John Hennessey didn’t mince words following his ¼-mile run in a stock 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor.
“This truck is bad ass,” Hennessey said in a video of acceleration testing for the truck. “We all kind of expected that anyway, but I was not expecting 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds. I was not expecting horsepower and torque curves on the Dynojet chassis dyno that are in some cases a 100 foot pounds more than the V8 Raptor, the 6.2 liter.”
Nonetheless, Hennessey Performance is offering even more power for the Raptor through its new VelociRaptor 600 upgrade. Ford’s EcoBoost 3.5-liter twin turbo V6 engine gets bumped up from 450 hp and 510 lbs.-ft. of torque to 605 hp and 622 lbs.-ft. of torque. The increased power and twist yield a 0-60 mph time of just 4.2 seconds while running down the ¼ mile in just 12.9 seconds at 110 mph.
Hennessey Performance recently released a video showing a 2017 VelociRaptor 600 racing against a stock Ford F-150 Raptor. But the ¼-mile drag race is not much of challenge for the VelociRaptor which wins by eight truck lengths.
“Our last VelociRaptor 600 was very popular with our V8 Raptor customers,” Hennessey, founder and CEO of Hennessey Performance, said in a company press release. “We are very excited about our latest upgrades for the twin turbo EcoBoost V6 engines and for our clients upgrade who want even more power, performance and off-road capability from their new Raptor trucks.”
Power is increased by additional airflow coming from higher flowing twin turbochargers which breathe through a lower restriction intake system. The compressed air, at higher boost pressure (21 psi vs 18 psi stock) is fed through a larger, more efficient air to air intercooler system and then into the intake tract and motor.
