Tickford Everest Adventure Pack launched

Blue Oval tuner Tickford has turned its attention to the Ford Everest.

While it has previously offered a performance boost for the large off-road SUV’s 3.2-litre turbo-diesel engine, it has now incorporated that into a new ‘Adventure Pack’ priced at $5825.

The Everest is the fifth Ford model that Tickford has focussed on. It already modifies or has accessories for the Mustang sports car, Ranger pick-up, the Ranger Raptor super-ute and the locally converted F-150 truck.

Covering all 3.2-litre turbo-diesel versions of the Everest since its 2015 launch, the Tickford mods recalibrate the engine ECU to deliver a claimed power increase of between 10 and 15 per cent, a claimed torque increase of between 15 and 20 per cent and better throttle response and shift patterns.

Based on those percentage claims, a recalibrated Tickford Everest could up its power from 143kW to as much as 165kW, while torque could boost from 470Nm to 564Nm. The uprating is publicly signified by a Tickford tailgate badge.

Tickford already recalibrates the same engine in the Ranger to produce similar results. It does not offer modifications for the newer 2.0-litre biturbo-diesel engine now offered in the Ranger and Everest.

Apart from engine mods, the Everest Adventure Pack includes fender flares and 20x9.0-inch Tickford wheels rolling on BF Goodrich K02 AT 285/55 R20 tyres.

The ECU recalibration can be purchased separately as a $1500 Power Pack.

A new dual-outlet exhaust is due to be added to the Everest pack in the next six to eight weeks. Additional costs have yet to be specified.

“Customers have been very interested in an Everest kit,” Tickford CEO Andy Gilbert told carsales. “We did a teaser on socials a little while ago and got a strong response.

“So we fast-tracked that to market.”

Tickford’s Everest focus comes around the same time as it announces a closer relationship with American high-performance parts developer Roush Performance.

Tickford is now a Roush distributor in Australia, although that is a non-exclusive deal. Roush parts are widely available across the Australian speed shop industry and employed by Ford Performance.

Tickford has fitted more than 100 superchargers since its establishment in 2016.

But Tickford is also touting a co-development deal with Roush, with a focus expected to be on the Australian-engineered Ranger as it is also now sold and built in North America.

More intriguingly, Tickford is known to be working with Ford Australia on accessories for the Ranger, although no details of just what is coming have been released.