Official Ford order guides have leaked for the 2021 F-150 Raptor and Tremor packages, confirming that the high-output 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 will return as the bottom engine in Ford’s range-topping off-road pickup. The information photographs, leaked to F150Gen14.com’s discussion board, additionally give us a top-down glimpse of what Ford has in retailer for the F-150’s two off-road-heavy packages.
“However wait,” you may be considering. “Did not you guys simply put up video of a V8-powered Raptor mule? Certainly, we did. In truth, right here it’s, in all of its rumbling glory:
These leaked particulars affirm two issues: Most vital, they inform us that the rumors of a two-engine technique for the Raptor have been true. Secondly, that is our first stable affirmation that the Excessive Output variant of the three.5L EcoBoost V6 is returning, having been absent from the preliminary slate of F-150 fashions (which clearly excluded the Raptor).
That is nice information for purchasers for 2 causes. For starters, it signifies that those that need all of the Raptor goodies is not going to be pressured right into a high-dollar, Ram-TRX-caliber pickup with a possible Ram-TRX-caliber price ticket. With FCA setting a precedent for V8 efficiency truck upgrades commanding premiums near $20,000, that is completely noteworthy.
Secondly, this offers us hope that the bottom Raptor will probably be supplied with a great bit greater than the 400 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque produced by the bottom 3.5L EcoBoost elsewhere within the F-150 lineup. The outdated Excessive Output packed 450 ponies; we’re betting that determine will tilt a bit nearer to (or perhaps even exceed?) 500.
The leaks additionally affirm some colour choices for the Tremor mannequin (which, earlier than you ask, is not getting the Excessive Output 3.5L) and a few tweaks to the hood and grille design for each variants. The latter is dangerous information for the OEM improve crowd, because it seems the times of plug-and-play Raptor hood and grille upgrades on extra garden-variety F-150 fashions could also be coming to an finish.
