Yes i agree that this is an apple and orange comparison but the frames do bend its been well documented (even by ford engineer's), take a look at the link i posted. As a side note I have nothing against ford i have owned 5 in the passed 13yrs and loved every one.
NO, they don't.
Would you rather have a Honda Accord that crumples and crushes absorbing an impact, or a 1940 Chrysler that'll survive an accident with hardly any damage but spear the driver with the steering column and bludgen the passenger to death against the dashboard?
Get off the Flatbill Mafia website and check out Fords response to the Raptor forum momo's. It says right in the owners manual that showing up in the Ford Service Garage wearing a Monster Energy t-shirt and a DC Shoes hat will void your warranty. LOLz.
Here's exactly what is happening:
-If you hit a bump way too hard while prerunning a course the suspension bottoms out. The bump stop soaks up some of that hit and you live to see another day. The way hitting a bumpstop feels, is the first clue that you're driving the truck too hard or just plain stink at driving.
-If you drive even harder the suspension will bottom out and damage the bumpstop mounts. A real sure sign that those Raptors were pushed way too hard. Warranty is now Void.
-If you decide to drive even harder then that impact will blow right through the bumpstop and damage the frame.
Ford has a few choices here:
-allow the frame to bend that way the occupants survive and the truck maintains control and drives home.
-stengthen the frame, stiffen the shocks or bumpstops, so that the truck bounces off the ground and goes flying through the air and rolling ejecting all the passengers and then landing in a childrens playground and exploding.
They wrecked their trucks by driving like idiots. Any lesser truck would have killed someone. It's clear in the vid that they maintained control safely and even drove thier broken truck home.
There are some failure points designed into cars to protect the drivers. Dragsters have engines that break away from the chassis in a huge accident. Indy cars have rear bumpers that absorb some of the impact when you back them in. The chassis bend occurs to protect the drivers, without that bend the truck would just spring up in the air uncontrollable. Instead of bouncing, the chassis bends absorbing the crash. Let's face it, the flatbillers pretty much crashed thier Raptors on that bump.
A properly driven Raptor will not have any frame damage. Even if you drive it like in the commercials, but if you screw up your landing, or just plain can't drive, then yes, you'll certainly have plenty of damage.
That would just be fun.....
