The Thailand Special Thread - New Developments/News

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Surely would just go up a wheel size to put it in something with 126 load rating, surely easier to add a wheel size to the platform than a new rear axle and body mods to cover up duallies.

Well the front tyres will probably stay the same at 255/70/16 or maybe 17". I doubt they'll go bigger diameter than that, because this thing will be commercial focused and will need heavier duty rims and tyres. Only heavy duty trucks run 17"+ diameter.

Now the back tyres won't be any different size unless they run more of them.
Interestingly 255/70/16 are similar diameter to 205/85/16, the latter is a common light truck tyre size.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Ben73

$10 they put the 2L bi turbo engine in it.

Odds on favorite for sure, and I'm going to shout from the rooftops about how lame that is, I don't think there's money in the engineering budget to play different engines, especially when they're doing an experimental project moving it into a different category (light truck).

However, it beats the Isuzu N series, even with the bigger 5.2L diesel 4 cylinder they have in one of them (114kw/419nm or something lame).

[FlipXW]

Surely they put a version on the V6 ecoboost in it. Its already in the raptor so engineering shouldn’t be a problem and its proven to handle big weights in F150 applications.

[Warrenk]

In the US the 2.7ltr ecoboost is already an option in the Ranger.