Recent content by Donnie B

91 octane all the time as required by the ProCal tune and folks at Ford. Life is too short not to run the best available. I do miss the days that I could just drop by the local airfield where they would fill up all that I asked them to with aviation fuel. Not saying I'd put it in my Ranger...

Thank you all for the most excellent information and analysis. To the question of elevation changes, Breckenridge sits at around 8,500 feet. Highway 9 then climbs to 11,500 atop Bores Pass with 10mph hair pins and not much over 45mph on the straights. The downhill into Fairplay is a 55mph...

Deb and I left Breckenridge heading home to Woodland Park here in Colorado and re-set the trip data. Although we are both at around 9,000 feet elevation, we still had to climb and descend 2 passes....Bores and Wilkerson. As the title states, I have the Ford tune, the S&B cold air intake with...

I'm in Woodland Park, CO. Where might you be? I really don't need them, but it's worth giving consideration to.

Hey Stu. I just got my Step Bar Filler for my 2025 2.7 Lariat and have a question for you. The installation instructions show this product comes from a Canadian company entitled Gator Gear. I honestly expected more of an OEM Ford representation. After a bit of investigation there is a...

I too have experienced the shifting inconsistencies. This is why I am learning how to "button shift." Can't say I'm very good at it yet, but it beats leaving the shifting decisions up to a software program. Yea, paddle shifters would be nice, but like it's been since the Model T......run what...

As for shifting improvements. Deb says ABSOUTELY and keeps it in Drive/Normal. Me however....Sport and sometimes Normal mode, but I manually shift through the gears and get the RPM's up between 4K and 5K when shifting. This is where I find the Ford tune most beneficial. But remember, the...

As a proponent of modifying with a purpose, the addition of Ford's ProCal4 tune has met my expectations. But as a career modifier, I always start with the exhaust and chose the Borla. With what goes out of the motor attended to, I added the tune. Then of course I had to address what goes into...

I just had a chat with K&N Tech Customer Service. Yes, the airbox is open as pictured. Their testing shows more power gain with an open air box. He stated that ALL the new CAI use an open air box and after reviewing their other product lines....he is correct. All of them are open. Of course...

Your choices are pretty clear Jason: What you don't hear with the factory exhaust, and a system that you will hear. An audio clip won't answer louder, but not too loud, some drone or no drone at all. In other words, if the factory exhaust is not meeting your expectations, pick your...

I would highly suggest visiting the Borla website as they have excellent audio for our Rangers. Don't get me wrong, I can do....but it won't be a good representation. I guess I could put Deb in under the Leer and run the gears up a bit from stop to ???....but I'll leave that sales pitch to...

2.7L Ford Performance Tune – Just my take Let’s see…..I invested my Father’s Day weekend at the 38th Annual Rocky Mountain Mustang Rally and watching the 104th running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Both reminded me that I would rather be driving than watching, so I just had to take er out for a...

Hey again Andrew. Assuming you bolted on the K&N CAI, can you post a picture of it? The K&N installation diagrams show the air box open under the hood which kinda defeats the design of bringing in cold air. I've asked K&N for clarification, but they must be busy :)

Thanks for the response Andrew. I agree with NO dyno. The feel of the vehicle is more important than numbers.

Been considering the S&B CAI and now looking at the K&N. Now that I have the Ford Performance tune installed, Borla duals to expel the exhaust, it's time to look at the intake side of this motor. Specifically, I am looking for y'all who have the M-9603-REB27 Procal4 tune installed and given...