F-150 with the inline-six engine and single traction puts on a pretty righteous smoke show.
The vast majority of the Ford F-150 pickups that we feature doing burnouts are powered by a V8 or an EcoBoost V6, but this clip from the Crazy Outlaw YouTube channelreminds us that the old naturally aspirated six-cylinder engines can wow the crowds as well. The video above features a 1996 F-150 with the base inline-six engine and it clearly serves as a farm truck, boasting nearly 300,000 miles, but it still can roast one tire as well as the modern power plants.
F-150 Farm Truck
The details on the 1996 Ford F-150 in the video above are brief, but we know that it is powered by the 4.9-liter inline-six and it sounds as though it is mated to an automatic transmission. It has the regular cab and long bed combination, and while we cannot tell if it has four-wheel-drive, it definitely has an open rear differential, so it only spins one tire. We also know that this F-150 had over 297,000 miles on the odometer when this burnout was filmed, yet the owner claims that it “still drives like new”. We can’t confirm how it drives, but it clearly has no problem smoking the passenger’s side rear tire good and hard.
For those unfamiliar with the 4.9-liter engine, it offered 150 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque when new. At 297,000 miles, it is likely getting a little tired, but it still packs plenty of torque, as is evidenced in the action above.
Smokin’ the Hay
Before this burnout begins, we can see that the 1996 F-150 is sitting on a road that is just damp enough to help get the tire spinning. It appears as though this farm truck was making a hay run, as the bed appears to have a few bales of hay or straw that likely came away from this situation smelling and tasting a little odd.
When the action begins, the cameraman appears to be standing across the street from the F-150, but during the burnout, he moves closer, giving us a good look at the smoke show. After a few seconds, the cameraman moves across the front of the truck, around to the driver’s side, showing us that the rear tire on that side definitely is not spinning, yet the one-tire-fire is making a huge cloud of smoke.
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