In this episode of TUNED Matt Farah goes all the way to Texas to meet with John Hennessey, and one of his craziest creations: the 600 horsepower Ford Raptor he calls the Velociraptor. Now, Matt owns a Ford Raptor, and he uses it as a daily driver. So he’s probably the best person to judge if the $16K it costs turning a normal Raptor into a Velociraptor is actually worth it. It does not make that much sense having a 600-hp truck, but we’d pay 16 grand just to have that 50 cal exhaust noise.
The Velociraptor uses an Eaton supercharger with some serious boost. It makes 463 hp and 483 lb/ft of torque at the wheels. The rather dramatic drivetrain loss is because, well, it’s a pickup truck – and it has massive 35? tires. Still it can keep up with most lightweight sports cars in a 0 to 60 mph challenge. And if it lost, it can run them over!