear Raptor guys who venture into the desert talk about “long travel suspensions,” it might have made you curious. What is a long travel suspension and why would you want or need it? We’ll get you an answer in this brief Trophy Truck Tech. A long travel suspension is designed to get more […] More »

While there is no perfect calculation for the perfect pedal feel when it comes to the master cylinder bore size, there are some guidelines you should follow. In this brake tech story, we’ll take you through some of those guidelines and try to help you understand why going to a bigger bore isn’t always better […] More »

Both trucks use 400+ cubic inch V8s that produce over 700-horsepower. They take jumps like no-ones business and they are both bodied like Ford Raptors. However, despite their similar looks, the Ford Raptor of the desert is not the same as the Ford Raptor in the Short Course 2WD class. Let’s take a look as […] More »

The 2015 Ford F-150 is going to set the new standard in towing for full-size pickups when it debuts this year. It tows up to 12,200-lbs, hauls as much as 3300-lbs, and drops 700-lbs from the 2014 F-150 of any similar configuration. Even with all of this capability, new technology helps the 2015 F-150 deliver […] More »

Want to get behind the wheel of the new F-150 before it goes on sale? Well, you’ll get your chance starting October 13th! Ford will be rolling out 2015 F-150s for test drives before dealers get them in their lots in 38 markets in the U.S. How do you get to be a part of […] More »

Those awesome Trophy Truck Raptors have them; a second set of shocks that sometimes have tubes running on the outside of the body but are not part of a reservoir. You see it on stadium trucks, short course, and the most extreme F150/Raptor builds but just what is a Bypass Shock and why is it […] More »

It’s one of those things you almost don’t think about until you start to see it happen. When your chrome parts lose their luster or the clear coat of your paint begins to flake away. We don’t like it when it happens and Ford is going extra lengths to make sure that your 2015 Ford […] More »