Ford F-150, 24 hours at Homestead-Miami

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I keep seeing this ad on racing-reference.com while I'm looking up old IndyCar results. Not a blue oval guy (even though I drive one, lol) but this is pretty cool. They run a Ford F-150 at full throttle for 24 hours around Homestead-Miami, oh yeah, and also while towing its maximum capacity. I hope it isn't faked by Ford's PR department because it's pretty neat. Seems to be run in coordination with RPM because they are towing the #43 cars and you see RPM crew guys looking under the F-150 at one point.

 
KevinWI said:
I keep seeing this ad on racing-reference.com while I'm looking up old IndyCar results. Not a blue oval guy (even though I drive one, lol) but this is pretty cool. They run a Ford F-150 at full throttle for 24 hours around Homestead-Miami, oh yeah, and also while towing its maximum capacity. I hope it isn't faked by Ford's PR department because it's pretty neat. Seems to be run in coordination with RPM because they are towing the #43 cars and you see RPM crew guys looking under the F-150 at one point.

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They missed their calling, good for towing, not racing.
 
KevinWI said:
I keep seeing this ad on racing-reference.com while I'm looking up old IndyCar results. Not a blue oval guy (even though I drive one, lol) but this is pretty cool. They run a Ford F-150 at full throttle for 24 hours around Homestead-Miami, oh yeah, and also while towing its maximum capacity. I hope it isn't faked by Ford's PR department because it's pretty neat. Seems to be run in coordination with RPM because they are towing the #43 cars and you see RPM crew guys looking under the F-150 at one point.

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I don't know about all this full size truck redlining at under 100 mph business. I'm thinking they ran it there the whole time because the engine shuts off at like 97 mph. I bet that motor was just puttin right along. Notice they don't show the tach when they show the speedo except for when they show a random downshift.. Juuuust sayyinnnnn!

"The engine has averaged over 80 miles per hour" lolololololol
 
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DUN24 said:
I don't know about all this full size truck redlining at under 100 mph business. I'm thinking they ran it there the whole time because the engine shuts off at like 97 mph. I bet that motor was just puttin right along. Notice they don't show the tach when they show the speedo except for when they show a random downshift.. Juuuust sayyinnnnn!

"The engine has averaged over 80 miles per hour" lolololololol
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Well, I'm assuming Ford themselves could turn off the governor. The 80 mph thing is probably just the miles covered / time. NASCAR does the same thing. Look at "pole speed" vs. "average speed".
 
KevinWI said:
Well, I'm assuming Ford themselves could turn off the governor. The 80 mph thing is probably just the miles covered / time. NASCAR does the same thing. Look at "pole speed" vs. "average speed".
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I just feel like they are pulling the general publics chain. Call me a skeptic.

A better indicator of how this engine performed under the stress they put it through would have been 'the engine averaged (X,000) RPM's per hour'
 
BobbyFord said:
Working Americans learned long ago that if you used your truck for work you could buy two Chevrolets or one F-150. ;)
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Lol, I had written a rebuttal but I have done enough thread hijacking for today.

But in 23 minutes EST. it will be a new day :)
 
KevinWI said:
Well, I'm assuming Ford themselves could turn off the governor. The 80 mph thing is probably just the miles covered / time. NASCAR does the same thing. Look at "pole speed" vs. "average speed".
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Ran my 2004 F150@ Loudon during FanFest in 2008 on the track. Speeds up to 100 on the back stretch .Never shut off, stalled or sputtered. And I passed a Camaro or two.
 
I have 2010 F150, has 102,000 miles and the only thing i have done is replace the control arms. Best truck I ever owned
 
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