Heart of the Mustang GT allows this 2017 F-150 to shine in a quarter mile drag race.
This week’s Truckin Fast Wednesday video comes to us from the YouTube channel of David Abore and it features his 2017 Ford F-150 making a quarter mile run against a BMW 5-Series. This might come as a surprise to Bimmer fans, but with minimal modifications, the full-size truck beats the German luxury-sport sedan to the finish line.
Tuned 2017 F-150
The truck in the video above is a 2017 Ford F-150 with the short cab, the short bed and the 5.0-liter V8 – a similar engine to the one featured in the Mustang GT. The two V8 engines are tuned differently from the factory, but the truck benefits from a good tune in much the same way as the muscle car, and that is on display in this race with a BMW.
The truck above appears to be running in rear-drive (we do not know if it is a four-wheel-drive truck) and it appears to have the stock wheels and tires. Upgrades to this V8-powered F-150 include a cold air intake, a cat-back exhaust system and an engine tune from a guy name Ken Osborne.
Taking on the BMW
The video begins with the 2017 Ford F-150 doing a quick burnout and then pulling to the starting line, where the truck waits for the BMW. Once the sedan pulls to the line and the green lights drop, the Ford hops out to an early lead, but the sedan hangs right with him.
The two sprint down the track side-by-side and in the end, the BMW took two-hundredths less of a second to get to the starting line, but with the stronger start, the F-150 gets the win light with a time of 13.66 at 101 miles per hour.
Mid-13s from a truck that is more or less stock with a tune is mighty impressive, allowing to beat the likes of a BMW 5-Series.
"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.
