There are no plans for that unfortunately. Ford don't have the marketing savvy to bring one to the market or even import/make the hot European and Australian models they already have on the corporate books.

Late 2009, the SVT Raptor gets the 6.2 BOSS engine. Screw cab and 4wd.

 

Exactly! SVT is back and all ford has to do is drop it in a 2wd standard cab... GAME OVER

I can keep my fingers crossed.

 

Dang EA- your HDSC can out run the new Toyota?!

What have you done to that thing?

You did see it said 0 - 60 in 4.4 seconds, not 5.4 or 6.4, right?! 1/4 mile in 13 flat?

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I saw this truck at a Toyota dealership in Dallas a year ago (Or they had built a poser).
I read about the specs (Back when they were estimating it around 481 HP), and I think it's gonna be a beast on the streets.

With 100 HP (minimum) more than a "stock" (380 HP) Lightning, I think that's pretty impressive.

Remembering how much of a fight ( 2 - 3 seconds) the 4-door Ram SRT/10 put up against me in my partners 911 Turbo that day (Until I made him disappear), I think 500 HP in something smaller & lighter than the Ram, would be a sweet ride...

That said, I'd rather have the 5.7L CrewMax than the super truck version. Besides, the 5.7L w/381 HP is 141 more HP than the truck I drive today; a stock Tundra's performance would feel "SVT fast" to me.

If Ford had dropped that SVT SportTrac onto the market, that would be in my driveway right now. I've very disappointed they didn't do that.

I ALMOST bought a lightning in Sonic Blue back in Aug/Sept. 2003- but opted for the Expy instead because although I loved the "L", I didn't think I would be happy with it long term (especially with that obvious supercharger whine), and didn't want two SuperCrews,m so I passed on the 340 HP HD variant.

 

my lightning runs 12.6 at 106. I do not know what my 0-60 is but it may be close. my torque is around 550
to get the 4.4 0-60 it has to have monster torgue at the bottem end. So with such a great 0-60, how come the trap speed is only 106.3.


I bet these specs are done on slicks.with some moderat weight loss.


svt's specs were done with out the mirrors and the antenna. Can't rember if the spare tire was included.

 

isnt the ford adrenaline essentially the svt sport trac?

 

Yes, and I've seen "Adrenaline" on a few Sportrac's, but Ford scrapped the notion of the Lightning and the SVT Adrenaline (Thanks, I couldn't remember the name) circa 2005.

As for why the truck isn't going much faster at the 1/4 mile mark, with just a guess, I'd have to attribute that to gearing, and aerodynamics. Based upon appearances, I doubt the air is slipping over that beast like it does over a sleeker Lightning or a spots car.

 

Well, I've run a 12.9 so not THAT much faster.
I have more weight and less gears than the Toyota but I may have modified it a little bit.

 

Bartak, you must not have read the whole test. This is NOT a factory truck.

Turd wagon? I like that...........

 

i don't consider a 2 door a full sized truck. IMO its between a mid size and full size. and wooptie doo 500hp stock. the mustang super snake makes what? over 700hp. thats right. thats pretty impressive not 500 for a truck that a tailgate won't even stay together on. did they even build up the tranny? or put a bigger rear end in it? tundra's are POS to me, and i don't believe that just because everyone says so, its because 2 my neighbors have them and they squeeked and rattled like no other after only a few months of having them.

 

i have seen something like that sport trac at dealerships in houston in the past 6 months. this link says its a 2008 model adrenaline....?
http://www.truckblog.com/story-1467-..._trac_for_2008

 

It is just an appearance package, no under-hood changes from the regular ST. Originally it was supposed to be supercharged or something, but that plan was scrapped.

 

o wow that sucks. but i kinda was confused with it saying a 30k msrp. sounded low for what i thought it would be.

 

T RD
All that it needs in it to be a complete turd is U!

 

Supercharger or not.... that thing is still the ugliest truck I've seen. I think the Chevy's are more appealing then that.... and that's pretty sad.


Edit: Forgot to add, I'm waiting for the SVT Boss engine aswell.

 

Ahhhhh, got me; I didnt read that part.
So essentially its somewhat like Ford and how you can have a Roushcharger put on it at a dealer, with warranty. Except the Ford it still slow