Lingenfelter Performance, Southern Comfort Automotive Reveal Silverado Reaper, Eyes Ford Raptor
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Since GM hasn’t done it yet, Southern Comfort Automotive and Lingenfelter Performance teamed up to deliver us the Reaper; a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado that aims to reap the sales of the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Armed with salvo of off-road tools, such as 17-inch beadlock wheels around 33-inch off-road tires, a Fox Racing suspension system, a high clearance bumper, reinforced skidplate, and an integrated floodlight system, the Reaper seems to have the credentials to prey on the Raptor.
It also probably didn’t take you very long to notice the reshaped front fascia. It’s… different. There’s also unique body graphics and badge work to help let everyone know that they’re not just staring at an ordinary Silverado. Just behind the revised grille, however, is a Lingenfelter supercharged V8 engine producing 550 hp using the optional Magnuson TSV1900 supercharger system, which roars through a Corsa exhaust system. To obtain one, select Chevrolet dealerships that sell Southern Comfort pickups will offer them soon. As far as pricing goes, the Reaper is expected to sell from a starting price of the mid $50,000 range, with a fully loaded model coming in the mid $60,000’s.
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Looks really good! Not sure if you need more power in a 4×4 then a 6.2!
I’m sure people will hate on it!
I really like the aggressive look to it. It seems to have the Ram grill going on in the front, but overall its a nice looking truck. I like to see how hit holds up against the Ram Runner and F-150 Raptor. Watching the Ram Runner go against the F-150 Raptor, the Ram had it beat in most but you looking at a kit compared to a factory assembled truck.
This is a nice truck!!! Its just a shame that Ford isn’t going to have the Raptor on their Aluminum F150….
Grill doesn’t look very nice, but the rest of the truck does with that stance
I find the grill to the most striking feature… and definitely like its aggressive look. Would consider buying one if this look is offered in a regular cab.
You guys realize you can build a truck like this on your own! You don’t need GM to build it for you!
Do you guys need somebody else to do all of your thinking for you?
Yeah, but love to see final product and just be able to walk in and say “I’ll take that one!”.
I like the grill but not the hood and headlights. They just do not flow together well but give them plus for trying to make it different. As for the rest of the truck it is fine.
With an aftermarket truck more power is the key to more for the asking price. You really have to do it to justify the higher price.
Brian not everyone can do this let alone do it to the point is has a warranty. The folks with no skills have money that can be harvested too.
As for the Raptor and Aluminum. Well Ford has not released that there will be a Raptor for one. Also the aluminum really takes away just a little weight vs the already light GM truck.
The GM trucks are 400 plus pounds lighter now and with the new aluminum truck bases on the said 700 pounds lighter will only add up to 286 pound difference between the Chevy and the Ford Crew. Note Ford has yet to release a curb weight or even compare the weight to the Chevy of the new truck. They love to tell you it is 700 pounds lighter than their already heavier truck and it is aluminum but fail to give you all the details.
Ford often fudges numbers from HP to saying the F truck line is the best selling as they like to include all the F trucks even the mid weight class that GM is not even in.
I would rather wait for a GM built off road package if they did it. These aftermarket trucks and cars are not normally good values and often are eclipses by the factory at some point. Just look at the Callaway and the Z06.
What is up with that gap between the headlight and the grille? It would look better if there was a insert or something to fill that void.
That Grill and hood looks goofy, it does not flow with headlights. Bumper looks really good along with rest of the truck!
Brian is trying to start a war of words yet again. If you remember a post from a few months back, he said that if you were unable to do these kinds of mods yourself then you didn’t deserve to own it. He thinks guys with money but little mechanical knowhow shouldn’t be allowed to walk into a dealer and write a cheque. Sorry little narrow minded Brian, not everyone is Supermechanic like you:(
Finally I may not have to switch to a Ram to get the power I demand in a truck I have a 2002 3/4 Ton Avalanche 8.1 sooped up and want to retire it to a weekend good weather driver. I have kept it in perfect shape and a lot of mods on it I will not have a diesel and there are no gas engines big enough for a Full Sized Truck today 3 months ago a Toy 4X4 tundra ext. cab ran a Red Light I t-Boned it at 60 MPH and it did only 7,000.00 damage cosmetic only all Repaired now back Perfect didn’t activate air bags or even change front end alignment geometry. can you do the REAPER in a 3X4 ton I want the stronger and bigger axles and Frame in a 3/4 ton
I’ll probably get a lot of flak for this comment, but I don’t care. Ford gives us the Raptor so Chevy ala Lingenfelter gives us Angry Birds. I say this because of the way the hood comes down and in out over the grille. I love the paint job, tires and wheels, and the lift/suspension aspects too.
@brian yes, everybody realizes this, however what makes a package like this as well as the ford raptor so special is that you can actually get a warranty on the package as a whole if something goes wrong at the same time, you can pick one of these up at a dealer, you don’t have to spend time and extra money hunting down manufactures with the highest quality parts, only to realize that you spent more money than you should have, and you have to end up using cheaper parts of a lesser quality.
Remember men build them girls like you drive them! Sad but true! The real sad thing is that these people buy these cars and then act like they we’re the ones who built the car or truck!
Taking out your credit card doesn’t make what you have impressive, what’s impressive is a guy that takes a regular car or truck and does that to it!
Then you can say what you have is impressive!
dude, stop being a dick people can buy what they want. just because you’re sitting at home behind a monitor where you’re safe and nobody can attack you, doesn’t mean you get the right to shove you’re ideas and douchbagery down everybody else’s throats. learn some god damn respect and maybe everybody else would start taking you seriously.
This is a joke, where is the suspension? The Raptor isn’t just about a big motor, it’s about a GREAT suspension with lots of travel and real offroad tires. 33″ on 17″ wheel, please get real. This is a dressed pretender. Lingenfelter is a great engine builder but Ford has Roush, If the stock 6.2L from FORD isn’t enough how about the 2014 ROUSH OFF-ROAD Raptor featuring the new Phase 2 Supercharger Kit for the 6.2L engine that produces a whopping 590HP and 590lb-ft of torque all coupled to real offroad suspension and chassis! That’s a truck!
And Scott the aluminum F150 is 500 to 700 lbs lighter, 500 to 700lbs! as a mechanical Engineer that is huge.
Dude F U
Hate to state the obvious bit this thing is hideous. Guess you can’t put lipstick on a pig.
Just an opinion I know, but nothing subjective about it.
Your wife does where lipstick doesn’t she!
I guess that explains it!
Brian, I’m sick of getting email notifications from your half-baked statements and your constant insults towards the other participants. Do it again and it will be the last time you do so.
Wear, Brian, wear. English, I know, be hard. Graduate from HS and move out of your parents’ basement.
Sorry this new GM truck stuff is a train wreck, with a new bankruptcy sure to follow.
The source of all this being, other than the trucks look 1993 and they are built in Mexico; the General didn’t have the balls to come up with new displacements;4.3, 5.3, 6.2 sounds so old. Silverado and Sierra is the 60 something brand with nothing for the under 40 customer.
Hello Ford, hello Ram, hello Titan, GM didn’t have anything for me besides plastic cuts in the bumper, and Mr. Lingenfelter somehow found a way to make the truck look worse. Didn’t know this was possible, the 03 to 06 half tons set a high bar in ugliness.
i dont know why but i bet you own a ford…and you mad because the reaper is the complete version of what the raptor should of been…you can run your mouth like you want GM is still better than ford at making better cars for what car should be…ford trying to make fun of gm bcz of the bailout…lol do some research and tell me which car manufacturer took the biggest bailout in automotive history.
DOHC engine with no torque,no supercar,cheap brakes,solid axle…ecoboost…lack of power…
now lets talk racing bcz obviously we’re not in 1969 anymore cars should be able to complete a track…
mustang 302 boss laguna seca slower than the z/28 camaro around the laguna seca (11-turn, 2.238-mile ) with more than 5seconds we’re not talking about the nurburgring nordschleife lol…anywayz talking about the ring…did you know that the 05′ ford gt is slower than the 92′ jaguar xj220 by over 5seconds? we’re talking about a 13years gap between these two cars…and dont forget the jaguar was mainly made for straight lines lol and the 05′ z06 from the same year was faster than both of them. and if you’re a dodge fan dont forget we’re not in the early 70’s dodge is now directed by Fiat.