Maxlider & Juicy Motorsports teaming up

[superj]

i wonder if they make those stickers but 2.3L godzilla?

that would be hilarious and awesome at the same time, ha ha ha

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[Slyder]

There's at least 2 Bronco Raptors with 7.3L swaps and that Badlands with the 7.3L.

2025 Bronco Raptor with Megazilla swap.

I'm replying to myself because there are at least 3 Bronco Raptors with the swap.

The special one that they talked about was a 2025 loaded with Maxlider stuff and the 650 Hp7.3L Megazilla crate engine.

(Sadly, it's an instagram link again, but if you Google 7.3L megazilla Bronco Raptor, it'll show up)

 

[cc1999]

Update:
Exodus4x4.com replied today, mainly just to say they had not heard from them since making that video to contact Juicy directly.

Which Juicy has not responded to my inquiry .
I may try and find a phone number for them and try calling them tomorrow.

 

[cc1999]

Update:
Spoke with Juicy motorsports this morning.

If anyone interested in this here is what I was told.

Yes, the Godzilla Ranger Raptor is in the works.

ETA for the first Ranger is still about 6 months out.

I found out I am not the only one ready to go for this build, I have two people ahead of me on their list. First one slated to start the re-power conversion process in 6 months from now prox.

I found out that everything will continue to work as normal.

Even the exhaust modes will work like normal, but with new larger pipes.
With obviously a totally new bad ass sound coming from that exhaust.

For now, it needs to be a 2024 or 2025 model for the build.

I am sure that would likely change overtime, but I am betting that requirement has a lot to do with being able to access the computers and set it all up to function like factory. Access to the 2026 computers would likely follow a year down the road.

Cost of the 500 hp NA Godzilla swap like what was seen in that first Bronco Raptor video.
We are looking at turnkey price of $55K.

Still 25k cheaper than a F150 Raptor R. LOL

As the kids say now days, Let's F-ing GOOOO !

I want it, and I have to have one. LOL

 

[Slyder]

I would love to do it, but the current price tag is a bit of a sticking point for me.

I'm aware that the crate 7.3 & transmission combined price is in the $30k -ish price range alone, so there's a big chunk of the cost right there.

I doubt Ford will ever offer a V-8 option R-like edition for the Ranger Raptor (even if Jeep goes thru with the 392 Gladiator), but in the extremely unlikely off chance they did, the truck would be a $100k+ vehicle mired in Dealer mark-ups and very strict allocation rules like the F-150 Raptor R is (or was).

 

[cc1999]

I would love to do it, but the current price tag is a bit of a sticking point for me.

I'm aware that the crate 7.3 & transmission combined price is in the $30k -ish price range alone, so there's a big chunk of the cost right there.

I doubt Ford will ever offer a V-8 option R-like edition for the Ranger Raptor (even if Jeep goes thru with the 392 Gladiator), but in the extremely unlikely off chance they did, the truck would be a $100k+ vehicle mired in Dealer mark-ups and very strict allocation rules like the F-150 Raptor R is (or was).

I figured engine and trans were likely $35K, specialty fab parts for the conversion equate to another $5K, custom drive shafts, engine mounts, exhaust, etc. etc. etc.
Then the other $15K likely is the labor it takes pull it all out and put it all together. That gets it to the $55K price tag they gave me for a ballpark figure for a turnkey job.

I am not really crazy about the price, but I do love my RRs and only wish they had a V8 under the hood. Odds are I will buy a 3rd RR for the project least temporarily. However since they are not quite ready for prime time just yet.

I hate to buy another 25 just to have it set around for 6-12 month waiting for the build to begin, if some sort of issue comes up and kills the program, it would just be a bit of a waist.

But I was sort of thinking about maybe going with a black one do a stealth mat clear wrap on it,
Maybe use one of those Maxliner topers on it as well.

I am not interested in lifting and putting it on portals or any of that other wild stuff.
Stock suspension is fine with me.

I would do a +30 offset wheel and stock tire combo likely same or similar to my current Bronco wheels.

 

[Slyder]

I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years and this truck has turned out to be my favorite.


My father is a life long Ford guy and he likes the truck and how it looks and thinks a nice V-8 would suit it better than the T T V-6.

I tend to keep my vehicles for a long time and I'm not keen on a lot of the new vehicle designs, so spending the money on a future V-8 swap, instead of a new vehicle I probably won't be as happy with, is quite possible.

The exterior of my truck is pretty much where I want it and I have no plans to lift it and it's sitting on +25 RRW wheels with the factory tires mounted on them.

If Ford were to stun us with a limited/special edition V-8 Ranger Raptor, they'd have my attention until I see the price. Figuring in Dealer mark up, limited allocation mark up and so on, the V-8 swap would more than likely come in a lot cheaper but with the caveat of no factory warranty.

 

[cc1999]

I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years and this truck has turned out to be my favorite.


My father is a life long Ford guy and he likes the truck and how it looks and thinks a nice V-8 would suit it better than the T T V-6.

I tend to keep my vehicles for a long time and I'm not keen on a lot of the new vehicle designs, so spending the money on a future V-8 swap, instead of a new vehicle I probably won't be as happy with, is quite possible.

The exterior of my truck is pretty much where I want it and I have no plans to lift it and it's sitting on +25 RRW wheels with the factory tires mounted on them.

If Ford were to stun us with a limited/special edition V-8 Ranger Raptor, they'd have my attention until I see the price. Figuring in Dealer mark up, limited allocation mark up and so on, the V-8 swap would more than likely come in a lot cheaper but at the caveat of no factory warranty.

I have sort of given up hope for Ford doing it.

I am certain that the Godzilla would not be the engine they would use if they did. So it would still make the Godzilla build a very special truck even if Ford were to shock us all and give is Ranger Raptor R with a V8.

I am not really sure that Jeep or Ram will do it with a mid-size either. All the rumors of a 392 Gladiator seem to have gone quiet as well. Which that 392 Hemi would have had my money had they gone through with it. I was considering going the AMW rout to make one, but I have no doubt I would always wish the rest of the truck was as nice as my RRs. The Gladiator is bit on the Crude side, a lot like the Bronco was crudely built compared to my Ranger. Removable tops doors and roofs just seem to be that way.

I had already made some inquiries with my local RAM dealers about wanting to order another TRX whenever that 2027 order bank opens.
I just miss that awesome V8 rumble so much.
Yet I don't really miss driving a truck as large as the TRX or Raptor Rs.

This Godzilla swap might really be the best way for me to get exactly what I really want.
A mid-size truck that not only looks awesome, performs awesome, and most important sounds awesome.

 

[25BlackRaptor]

Welp if I just randomly run into 55k i want to waste, I guess I'll be the next one in line

 

[jmt8706]

I think even the 6.8L mini-zilla would be a good swap, although nearly the same power as the 3.0 ecoboost.

 

[cc1999]

I think even the 6.8L mini-zilla would be a good swap, although nearly the same power as the 3.0 ecoboost.

True, I am not familiar enough with the two engines to know what the cost difference would be.
Or if Ford markets the 6.8L version in the crate motor re-power world.

I am picturing the components to make 6.8 vs 7.3 being pretty similar so cost might be negligible if Ford performance does offer the 6.8L crate motors.

The rest would surely be the same, same labor, same custom fabricated parts like drive shaft , motor mounts, etc.

Just trying to picture how all this would work, I really can’t imagine if it were available as an option that it would have more then a $2k discount from the 7.3L. .

Like you mentioned it you still would be potentially looking at a power reduction from the stock 3.0L TT v6 . Where the 7.3L Normal aspirated v8 they are using is 500hp crank rated.
I didn’t ask for a price for it , but there is supposed to also be a Megazilla option I believe he said it was 650hp. I think that one is supercharged and likely to add a lot to cost. I imagine it would also be tighter fit and present a whole slew of other changes to accommodate not only physical size and added components , but power as well. So I could easily see that price tag being 50-100% higher for a Magazilla conversion.

Where 6.8L vs 7.3L NA I cant see how much if anything would really change in labor or hardware side if the conversion.

 

[RaptorME]

Any decent tune gets us to 500/550+ with the 3.0, I can't imagine how much heavier it is with any of the big-block options. I would gladly take a 3.5 HO as an upgrade, the 3.5 can make serious HP.

 

[cc1999]

Any decent tune gets us to 500/550+ with the 3.0, I can't imagine how much heavier it is with any of the big-block options. I would gladly take a 3.5 HO as an upgrade, the 3.5 can make serious HP.

Sorry, not me, I would not spend a dime putting another v6 in it.

I do believe I read or saw in one of the videos where they said the weight gain was around 150 lbs.

Would not care if it made a 1000 hp

The whole point is to get a V8 under the hood. Least for me that is the only reason for doing this.

It's not as much about the power as it is the V8. Least not for me.
Has plenty of power now.

Just lacks the soul only a V8 can give it.

I currently have one tuned with the Ford Tune and the other is still 100% stock tuned likely to stay that way.

Day to day driving, I honestly don't notice all that much difference in the two trucks.

The 24 that is Tuned does pull a little bit harder when you really want it to, but that is rare for me need or notice.

I just want it to sound like this. That is, it plain and simple.


Never been an EB fan, and if these RR trucks were not so good in so many other ways, I would not own one much less two. Nor would I be willing to put this sort of money into getting one of them that one missing element that I really wish it had.

 

[RaptorME]

I should have clarified, I would not spend money for that swap, I was thinking that could be the Ranger Raptor R.

 

[cc1999]

I should have clarified, I would not spend money for that swap, I was thinking that could be the Ranger Raptor R.

I suppose in a way it is. For those wanting the performance of a supercharged V8 to achieve something similar to Raptor R, sounds like that option is going to be on the table. I don't know what that option is going to cost.

A v8 supercharged Godzilla is supposed to be offered as well.

That was not really an option I was interested in, so I didn't go down that rabbit hole very far with them on what the supercharged version was going to cost, what all the power options might be in the works. Etc.

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