Who all is into performance mods on their TV ?
I'm one that can't leave well enough alone regarding vehicle performance. I can't be the only one around here... What have you all done ? This rig is pretty modest so far.
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Paul Clancy wrote:
The argument is pretty simple and spend enough time on the tuner sites you will see the broken crank, melted piston guys are running the tuned trucks. There is no unlimited magic pile of cash for me so I need an affordable and reliable rig for mountain towing. Pushing anything past its design limits = $$$ and downtime. Also there is no guarantee parts from any after market supplier are superior to stock.
If you don't want/can't afford to modify your vehicle that's your choice, my argument comes from your suggestion that because you haven't modified it, that it's somehow more reliable. More affordable maybe, more reliable, not necessarily.
All the early Ford Superduties/Excursions I've owned had problems with the rotors warping fairly easily. So by your logic I should have just kept putting OEM rotors on every 30k miles.
Instead, with a little research, it was obvious that some quality slotted rotors and performance friction pads would be a better solution. Improved stopping power, 100k miles before turning the rotors, only $10 more per rotor than OEM and no more warping win/win/win/win.
The same process applies to transmission upgrades, cooling upgrades, tunner, intake, exhaust, suspension, the list goes on and on. My philosophy is why replace a worn part with the same OEM part if there is a better option out there? Makes no sense.
