Why hasn't anyone released a HD truck with a Turbo V8?

RobertRyan wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

jus2shy wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
I would love to see the old cast iron Ford 300 (4.9L) straight six brought back, but turbocharged. Bring it up to the modern age with variable valve timing, variable ignition, 4 valves per cylinder, and direct injection. About 380 hp and 500 lb-ft at a low 2,000 or 2500 rpm would be ideal for a gasoline Super Duty.

Sounds like an updated version of the Ford Barra motor would be what you're asking for. Ticks nearly all the boxes, but this motor won't ever be produced for the US (and pretty soon ever since they're shuttering the plant in October). It's an Aussie specific motor for their utes and falcon range vehicles. Here is the Wikipedia link for more reading.

I actually rode in a Falcon with one of those engines. Pretty quick. Not Corvette or Mustang quick, but pretty quick. I would actually want a bigger just like the old 300 was. The old 300 was not a high revver like those engines. Less horsepower and more torque down low.

Friend had a Barra tuned to 1000hp and it was streetable. GreatStraight six engine,
Last version had 425hp and a max short boost 470lbs ft of torque at 1800rpm. Torque curve was very very flat.. Ford have sold out completely all versions of these. In very heavy demand.
A 7second Ford Falcon Ute
Ford Falcon Video does a 7 second quarter

That little ricer put a whoopin on that Falcon.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

Australia must have some pretty laxed laws when it comes to street safety. The tires alone would make that thing not street legal here. Make that thing street legal here, and it would not be pulling that time on a track that looks like a 1000 ft track. That licence plate would only be decoration here.

You have been to Australia:) but you do not know that the cars need street registration for drag racing sedans? Sure it was not Antartica?
It would be pretty amazing if he could pull 7.8 at 180mph in a 1000ft track, closer to 200mph on a 1/4 mile
YouTube video is from a modified street sedan site.

Likes I said, Australia must have pretty laxed laws and it would not be street legal here. Here, you cannot legally run racing slicks on the road and there is no way he could run that time on street tires. He would just be spinning tires.


Oh and am I suppose to know every law and highway penal code for every country I visited? How would you expect someone just visiting Australia to know drag racing laws of Austraila. Seriously?

Not legal to run slicks on the road here either. No it was a drag strip, you need drag racing tyres:?
Cannot remember the laws of every country you visited? pretty basic law, you would have to be pretty thick not to know.As far as II know Canada has similar laws to the US, your " foreign destination"
If you had bothered to see the YouTube video, you would have, noticed it was a street car on slicks

RobertRyan wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

Australia must have some pretty laxed laws when it comes to street safety. The tires alone would make that thing not street legal here. Make that thing street legal here, and it would not be pulling that time on a track that looks like a 1000 ft track. That licence plate would only be decoration here.

You have been to Australia:) but you do not know that the cars need street registration for drag racing sedans? Sure it was not Antartica?
It would be pretty amazing if he could pull 7.8 at 180mph in a 1000ft track, closer to 200mph on a 1/4 mile
YouTube video is from a modified street sedan site.

Likes I said, Australia must have pretty laxed laws and it would not be street legal here. Here, you cannot legally run racing slicks on the road and there is no way he could run that time on street tires. He would just be spinning tires.


Oh and am I suppose to know every law and highway penal code for every country I visited? How would you expect someone just visiting Australia to know drag racing laws of Austraila. Seriously?

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

Australia must have some pretty laxed laws when it comes to street safety. The tires alone would make that thing not street legal here. Make that thing street legal here, and it would not be pulling that time on a track that looks like a 1000 ft track. That licence plate would only be decoration here.

You have been to Australia:) but you do not know that the cars need street registration for drag racing sedans? Sure it was not Antartica?
It would be pretty amazing if he could pull 7.8 at 180mph in a 1000ft track, closer to 200mph on a 1/4 mile
YouTube video is from a modified street sedan site.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

Australia must have some pretty laxed laws when it comes to street safety. The tires alone would make that thing not street legal here. Make that thing street legal here, and it would not be pulling that time on a track that looks like a 1000 ft track. That licence plate would only be decoration here.

I don't know about that. I think Larry would disagree with you. And like most of us on this forum, he even tows a trailer with his pickup! :B

Larry's old car. All steel street car he drives to the track.

RobertRyan wrote:

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

Australia must have some pretty laxed laws when it comes to street safety. The tires alone would make that thing not street legal here. Make that thing street legal here, and it would not be pulling that time on a track that looks like a 1000 ft track. That licence plate would only be decoration here.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Friend had a Barra tuned to 1000hp and it was streetable. GreatStraight six engine,
Last version had 425hp and a max short boost 470lbs ft of torque at 1800rpm. Torque curve was very very flat.. Ford have sold out completely all versions of these. In very heavy demand.
A 7second Ford Falcon Ute
Ford Falcon Video does a 7 second quarter

That does nog look like a quarter mile track. Maybe a 1000 ft. Not saying it isn't, but just that it doesn't look like one. And that thing is not street drivable. If it could pull 9 seconds on a quarter mile and still could be driven home after racing like my 08 Vette then I would be impressed.

Sure is street Driveable . Yes it is a 1/4 mile track. You would not be getting 7.8 at 180mph on a 1000ft track:R Licence plate is not for decoration.
You seem to be driving what others here would be find impossible to get, especially an Australian Ford Falcon Ute and your from Texas too :@

RobertRyan wrote:

Friend had a Barra tuned to 1000hp and it was streetable. GreatStraight six engine,
Last version had 425hp and a max short boost 470lbs ft of torque at 1800rpm. Torque curve was very very flat.. Ford have sold out completely all versions of these. In very heavy demand.
A 7second Ford Falcon Ute
Ford Falcon Video does a 7 second quarter

That does nog look like a quarter mile track. Maybe a 1000 ft. Not saying it isn't, but just that it doesn't look like one. And that thing is not street drivable. If it could pull 9 seconds on a quarter mile and still could be driven home after racing like my 08 Vette then I would be impressed.

ShinerBock wrote:

jus2shy wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
I would love to see the old cast iron Ford 300 (4.9L) straight six brought back, but turbocharged. Bring it up to the modern age with variable valve timing, variable ignition, 4 valves per cylinder, and direct injection. About 380 hp and 500 lb-ft at a low 2,000 or 2500 rpm would be ideal for a gasoline Super Duty.

Sounds like an updated version of the Ford Barra motor would be what you're asking for. Ticks nearly all the boxes, but this motor won't ever be produced for the US (and pretty soon ever since they're shuttering the plant in October). It's an Aussie specific motor for their utes and falcon range vehicles. Here is the Wikipedia link for more reading.

I actually rode in a Falcon with one of those engines. Pretty quick. Not Corvette or Mustang quick, but pretty quick. I would actually want a bigger just like the old 300 was. The old 300 was not a high revver like those engines. Less horsepower and more torque down low.

Friend had a Barra tuned to 1000hp and it was streetable. GreatStraight six engine,
Last version had 425hp and a max short boost 470lbs ft of torque at 1800rpm. Torque curve was very very flat.. Ford have sold out completely all versions of these. In very heavy demand.
A 7second Ford Falcon Ute
Ford Falcon Video does a 7 second quarter

DinTulsa wrote:
It seems that every vehicle manufacture is making their HD trucks more and more capable. With the introduction of turbo charged V6 engines like the Ecoboost, Why hasn't anyone released a 6.2\6.4 turbo charged v8 Gas engine?

The only reason I can think of is that it would possibly reduce the number of Diesel engines they sell.

You don't get the smoke to smell if they do that, and remember diesel people like to track in the oil on there feet into everyone house to.
And what about the wallet with the chain on it, who would wear that then.