I have no dog in the fight, though I do have an interest in accurate and concise information. have fun flat footing your truck, I've got a purpose built drag car for that.
You have a 15 kit, that is a dog in the fight imo.
I will have fun. Whats the point otherwise? I have a 600 horse gt500 too, and its "flat footed" regularly. I just don't see the point of having big power if you are afraid to use it.
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider abuse? In my mind doing any power adder is abuse. Or pulling a sled, or boosted launch, etc etc. I just cant see your point of view on this. We can agree to disagree.
Bottom line is I really think that the rods on our trucks are a steamy pile of shyt. If it didn't cost so much damn money I would get a extra engine and have it built up. I may be forced to in the long run. I hate the fact that they have to tune around these junk ***in rods. That is the real issue, and ford really ruined an otherwise excellent engine by using them, imo