Mild-looking F-150 Runs High-9s in the Quarter Mile
F-150 is a track beast powered by a 5.0-liter V8 topped by a Whipple supercharger.
There was a point in time where seeing a stock-looking Ford F-150 at the drag strip would have been unusual, but modern trucks have completely changed that. In stock form, the current F-150 is as quick as high performance models of the past and with a few key modifications, half-ton pickups are capable of beating up new performance cars. For example, adding things like a supercharger and some sticky tires to a new Ford truck with the 5.0-liter V8 will help a stock-looking half-ton run down a wicked race truck.
That might sound outrageous to some, but in the video above from the Drag Racing and Car Stuff YouTube channel, we get to watch as a newer F-150 that looks like your average street truck tears down the drag strip with amazing elapsed times.
Whipple Supercharged F-150
The details on this red Ford F-150 are short, but we know that the key modification is a 2.9-liter supercharger from the folks at Whipple. Whipple builds superchargers for some of the quickest Mustang GT’s in the world and with the half-ton Ford truck sharing the 5.0-liter V8 engine with the pony car, the supercharger packages are relatively similar. That means that F-150 owners can benefit from the same big power gains as Mustang owners.
In addition to the supercharger and the 5.0-liter V8, we can see that this F-150 has skinny, lightweight wheels up front with fat wheels wrapped in sticky rubber out back. We don’t know for sure, but based on how well this Ford truck leaves the line, we would guess that the owner has done some suspension work as well.
As for the truck itself, it is a rear-drive model with the regular cab and a short bed, so it is the lightest configuration possible for the modern half-ton pickup.
Battling Other Trucks
In the video above, this supercharged F-150 is participating in the Mod Motor Nationals at South Georgia Motorsports Park. The first competitor is a newer Raptor and while this might have been a good, close race if both trucks were stock, only the off-road truck appears to be stock. As a result, the supercharged V8 truck makes short work of the race, running a 9.93 at 140 miles per hour to the Raptor’s 14.6 at 94 miles per hour.
The real action starts in the middle of the video, with the Whipple’d F-150 taking on an older SVT Lightning race truck. If you looked at these two trucks sitting in the pits, you would likely expect that the race truck would be the quicker of the two, but that is not the case. In this bracket race, the Lightning has dialed a 10.23 while the newer truck has dialed a 9.83. This means that the Lightning gets a head start of almost a half-second, forcing the F-150 in the near lane to come from behind. We can see that the newer Ford pickup closes quickly and if you watch carefully, you can see the win lights come on in the near lane as the Whipple-assisted street truck takes the win.
Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
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