2010 Ford F-150 EcoBoost Goes to the Baja 1000

Ford F-150 EcoBoost V-6 truck with each racers will race in this year�s SCORE International Baja 1000. Ford shrink engine displacement for improved fuel economy while delivering tons of low-end power by the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 is the first application of Ford�s gasoline direct-injection twin-turbo technology in a half-ton pickup.
In the 2011 F-150, the 3.5 V-6 is rated a strong 365 horsepower (at 5,000 rpm) and 420 pounds-feet of torque (at 2,500 rpm) with a flat, diesel-like torque curve. Ninety-percent of peak power is available from 1,700 rpm to 5,000 rpm.

The racers are McCarthy and Randy Merritt, they will be the first teams to introduce a turbo six-cylinder gasoline engine pickup truck to the Baja 1000. They will also technically race each other in the newly created Stock Engine Truck Class instead of Stock Full.

McCarthy�s EcoBoost same engine first endured the equivalent of 150,000 harsh-user miles on the dynamometer, then was installed into a new 2011 F-150 to work as a log skidder in Oregon, towed a maximum trailer load at a high-speed NASCAR track and beat the competition in a towing exercise at Davis Dam.

Mongo Racing�s off-the-shelf EcoBoost V-6 has Ford�s stock 6R80E transmission bolted to it. It took months of extensive preparation and transformation of a stock 2011 Ford F-150 XL.