The new Ford SVT Raptor F150 is built to battle any driving conditions on-road or off. The new 3.5L EcoBoost V6 ix expected to deliver at least 450 horsepower, which when combined with the 10-speed transmission and the lightweight 2015 F150 body should make for one quick half ton pickup.

Say that Ford was to swap out the Fox off-road suspension, the off-road friendly wheels and the advanced four wheel drive system, could they basically convert the new Raptor into a new Lightning?

 

Those big-a$$ BFG tires would be crap for handling on a Lightning!

 

Sure, that would be very easy. However, there will be those who say that if it ain't a V-8, it ain't a Lightning. Look at how poorly the Tremor was received.

 

That's because it was way over priced. 45K for a reg cab FX4 or 41K for a reg cab FX2. I only paid 40K for my screw FX4 new. Not many would pay more for less of a truck.
I could justify paying more if it had something special that wasn't available on a regular f150 like a 425 hp ecoboost or something similar. But the tremor was just all the premium parts put on a reg cab, i.e. EB, 4.10's, FX interior, black 20's, HID headlights.

 

There should be a V8 and ecoboost option. The ecoboost doesn't destroy the V8 mpg so itnshould be left up to the consumer. They'd sell a lot of both.

 

That wouldn't be cost effective at all. The market for the Lightening is gone. The 2004s sat on the lot for a while unsold.