F-150 has fuel system and air intake system upgrades, but it runs mid-11s while looking pretty much stock.
The 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 from the F-150 has proven itself to be one of the greatest Ford truck engines ever. In stock form, it powers the quickest and most capable models in the lineup, but more importantly, the largest of the current EcoBoost engines takes very well to modifications. Many owners have learned that with basic engine bolt-ons coupled with a quality engine tune will take an EcoBoost-powered pickup and transform it into a full-sized muscle car killer.
The video above is a fine example of the impact of upgrades to the 3.5-liter EcoBoost, with this truck from the ZFG Racing YouTube channel is running impressive quarter mile times with a simple mod list that does not include upgraded turbochargers.
ZFG-Tuned 2019 F-150
The truck in the video above is a 2019 Ford F-150 XLT that is powered by the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6. We do not know if this is a four-wheel-drive model, as there are no badges or mention of that in the details, but it launches really well for a rear-drive truck.
In any case, upgrades include a high pressure fuel pump from Xtreme DI, a Walbro low pressure fuel pump, an AMS Performance intercooler, an AFE air filter and a custom E85 tune from ZFG Racing. This truck also has had the passenger’s seat and rear seat removed, along with the muffler. There is no mention of better-than-original tires, and based on what we can see in the video, this F-150 may have made this pass on the stock wheels and tires.
Really, this 2019 F-150 looks pretty much stock from the outside, but it sure doesn’t run like any stock truck.
The Record-Setting Pass
In the video above, this 2019 F-150 is making one of its four runs of the night and on each pass, it ran no slower than an 11.80. On this particular run, the half-ton truck runs an 11.59 at 115.92 miles per hour with a 1.73 60-foot time. According to the video details, that makes this F-150 the quickest 2017-and-newer EcoBoost-powered pickup in the world.
We don’t know for sure if that is indeed the world record, but it is still a stock-looking 2019 F-150 that covers the quarter mile in the 11.50s and that is an impressive feat.
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