Blown F-150 Embarrasses a Tuned Nissan GTR

Nissan driver is unfamiliar with his GTR, allowing the F-150 to handing out a three-peat of beatings.

The Ford F-150 is one of the best-performing half-ton trucks in the world, but the Nissan GTR is the greatest supercar to ever come from a Japanese automaker. When both stock, a GTR will stomp a Ford truck in any speed-based competition, but this isn’t your average F-150. This is the “Undertaker” truck from the Boosted F-150 YouTube channel, which packs a Whipple supercharger and a host of other upgrades that allow it to consistently run in the 10-second range, making for a much tougher battle for the GTR.

However, the blown Ford V8 proves to be less of a concern than the launch system, rendering the Nissan relatively useless on the track.

The Competitors

The Undertaker F-150 is a short bed, short cab, half-ton pickup with the 5.0-liter V8, the 10-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive. The owner has added a Whipple supercharger, American Racing headers, larger injectors, a Kenne Bell boost-a-pump, Belltech suspension bits and Nitto tires, with an E85 ethanol blend tune from Oz Tuning.

We don’t know what kind of power this F-150 makes, but we know from his many racing videos that this truck regularly runs in the 10-second-range.

As for the Nissan GTR, it doesn’t have catalytic convertors or resonators, but it does have a cold air intake system and a tune, leading to 475 all-wheel horsepower. Of course, the supercar is quite a bit lighter than the truck, but there is a key issue for the GTR; the driver just got it and doesn’t know how to correctly use the launch control.

Two Easy F-150 Wins

The video features three quarter mile races between the Undertaker F-150 and the tuned GTR, but the first two are junk runs. On each of those first two, the Nissan driver tries to use launch control, but he doesn’t do it correctly, so when the truck launches on green, the supercar doesn’t move. That gives the Ford truck a pair of easy wins, but for the third run, the F-150 driver has a plan to get a real race out of the Nissan.

GTR Gets the Hit

On the third run, the F-150 driver tells the Nissan driver that he will get the hit, so the Ford driver won’t leave on the green light, instead waiting to launch until the GTR is moving. In other words, in exchange for a real race, the Ford driver is willing to hand the supercar a head start.

That approach works, as the Nissan gets away from the starting line out ahead of the truck, but by half-track, the F-150 catches and passes the supercar, taking a third-straight win. On the big end, the truck runs a 10.87 at 129 miles per hour while the Nissan runs a respectable 10.99 at 125.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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