This ain’t your average work truck. The That Racing Channel crew took their 2020 Ford F-150 to Orlando Speed World, hoping to crack an 8-second quarter-mile. With over 1,700 horsepower under the hood, they knew it had the power—it was just a matter of getting it to the ground.

First Pass

No warm-ups, no test hits—just straight into it. The F-150 rolled to the line, launched clean, and blasted down the track to an 8.82 at 160 mph on just 22 psi of boost.

“That was flying, dude. 8.82, stop,” Javier reacted, stunned at how quick the truck was right off the bat. They had originally planned to make just an eighth-mile hit, but the truck felt so good that they kept in it.

“Damn, this thing felt so good, I was like, I’m not letting out,” Javier admitted. The truck had already made 1,716 horsepower on 34 pounds of boost on the dyno. With room to push, they knew it was only a matter of time before it dipped deeper into the 8s.

The Build

This single-cab, four-wheel-drive F-150 looks like something you’d see at a job site, but under the hood, it’s a whole different animal.

• FFRE Gen 3 Coyote engine
• Twin Precision 6466 NextGen turbos 
• Big Daddy trans from RSA 
• Revised Circle D converter 
• TBM brakes
• Velocity-built drivetrain upgrades 

With Lund Racing remote-tuning and Gordon on the laptop, they had everything dialed in for the next run.

4WD Issues Shut It Down

The next pass didn’t go as planned. Right off the hit, the truck shook the tires hard, and by the time it rolled back to the pits, the 4×4 system threw a check engine code. At first, it was stuck in four-wheel drive, and then it refused to engage at all. After digging in, they found that “the actuator vibrated a nut off”, according to Michael. The 4×4 control module was also a possible culprit.

“So, that’s the actuator that engages and disengages the 4×4,” Gordon explained while inspecting the part. They tried manually shifting the transfer case, and while they got it into two-wheel drive, it wouldn’t re-engage 4WD. Rather than risk serious damage, they shut it down for the night.

The truck is already a monster, but there’s more left on the table. With new parts on order—including a fresh 4×4 actuator and control module—they’re gearing up for another round of testing. “We gotta be able to go 8.50s in this thing,” Javier said.

A work truck? Maybe on paper. But on the track? This F-150 is out for blood.