The lightweight, aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 weighs 700 pounds less than last year’s steel body 2014 F-150 model according to Ford. Motor Trend has reported that the curb weight of a base model 2015 Ford F-150 SuperCrew V6 weighs in at a mere 4,475 pounds! After running out of full size pickups to compare the [...] More »

  Good news for Ford fans.  A 2015 Ford F-150 XL will cost $26,615 and the XLT will sell for $31,890. That’s only $395 more than last year’s models. Reuters reports that the 2015 Lariat F-150 now starts at $39,880, the King Ranch F-150 at $49,460 and the Platinum version at $52,155. Not too shabby [...] More »

This week’s Muddy Monday feature brings you a quick clip of a 1979 Ford truck that has obviously been very heavily modified to race through the mud, storming through some deep, thick mud with what looks to be the greatest of ease. After this truck sits idle for the first forty seconds of the video, [...] More »

In the early 80’s Ford was going to put the 2.3L Turbo engine from the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe into a regular cab short bed Ranger. I was working at Roush Industries at the time and was assigned to this program. We had a half dozen development trucks and we were progressing through the testing required [...] More »

In the early 80’s Ford was going to put the 2.3L Turbo engine from the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe into a regular cab short bed Ranger. I was working at Roush Industries at the time and was assigned to this program. We had a half dozen development trucks and we were progressing through the testing required [...] More »

While highway tires and all terrain tires have them built in, most mud tires do not have sipes in their tread blocks. This not only increases wear and heat in those tires, but can also decrease traction. We’ll briefly show you how to sipe the tread blocks and explain how and why it works. There [...] More »