Ford originally debuted the Raptor R back in 2022, revealing a pickup truck packing a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 from the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 that pumped out a monstrous 700 horsepower and 640 lb-ft of torque. That said, it surprised us at the launch that Ford didn’t find an extra three ponies somewhere in oprder to supplant the 702 hp Ram 1500 TRX as America’s most gratuitously powerful pickup. But Ford — quite fairly — pointed to the Raptor R being 400 pounds lighter as the most important attribute.
Well, apparently the power number did matter. At the 2024 F-150 reveal, Ford hinted that a Raptor R powertrain announcement was forthcoming. Now, with just a week and a half left in 2023, the brand has confirmed that the 2024 F-150 Raptor R will pack 720 horsepower — 20 more than the initial model — giving it the edge over Ram’s king of the tyrant pickups.
Ford did not go into too much detail on how the extra power was achieved
The brand noted that it was the product of “reduced air inlet losses coupled with an optimized calibration.” Ford also says the changes give the truck a wider torque curve, although the max output of 640 lb-ft goes unchanged.
There’s no word yet on how the shift affects fuel economy. That said, under the previous calibration, the F-150 Raptor R earned just 10 mpg in city driving, and we don’t see this update making much of a dent in either direction there.
