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\n A Thailand Super Pickup-spec Ford Ranger<\/p>\n
\n A Thailand Super Pickup-spec Ford Ranger<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve seen just about every iteration of the Ford Ranger that\u2019s possible, but nothing can match what those in its home market of Thailand do.<\/p>\n
Ahead of this weekend\u2019s 2026 Bangsaen Grand Prix around the coastal streets of west Thailand, Ford has detailed its entries in the locally popular but otherwise obscure Super Pickup championship.<\/p>\n
With competition from the likes of the Isuzu D-Max and Toyota HiLux \u2013 both of which are also popular in Australia, but made and top-sellers in Thailand \u2013 Ford Thailand Racing (FTR) has taken the Ranger ute to the next level, all while using the Australian-developed and engineered T6 platform.<\/p>\n
Based on the Ranger single-cab, the turbo-diesel 3.0-litre V6 in Australia\u2019s best-selling vehicle gets significant modifications, such as a Motec ECU, a bigger turbocharger and upgraded cooling system to put out 373kW in Class A trim \u2013 well up on the standard 184kW output.<\/p>\n
FTR’s lineup of Ford Ranger Super Pickups<\/p>\n
The single-cab body has also been stripped out while racing parts such as fully adjustable \u00d6hlins dampers, Wilwood multi-piston racing brakes, and Hankook slick tyres turn it into a true competition machine.<\/p>\n
Drive is sent to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transmission, a powertrain combination not available in the production Ranger, but essential to its success on the track.<\/p>\n
Three different teams run the Ford Ranger and have been developed independently, though with FTR still running the entries.<\/p>\n
The #3 Ranger of Sandy Stuvik was developed by YK Motorsport, and features the front end from a Raptor as well as its wider guards.<\/p>\n
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Thanaphon ‘Best’ Chucharoenpon\u2019s #15 entry by Aongdo Motorsport is completely different, with a much more racing-derived bodykit and panels, with a similar approach taken for the #18 of Kantadhee \u2018Boom\u2019 Kusiri, driving for Aurora Design Dynamics.<\/p>\n
The development and design of the three Super Pickup-spec Rangers differs greatly from those in Australia\u2019s V8 Superute Series, which are based on the dual-cab body style and feature a spec 6.2-litre LS3 V8 engine.<\/p>\n
Ford claims that the racing data collected through the Super Pickup championship is fed back to its engineers at the Ford Thailand Manufacturing (FTM) and AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Ford Ranger production could expand with new factory<\/p>\n A Suzuki factory in Thailand has been purchased by Ford, located next door to one of the main plants supplying Australia with the Ranger.<\/p>\n Ford wholly owns the FTM factory which solely builds the Ranger, while the AAT plant is a joint venture with Mazda, producing the Ranger, Ranger Super Duty and Everest, plus the Mazda 2, 3, CX-3 and CX-30.<\/p>\n The Bangsaen Street Circuit round of the Thailand Super Series \u2013 which includes the Super Pickup category, as well as GT3, GT4, Formula 4 and Carrera Cup Racing \u2013 takes place this weekend (July 4\u20135) and can be watched here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Thailand Super Pickup-spec Ford Ranger We\u2019ve seen just about every iteration of the Ford Ranger that\u2019s possible,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-773879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/a9\/b3\/a9b3e204-3117-4792-9a32-46184029df44\/content\/images\/thumbnail\/ford-ranger-factory-production-1-9a7fcf91-0ed4-4d4d-b194-88e9c234e70c.jpg\")
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