New V8 Ford Raptor R makes surprise appearance

Try to eat my dust.

Not positive if Ford will be adding that vintage snub to its advertising lexicon but you won’t be able to aid but assume they may well be contemplating it following a current surprise Raptor R visit that remaining journalists staring at a massive cloud of dust. 

Fox News vehicle reporter Gary Gastelu documented recently that the V8-driven truck roared into check out although reporters were being attending a Ford Bronco R function in Johnson Valley, California. 

“An F-150 Raptor R came storming by way of the desert previous the assembled journalists, but not carefully more than enough for them to get a very good glimpse,” writes Gastelu who went on to say that the sound of the truck’s V8 “could not be missed.”

Ford CEO Jim Farley tweeted a quick movie that demonstrates reporters parked in a lineup of Bronco R’s as the Raptor R blasts into perspective and does a monster slide and donut right before roaring out of see (see video clip under). 

Ford’s advertising folks undoubtedly get a big thumbs up for pulling off these types of a surprising and spectacular entrance. Doubtless, the buzz would have been even larger if the truck jumped above the present-day Raptor although AC/DC’s vintage “For Individuals About to Rock” jammed inside those Bronco Rs. Yeah…that would have been the best OEM celebration ever, even besting the helicopter drop of Chevy’s 2019 Silverado Z71 Trail Manager reveal nearly 5 decades back at the Texas Motor Speedway. 

However Ford’s not chatting numbers nonetheless, absolutely everyone is familiar with that they need to finest Ram’s remarkable 702-horsepower TRX. Motorheads have been thrilled when Ford rolled out its 7.3-liter Godzilla V8 a couple of years ago. The major block can be spec’d in Ford’s Super Duty trucks and is available as a crate motor for “all those about to rock,” since as Sizzling Rod journal place it, the motor “packs monster opportunity.” 

But arguably you can find been much more fingers pointing toward Ford’s other V8s, namely their 5.- and 5.2-liter. Individuals engines would slice body weight over the TRX’s hefty supercharged 6.2-liter. I’m not so positive however that possibly the 5. or 5.2 would establish all that handy in minimizing the garden dart influence, that is the tendency of a front-significant truck to want to nose-dive when airborne. 

Ability opportunities with both the 5. or 5.2 seem promising. Hennessey was in a position to squeeze 758 horses out of its 5.-liter V8 Velociraptor, which presents it a 56-horsepower benefit around the TRX. 

Of class, while they are a very little late to the super truck phase, you have to wonder what Chevy has in retail outlet. The massive reveal of the Silverado ZR2 Bison will consider put this summer time. Motor vehicle & Driver noted that the “Silverado ZR2’s 420-hp 6.2-liter V-8, spool-valve dampers, knobby 33-inch all-terrain tires, and electronic locking entrance and rear diffs need to go untouched.” 

Right off the bat, in terms of energy, that would set the Silverado Bison guiding the TRX and the Raptor, so I am not so guaranteed I am acquiring into the idea of a 420-horsepower V8. Irrespective, what an outstanding and historic time for pickups. Far more energy and options maintain coming. The draw back even though is historic inflation, which includes nuts superior gasoline selling prices like a never ever-just before-viewed nationwide regular of above $5 a gallon for typical. 

Certainly, surging fuel charges make all-electrical pickups glimpse far more attractive, and with their head-snapping quick torque, it may possibly not be long just before they snatch individuals “consume my dust” trophies absent from their ICE counterparts. But receiving airborne in an EV? Even though it will never be as entrance heavy and thus as inclined to lawn-dart landings, I just you should not like the idea of catching air with a lithium-ion battery pack that, if cracked, can convert into a monstrous torch. I’d relatively wait for nonflammable and extra potent strong-condition packs. That will definitely take some time, but you will find no question that they are coming.

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