Bronco Raptor’s engine’s large enough, already

There’s unhealthy information for anybody underwhelmed by the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor’s powertrain: Bigger-displacement engines aren’t in retailer for the off-road monster.

On the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R launch Ford Efficiency boss Carl Widmann defined to Motor Authority why the Bronco Raptor (“Braptor”) does not have a bigger, extra highly effective, engine than its present twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6.

The dual-turbo 3.5-liter V-6’s a no-go

Merely put, the Braptor’s too slim for the twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 that produces 450 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque within the Ford F-150 Raptor. 

Whereas the Braptor is much from slim–it is 8.6 inches wider than inventory, making it 7.5 ft large–the added width is from the huge 37-inch tires, long-travel Fox distant reservoir suspension, and operating bits. The precise engine bay is not wider than the usual Bronco lineup.

The engine bay, particularly the area between the shock towers, is just too slim and tight to suit the twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 correctly, based on Widmann—with emphasis on “correctly.”

It could be attainable to shoehorn the bigger engine underneath the hood, however that does not imply Ford can or will. The automaker wants the engine to suit, and in addition to have sufficient area to maintain cool, breathe, and go crash assessments whereas assembly security requirements.

The 5.0-liter V-8: not sufficient torque

Fans clamoring for Ford to shove the 5.0-liter V-8 underneath the Braptor’s hood aren’t going to get their want both.

Widmann stated the 5.0-liter V-8 does not have sufficient low-end torque to fulfill the Raptor engineering group’s necessities. Nothing other than a supercharger would clear up that challenge, however Ford does not supply a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 in any automobile from the manufacturing facility.

Ford did put the 5.0-liter V-8 right into a Bronco, nevertheless it was a purpose-built mid-$200,000 desert racer. Dubbed the 2023 Ford Bronco DR, the V-8-powered Bronco was developed as a turnkey racer, and it is not street-legal. Ford constructed it for these trying to run the Baja 1000 with a manufacturing facility rig. Solely 50 have been out there with the implication extra could be offered at a later date.

The V-8 within the DR was stated to focus on an output of over 400 hp, which is lower than the twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 within the Braptor, which is rated at 418 hp and 440 lb-ft of torque.

Extra energy to come back?

Ford Efficiency now sells extra energy for the Bronco and Explorer ST, however has made no point out of the Braptor, but.

The Explorer ST dances with the household out of the field with the Braptor’s engine rated at 400 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque. The factory-backed tuning supplied by Ford Efficiency ups energy output within the Explorer ST to 430 hp and 467 lb-ft.

Ford hasn’t hinted whether or not a Bronco Raptor R will be a part of the lineup to fit above the present automobile and beneath the F-150 Raptor R, however Hennessey’s already tuned the Bronco Raptor to 500 hp—for a further $32,950 above the price of the automobile itself.