F-150 with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 roars and hisses while roasting the rear tires.
This week’s “Tire Smokin’ Tuesday” video comes to us from the YouTube channel of Jacob’s RC and it features a 2018 Ford F-150 cooking up some smoky donuts. This truck is equipped with the smallest, most efficient engine in the half-ton lineup, but that doesn’t stop the twin turbo V6 from roasting these tires as the back end swings around and around.
EcoBoost Power
The 3.5-liter EcoBoost v6 is one of the most powerful engines in the half-ton pickup truck segment while also being one of the most efficient, but the smaller, 2.7-liter EcoBoostV6 is engineered to be the most fuel efficient gas-powered engine in the segment. With the standard 10-speed automatic transmission, this engine gets an EPA rating of 26 miles per gallon on the highway, 20 in the city and 22 combined, but in this video, none of that matters.
What does matter is that in stock form, the 2018 Ford F-150 with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 packs 325 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque. That is more than enough power to smoke the rear tires hard, but when you start throwing around the back end, the burnout capabilities are taken to the next level.
Cooking the Donuts
As the video begins, the 2018 F-150 races towards the camera and lets off of the throttle, allowing us to hear the growl of the exhaust followed by the hiss of an atmospheric blow off valve. As the truck drives away from the camera, the driver hits the throttle and cuts the wheel, quickly beginning to smoke the tires as the truck draws dark black circles on what appears to be an old airstrip runway.
After 15 seconds of tire smoking and spinning, the driver straightens out the truck and coasts to the camera as the man behind the camera shares his enthusiasm in a not-safe-for-work way.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
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