Is It Possible?

[Hopman]

Every Thursday night, a local resturant does a cruise night. I went down tonight and ran into a guy who had a nicely modded '97 2.3 5-speed XLT.

He seemed like a nice guy, but was full of BS in some respects.

1. He claimed that his truck has done 227 mph (with a turbo'd 2.3, but I didn't see no stinkin' turbo!) on the Mass Pike. Is it possible for ANY Ranger (without a JATO rocket or jet turbine and with a stock body) to do 200+ mph on a highway under its own power and not disintergrate?

2. He also claims that you could squeeze a 7.3 Powerstroke in the engine bay of a Ranger without major surgery. Again, I call BS, but I know enough to know I don't know somethings about Rangers. That's why I come here!

So, should I raise the on this guy or does he have some valid claims?

 

[mp3deviant721]

Raise the flag.

 

[nitrofan1]

I squeezed a class 7 warp engine in mine so anything is possible!

 

[darkspork]

Yeah, it's BS. The Ranger doesn't have enough downforce to go that fast, it would be grossly unstable. Maybe he meant 227 km/h? It's within the realm of possibility.

I'm nearly certain a 7.3L psd will not fit in a Ranger without major modification, maybe he was thinking of Cummins' 3.9L 4bt engine?

 

[mp3deviant721]

A Ranger would probably fall apart at that speed. And my dad has a 7.3 Powerstroke in his truck, and that thing looks like it would take up the entire engine bay in my truck.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Well there is a member on here that has a highly modded 6.0L ford diesel in his ranger drag truck....enough time and money, anythings IS possible i guess...

 

[t0x1k]

Any mass produced vehicle would start to lose control at 180mph.

 

[Hopman]

Yeah, it's BS. The Ranger doesn't have enough downforce to go that fast, it would be grossly unstable. Maybe he meant 227 km/h? It's within the realm of possibility.

I'm nearly certain a 7.3L psd will not fit in a Ranger without major modification, maybe he was thinking of Cummins' 3.9L 4bt engine?

He clearly said 227 MILES PER HOUR and 7.3 PowerStroke!

Frankly, unless it was a tube frame chassis, a stock Ranger frame might self-destruct at around 150 MPH.

 

[86 slo-vo]

its always amusing when people who know absolutely nothing about cars try to make up lies about thier vehicles because they think i know nothing also...

get a big crowd gathered around him and call the BS flag and watch him sweat

 

[Rangered06]

he didnt mean 227 kmh did he lol

 

[Nhaz]

My 1985 mustang gt would do 160 mph flat out thats floored in 5th with a hill to help.

And it wasnt terribly stable at that speed I only did that twice. It loved 130 mph it hugged the road nicely at that speed. and thats plenty fast.

a 2.3 turbo. 227mph? I dont see it. I see a truck flipping over for lack of down force on the front. 227 KPH maybe. that coverts to 141 mile. thats in the realm of doable and believable. I still wouldnt want to be in a light truck doing 141 without some front and rear wings =>

 

[TheTopher]

He's full of BS. If memory serves, a couple years ago a modified body Tacoma set a land speed record for the small truck class and it was only in the 160mph-180mph range.


Back when I used to lurk the Tacoma boards all the guys who drag raced them called it the "brick wall" effect. Once a pickup truck gets around 90mph or so it's as aerodynamic as a brick wall and it just doesn't want to accelerate well, regardless of how much power you add.

 

[Tedybear]

Having driven on the mass pike several times?

Leaving the claims of extreme speed aside---

You'd be a dumbarse to even attempt it....to many grannies and gramps in the hammer lane. Not to mention several hilly sections where the trucks? Well....you'd soon be either run over--or into one....

I'd go as far to ask if this guy is trying to...shall we say....

Compensate for something??

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

even at 100 mph a ranger will feel unstable.

its just pure BS

 

[adsm08]

I guess the 7.3 question depends on what you consider "Major Surgery".

I heard of a guy doing it with what basically amounted to a 6" body lift and the total removal of all the splash guards and inner fenders from the engine bay. Note, I only HEARD of this, I have NOT seen the truck for myself, so I don't know if that story is true. I however would consider a 6" body lift to be rather akin to Terra Reid's boob job. Major surgery majorly botched.