it rained the other day, and me and my friend went out to see how easy it was to burnout.


well, just to spin the tires. it did it suprisingly easy.


so the other day i took it out when it was sunny and could actually spin the tires pretty well.



and im kinda curious, do both wheels have power, or does just one wheel spin? i didnt have time to get out and check.
thanks in advance

 

mine had a hell of a time burning out, until i got my programmer. now it will power brake easily. usually its just a one wheel peel, but i got both to lock up a few times.

 

yeah i think both spin all the time for me.


i cant ever tell, ill just have to get a video.

 

Depends on whether you have a conventional open differential or limited slip.

It's easy to burn out with a V6 as long as you don't have a load in the bed and/or wide sticky tires.

 

and as long as the conditions are right... when its really hot, humid, and right after the 5:00 traffic has come through, your tires will spin all day. Or, when its really cold, dry, and after NO traffic has been there, same thing. (Or just put some water where you wnt if you are having problems.)

Yeah-- it surprised me at first that you actually could do a burnout in one of these things...But I have really strarted to notice that a V-6 is very quick, like a gazelle. Very light and agile, and very quick to get going...(Not from a racer standpoint, obviously, but from a "enjoying the thrill of simply driving" standpoint...)

 

i love my v6

 

I can burnout by simply power braking and giving the truck about 75% throttle... I've burned out at WOT once in my new truck for like 10 seconds (seemed like 10 minutes, lol)... I wrecked a lot of tires with my '99... both with v6's and 5 speeds...

 

Does your new truck have axle wrap and wheel hop? Mine does, and was wondering if its just mine.

I used to be able to get the stock tires spinning real good when going sideways, but in a strait line I have horrible axle wrap/wheel hop. My new wider street tires stick like glue, and won't spin on dry roads. Plus the new tires are alot taller. It's real fun when it rains though. Drifting a full size F150 into a turn on wide open wet streets can be fun and scary at the same time.

 

People may diss our V6's, but compare HP and torque to the previous generation F-150's.

Our 4.2 liter V6: 202 HP, 256 ft/lb torque.
The old 4.9 liter I6 - 145 HP, 265 ft/lb
5.0 liter V8: 185-205 HP, 270-275 ft/lb
5.8 liter V8: 200-210 HP, 300-325 ft/lb

All in all, our little old 4.2 is NOT shabby. It's got the horsepower of the 302 and 351 and almost as much torque as the 300 I6 and 302 V8.

We don't have issues with COPs, plugs blowing out of the heads, problems getting the plugs OUT of the heads. The only issues we do have are the lower intake gaskets on 97's and 98's.

 

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It may be a little sluggish down low but it is very fun when you get the rpm's up. I've put a few looks on guy's faces, that were driving full sized trucks with V8's, when I down shifted and floored it. They know that my truck gets better mpg and I paid a lot less. The 4.2 is a good performer in the reg cab/short bed/2wd f150's.

 

It's only sluggish down low when you are towing - when I'm empty I can putt around town at 30 mph in 5th gear and it's smooth. Stomp on it and it just says "huh?" but it stays smooth.

Gas mileage - I just made a run from Joplin to St. Louis, cruise control set at 77, it got 20 on the nose with 87 octane E10. Towed a 5x8 enclosed utility trailer loaded to the gills back at 65 mph and got about 15. I-44 is far from being straight and level. I never had to go any lower than 4th gear and it never dropped below 55 on the hills.

 

Sometimes it will hop pretty badly...depending on the surface conditions... it's really a draw in the cards if it will hop or not... any truck will have wheel hop... unless you've got a set of traction bars installed. My '99 even had wheel hop... but not as much as my new one. Not that it is not fun to burn out or anything... but when you get the tire spinning just right, you will not get wheel hop. It's an art really...

My Dakota on the other hand has no traction bars, and it never gave me any wheel hop... surprisingly.

 

Well said, and thanks for that information. That is some very interesting numbers there... I had no idea our 4.2's were that close in numbers to the old v8's.

 

Bottom line - it doesn't quite have the real bottom end grunt of the old I6, but it's every bit as capable as a stock 302 both bottom end and winding it up. The I6 has nothing when you wind it up though, it was a pure industrial strength torque motor.

 

DAMN! 202 hp?


I really love my truck hahaha. I love the sound of it when i floor it on the highway.

I was doin about 65 on the highway the other day and this minivan was on my bumper. i floored it to about 75-80 and could see that guys face. The truck was screaming and i was laughin my butt off hahaha.



I have a v6 and even im cooler than him. Hes driving a minivan.