Yahoo Autos 2017 Ford Raptor Does 0-60 in 5.3 Seconds, 1/4-Mile in 14.1
Back in the mid 1990s, it took displacement to make torque. But now, thanks to forced induction, cars with tiny engines are making massive power and twist.
Take, for example, the new Ford F-150 Raptor. It's a pickup truck with a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 and a ten-speed automatic transmission. John Hennessey of Hennessey Performance got the chance to throw one on his dyno, and found that, at around 3600 rpm, the Raptor makes as much rear-wheel torque as a second-generation Viper. It's amazing what some boost can do.
Hennessey measured a max of 365 horsepower and 422 lb.-ft. of torque at the Raptor's rear wheels-after struggling to figure out which of those ten gears was best for a dyno pull. (It's fifth, for those wondering). That's about a 30-percent drivetrain loss from engine to dyno, which seems about right for a truck with a complex combination 4WD/AWD transfer case.
In a second video, Hennessey takes the Raptor to the drag strip, where it lays down a rather impressive 5.3-second 0-60 and a quarter mile of 14.1 seconds at 96 mph. Not bad for a pickup truck that Hennessey guesses weighs in at around 6000 pounds.
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