F150 was a surprisingly good match

[VStarRider]

Was toying around with a late model F150 on a local four-lane highway with traffic lights.

I like to wind it out a bit from red lights on this particular highway, nothing extreme, just changing gears at 4000 instead of the normal ~2500.

This F150 was behind me, but not tailgating, but clearly staying on my ass during what should have been hard acceleration for a four-wheeled vehicle.

We went back and forth a bit for a few miles. He got a red light, and I was behind him. He got on it hard when it went green, hard enough for me to be shifting at 4000-4500 to keep up. I rolled on it in 4th at about 60 mph, went to go around him. I was gaining in typical bike-vs-car fashion, but then he punched it. I twisted even further on it in 4th, did not downshift, and I backed off at 90 to keep things somewhat reasonable. This lasted a total of about three seconds.

I expected to walk right past this truck, but I didn't. I believe if I was crazy and kept going, I would have overtaken him, but not easily. I suspect it was one of those twin-turbo 3.5 V6s. Is a 5000+ lb truck that fast?!?

[53driver]

Hmmm.
I'm pretty sure an F-150 isn't 5,000 pounds.
My F-350 dually, 4 door, extended bed, 7.3l diesel is 5500 pounds....

I also would have thought you could have taken him before 4th gear....this is interesting!
Cheers,
Steve

[VStarRider]

Hmmm.
I'm pretty sure an F-150 isn't 5,000 pounds.
My F-350 dually, 4 door, extended bed, 7.3l diesel is 5500 pounds....

I also would have thought you could have taken him before 4th gear....this is interesting!
Cheers,
Steve

Hey Steve, just double-checked the curb weight of the F150 Super Crew ... just a hair under 5000 lbs. 4912 to be exact.

Yeah, I thought 60-90 in 4th would do it, too...maybe he modded the truck a bit ... friend of mine into racing says its easy to do and there's a lot of power left on the table from the factory these days.

[Joflewbyu2]

I caught a light and lined up against a McLaren 650s a few months ago. I had a good launch with wheel about 12” off the ground and shifted at 5500 each gear. At 100 mph, he was 1 to 2 cars lengths ahead and pulling. Took it to 120 which he was 3 to 4 then I let go.

[Zteve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsXmCffguU

The F6B is supposed be 3.3 sec 0 to 60 so you should have smoked him! Maybe if you were winding it out closer to 6 grand ya would have.

[VStarRider]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsXmCffguU

The F6B is supposed be 3.3 sec 0 to 60 so you should have smoked him! Maybe if you were winding it out closer to 6 grand ya would have.

Yeah, I saw that stat when they tested the F6B against the Harley. Again, it wasn't much of a "race", considering we started at 60 and it only lasted a few seconds. As mentioned, I was surprised that truck was even in the same league. What is the rpm range in 4th between 60-90 ... probably 3500-4500? If so, I was not winding it out while he was.

[Zteve]

Like you said it could have been modded. There's some crazy mods for those turbo's.

[Joflewbyu2]

What hat are you smoking? The McLaren is a 2.8 ish to 60 and runs the 1/4 in upper 10s at 130 mph plus. The F6B is not that fast. It may be in the upper 11s at 110-115 mph. Winding past 5500 is useles as the hp peak is 5500 and then drops from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsXmCffguU

The F6B is supposed be 3.3 sec 0 to 60 so you should have smoked him! Maybe if you were winding it out closer to 6 grand ya would have.

[Zteve]

What hat are you smoking? The McLaren is a 2.8 ish to 60 and runs the 1/4 in upper 10s at 130 mph plus. The F6B is not that fast. It may be in the upper 11s at 110-115 mph. Winding past 5500 is useles as the hp peak is 5500 and then drops from there.

The F150
The Mclaren would have been a nice run for my ZX14R.

I did say "closer to 6 grand".
Must be the small print.

[Joflewbyu2]

Oh. I thought you meant the F6B should have smoked the McLaren. I thought I did pretty good.

The F150
The Mclaren would have been a nice run for my ZX14R.

I did say "closer to 6 grand".
Must be the small print.