Armed with a twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6 instead of a 6.2-litre V8, we now know how much kick to expect out of Ford‘s next-generation F-150 Raptor.
Speaking with Fox Sports during the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona, Raj Nair, Ford’s chief of Global Product Development, says the 2017 Raptor will pump out 450 horsepower from its boosted V6 engine.
The figure lives up to Ford’s promise at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, where it said the new Raptor’s engine will be more powerful than the outgoing 6.2-litre V8. For comparison’s sake, the current Raptor is rated at 411 horsepower and 434 lb.-ft. of torque.
Nair didn’t dish a specific torque figure, but in its most powerful application, the 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6 is good for 380 horsepower and 460 lb.-ft. of torque. Combined with anti-lag technology, port- and direct-injection, and — of course — the lighter aluminum body, the 2017 Raptor should be a very serious truck once it hits dealers late next year.
