If you think popular = quality content, you should watch a few more YouTube videos.
And yes, if I were to start making YouTube video reviews, I would at least research the products I'm reviewing. At the very least, I'd learn what the different off-road settings do.
Everyone uses a proprietary additives package, and none of them need any additional. If you still have flat tappet lifters and used ultra economy gas station oil, then yeah, you might benefit from some additives, but unless you send in a sample that shows you are lacking in something specific...
Group 4 synthetic oil only like Penzoil Platinum or other top tier full synthetic made from natural gas. That type of oil has less evaporation which is what mucks up the valves, and is why catch cans exist.
As long as you change your oil before the recommended interval, use high quality oil...
Pedal Commander is junk. Just be more aggressive with your toes to get the same affect.
Tuning, 100%. Ecoboost engines have TINY turbos that spool ridiculously fast. Most of what you perceive as lag is in the stock tune. Ford has a LOT of nannies to limit launch torque. My 2.7 Fusion felt like...
I bet if you linked a whole bunch of them together, you wouldn't even need to press the accelerator. It would just be at wot all the time. ZERO EFFORT DRIVING!! Imagine how fast it would feel.
Fluid Film and WD40 Specialist Corrosion Protection if you want a non-permanent solution that you can clean off if you so desire, but needs to be maintained.
Cosmoline if you want a more permanent solution that actually works, unlike the rubbery coatings.
Does the RS turbo bolt on? We Fusion Sport owners like to swap the 2.7 turbo for the MKZ 3.0 turbo, but the transverse turbos are different than the lateral turbos. I bet the Explorer ST turbo would bolt up no problem, though.
Oh, I just realized you are probably talking about the 2.3...
There are a lot of variables that need to be clarified to give a good answer, but generally, boost is worse for fuel economy. The difference isn't as significant as it used to be, and if you're talking about low levels of boost, the difference is pretty negligible. Fuel is good at mitigating...
You could also just move your seat forward so you can push the gas pedal a bit further down...
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Edit: to be fair, it does work better than a quadro tracker, but just barely.
Sport mode in my 2.7 awd Fusion Sport firmed the suspension, tweeked the steering, held gears longer, and remapped the throttle. If I had kept the car, I would have used forscan to make the suspension and steering the only changes in sport mode because I'm perfectly capable of pressing the...
It doesn't serve any purpose for racing and has nothing to do with fuel. Those pedal gadgets don't do anything you can't do with your own foot, really. It literally just remaps the way the throttle responds to your foot. It feels faster because it requires less foot movement to get going. These...
I started my law enforcement career in Vics, and I won't argue that they aren't tanks. However, it's very obsolete thinking that they are more durable or repairable due to their body on frame construction. Unibodies are more rigid which makes for better handling, and they can be just as tanky. I...
It's not the whole point since the manual Badlands gets the 4.7 gears on 33s. I didn't do the math, though, and assumed the gears were more significant than they are. It probably just comes down to throttle mapping in sport mode causing imaginary zippiness.
Fair point. The only other explanation I can think of would a completely psychological perception of "zip" caused by the altered throttle map in "sport" mode if there is such a thing. People swear by the pedal commander, when all it does is makes the car think you're pushing the pedal further...
If you ask me, the Wildtrack will give you a very good sense of how a Badsquatch will drive. They are the same in every meaninful way give or take a few pounds here and there.
If I'm not mistaken, the 2.7 non-squatch Badlands has 4.46 final drive gears, whereas the Wildtrack has 4.70 gears. That would account for quite a bit of zip.
I wouldn't jump too quick to praise. I had to replace the rockers in my lady's Wrangler that was clearly suffering from the infamous pentastar tick. Forum user "Jeepcares" on the wrangler forum was all over my threads touting how much they care about the issue, but it was 10,000,000% for show...
Don't baby it.
Don't beat on it.
There are many that say you don't need to break in new cars, but most of the break-in believers agree that babying it is worse than not breaking it in at all. You need higher cylinder pressure to seat the rings, but not so prolonged that it creates hot spots...