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I really don't care what anyone that does not understand basic physics thinks. This is true regardless of what they own or drive or who they are. If someone wants to believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, that is fine with me. I work in reality, not fantasy. There are certain fundamental...

That article is bologna designed to sell wheels. Anyone with any mechanical engineering or simple physics training know it is pure BS by this opening article statement: " Even more impressive, a single pound of rotating wheel weight has the equivalent impact of 5-10 pounds of static vehicle...

There are cheaper ways to remove weight. For vehicle acceleration, wheels and tires are barely any different than the same weight anywhere else on the vehicle. The wheels accelerate slowly, over a long time period, and never really spin that fast. That means they can't store much kinetic...

The lack of a tuning knob for the radio system drives me nuts. The lack of a tune knob is unsafe. It forces the driver to watch the screen while searching for a station. Even if something is stored in memory and on the screen I still have to look down at the screen. I think that is stupid...

I decided there isn't room in my 25 Ranger in the firewall, at least for the cable I wanted to run. Since I wanted to get a coaxial a cable in anyway, I went with a high current fused (at battery) heavy wire through the floor under the back seat. It goes into a covered fused distribution block...

I have run up to a kilowatt or more PEP using a 12-volt inverter supply right near the battery. I used 50V MOSFET amplifiers. My trucks have not liked CW at all, the electrical system bounces all around as the alternator is unable to follow the high load changes of a hundred amperes or more key...

An IC-7100 Icom and modified ALS606 LDMOS amplifier.

My 2025 has LED tail lights.

There are no simple generalization because it all depends on how the antenna currents distribute in the antenna and truck. We really usually want the antenna maximum current areas above obstructions if possible. My Ranger VHF/UHF antenna is on a mag mount in the center of the roof. Problem...

The only way to tell is to pull the load you are going to pull where and how you are going to pull it. Trailer and load weight is most important stopping and starting and on hills. Wind surface area is more important at steady speeds on flat ground. I had a 4 cylinder 2023 and it always towed...

I'm trying to remember the last time I heard of an engine wear or component failure from lack of oil change or oil failure. I think it was in the 1970's when a brother-in-law drove his 1968 Impala over 50,000 miles on original oil and had a ring and lifter issue. All issues I hear about today...

Put it on the rollers and listen to things. Chassis dynos are pretty popular. You can spin it up and coast it down. Plus you get a nice paper.

I don't mind the screen, but I find the lack of a radio tuning knob annoying. The steering wheel buttons don't do what a normal tuning knob does, which is move to the next radio channel up or down. I like a tuning knob that works like a tuning knob.

I made an HF antenna system mount for my 2025 ranger. It is all stainless steel hardware that uses existing bed holes (with some resizing). I have different top mount brackets and adapters so I can use any antenna style in any bed tie down hole. I'm working on a 48V battery system that is...

Looking at that, it looks like something either pushed in on the tie rod from the front, like perhaps an obstruction, or pulled backwards on it. Nothing else would bend it like that. Pressure on the wheel could never bend the rod that way. Wheel pressure would damage other things first or...

I live on a mile long rock road. I had an F150 with electric running boards and it was a day and night difference in rocks hitting the doors and rockers between running boards retracted or down. This was with mud flaps installed! My 25 ranger is not nearly as bad as the F150 but it has...

I received this for my 2025 Ranger. I also got something for my brakes I need to have taken care of, some software thing. I had a notice years ago for my Honda passenger side airbag but since only my wife rode there I ignored that one. My dog rides in my Ranger so I'll stay on top of it.

The power has to come from the 12 volt system. 400 watts at 13V nominal is 400/13 = 30.8 amperes at 100% conversion efficiency. There are likely about 15% (or more) losses so the 12V system load current is 36 amps or more at 400W. That is a heap of current for some accessory to demand. A...

Thanks for that link! Good on Ford for specifying to use only the chassis. I never connect to the battery negative, myself, unless the load totally floats from ground. I've yet to own anything that is ground independent. I just didn't know what the sensor does.

For people who have super big stereos, what are the worries with the negative lead load current sensor system? Does the accessory negative have to return via the chassis ground point? Will a load that might reach 80 amps or more on peaks mess with that system? Thanks, Tom