I agree but there are trade offs for just most things. In my case, I need more ground clearance and better traction as I bought this more for overlanding than I did drag racing.
Not yet, there isn't anything currently on the market I'd spend my money on. The wheel well opening only lets you fit 31" tall tires, which fit without a lift. The only thing that gives you more ground clearance is the actual tire, so a spacer lift isn't what I want. The truck has no articulation and to offroad it, it needs some. I'll wait until for a good suspension worthy of changing.
Thank you very insightful!!I was thinking of shooting for Road tires 265/65r-18 they’re a little over 31” Michelin energy savers, since like U said vehicles not really built for off-road.
I put a 2inch body lift and already blew the CV Axel with less than 80 miles driven on paved roads
Sorry to hear that but it's bound to happen. Was it Ranger lifts?
Yup
Sorry buddy, I contacted them when they were releasing it and never got a call back. Then started thinking about the Tracker we built for offroad and all the issues I had with CV boost and axles and decided that wasn't for me on this platform.
I am kinda mechanically retarded, does this have more to do with a body lift vs suspension lift? i have a tundra with 40k miles after the 6inch lift and about 80k miles on my F150 4inch lift and never have had a problem.. kinda looking around the web today and this seems it's common. wish I would have done a little more research, no lift and just 30's.
A body lift just makes a truck 'look' higher although can let you fit larger tires which actually do provide some extra ground clearance. This doesn't affect the geometry of the suspensions/steering output/driveline. A suspension lift kit (which the Maverick ones are) actually is extending the suspension downwards and, depending on the parts/cost/engineering involved, should try to keep the orientation of components acceptably in relation to one another to prevent overloading and subsequent parts failure. Of course your failed CV could just be crib death, but with a lift kit it's not going to be under warranty.
We've made good gains, I changed to a heavy offroad tire in the middle of all this but re-baselined the truck with the stock tune. HP is up I'd say around 35 whp. However, to be transparent, I'm not completely thrilled with the outcome. The ECU has an absolutely insane amount of limiters in it, unlike anything I've seen in 32 years of doing this stuff. It's been on the dyno for a solid two weeks, when I do drive it home it's 1 mile to my house from my shop. Yesterday I put 100+ miles on it and there are things in the tune that need addressed before I'd offer it. The guy who's running the keyboard I messaged this morning with my thoughts, notes and observations to see what we can do.
Absolutely agree although many of these other shops have had their hands in the Bronco, Mustangs, Focus etc., so they have a head start. The guy helping/tuning is experienced in Ecoboost but not this platform obviously.
