**Ford Raptor R: A Beast of Off-Road Capability**

The Ford F-150 Raptor R is a marvel of engineering, specifically designed to tackle the toughest off-road terrain with ease. Its 5.2-liter supercharged V8 engine provides the power and efficiency needed to take on even the most demanding trails. With two pumps in the fuel tank providing pressure to all eight injectors, this engine delivers exceptional performance and control.

One of the key differences between the Raptor R and other engines is its use of direct injection technology. This allows for smaller turbos, greater effective compression, and better control over transitions and fuel load. The result is a more efficient, responsive, and powerful engine that excels in both on-road and off-road applications.

The cooling system for this engine is also unique to the Raptor R's application. Unlike the GT500, which has a separate oil cooler circuit, the Raptor R's oil cooler is now part of the engine's cooling circuit. This design ensures that the engine remains at optimal temperatures even during intense driving or off-road excursions.

The deep sump oil pan in the Raptor R is another feature that sets it apart from other engines. With a massive 11.5 quarts of 5w50 oil, this design provides ample lubrication for the engine and helps prevent excessive aeration. This is particularly important in high-performance applications like off-road driving, where air can quickly form bubbles within the oil.

In comparison to its competitor, the Ram TRX, the Raptor R may have slightly less power. However, it makes up for this with its better power-to-weight ratio, thanks to a curb weight that's 700 pounds lower than the TRX. The Raptor R also starts at a higher price point, with a starting MSRP of $109,145, nearly $30,000 more than the TRX.

The Ram TRX does have one notable advantage over the Raptor R: its lower price tag. While the TRX is priced around $85,000, the Raptor R's starting price puts it firmly in the premium category. However, despite this significant difference, we still don't think Ford will struggle to sell every last one of them.

**Ford's Approach to Engine Design**

One question that may be on your mind is why the first 'R' in "Raptor" is colored red on one side of the truck, while the last 'R' is colored red on the other. According to Ford, this design choice was made for symmetry purposes. By placing the red coloration at both ends of the truck, Ford aimed to create a visually striking and distinctive appearance that sets the Raptor apart from other vehicles.

**Engine Performance**

So what makes the Raptor R's engine so special? One key aspect is its use of direct injection technology, which allows for smaller turbos and greater effective compression. This design also provides better control over transitions and fuel load, resulting in a more efficient, responsive, and powerful engine.

The Raptor R's engine is also designed to excel at high revs, making it well-suited for blasting through dunes or taking on other challenging off-road terrain. While the TRX may have slightly more power, we believe that the Raptor R's performance capabilities are truly exceptional.

**Off-Road Capability**

The Ford F-150 Raptor R is not just a beast of an engine; it's also a masterclass in off-road capability. With its 37-inch tires and impressive ground clearance, this truck can handle terrain that would be impossible for most other vehicles.

The Raptor R's design is all about delivering exceptional performance and control on the trail. Whether you're tackling steep inclines or navigating treacherous sand dunes, this truck is built to keep up with your driving skills. And with its advanced suspension system and robust body design, we have every confidence that it can handle even the toughest off-road challenges.

**Conclusion**

The Ford F-150 Raptor R is a true marvel of engineering, specifically designed to tackle the toughest off-road terrain with ease. With its 5.2-liter supercharged V8 engine, deep sump oil pan, and advanced cooling system, this truck is built to deliver exceptional performance and control on both road and trail.

While it may not have the same level of power as some other engines, we believe that the Raptor R's design and capabilities make it truly exceptional. With its better power-to-weight ratio and impressive off-road capability, this truck is a serious contender in the world of high-performance vehicles.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enford is the only full-line u.s automaker employing advanced sustainable manufacturing ford's goal to drive the adoption of working with california for stronger ford's goal to achieving carbon neutrality globally by sounds like we've got 28 years to party hello everyone and welcome may i present to you in lieu of a greener future the ford raptor r so what's the opposite of green well it's red like red meat which is appropriate because the ford raptor r was code named carnivore and suffice to say it's got a bit of beef with a certain dinosaur that's been leaving marks in its territory the heart of this meat eater is a fast pumping 5.2 liter supercharged v8 that probably goes through more dinosaurs on a single trip on the highway than a t-rex could consume in a month it's a very cool engine and i had the privilege of chatting with the v8 program supervisor as well as the ford performance chief engineer to learn all about this engine the 5.2 liter originated with the shelby gt350 where it was a high revving flat plane crank naturally aspirated v8 engine it evolved to a cross plane crank and gained a supercharger for use on the shelby gt500 significantly increasing power output the latest version of this engine is now unique to the raptor r if you're wondering how much of that original gt350 engine remains in this new 5.2 liter well the intake valves oh and the exhaust valves so yeah the valves aside from that there really isn't any parts sharing despite being based on the same engine block the aluminum block and heads have additional cooling jackets and additional strengthening such as the pan rail structure and other enhancements around the cylinder bores and cylinder head to withstand the added pressure from making so much more power thanks to that fat supercharger 700 horsepower that is and 640 pound-feet of torque you'll notice that's down on power versus the gt500 but up on torque and the torque is available sooner this mostly comes down to the characteristics of the vehicles the gt500 being highly track capable where high revving and high horsepower is rewarded thus a 500 rpm higher redline than the raptor r even still 7000 rpm is quite high for a truck and again it's up on torque which is what you'll want in this kind of vehicle as you're blasting through the dunes top speed isn't the priority here nor are lap times the torque curve is shifted lower by using a smaller supercharger pulley bringing the diameter down from 80.1 to 74.5 millimeters with about a seven percent smaller diameter this means the supercharger rotors spin faster in the raptor than the gt500 assuming both engines are at the same rpm with the new intake new exhaust smaller pulley as well as updated fuel injection and ignition tuning this translates to 640 pound-feet of torque at 4250 rpm which means it's reaching peak torque 750 rpm sooner than the gt500 engine so let's start at the front and work our way through the engine of course we need air lots of it you want the air that reaches the engine to be as cold as possible travel as short of a distance as possible and have as little resistance as possible in getting there that all starts with the intake where you pull in air from up front i'm told this relatively simple part went through about nine iterations before the final design you see here with vertical supports in place ensuring the intake doesn't collapse onto itself as the massive suction from the engine tries to squeeze the intake closed it then travels through a massive air box where the filter is housed and then to the throttle body and into the supercharger the supercharger is 2.65 liters in volume it's a root style supercharger designed by eaton the compressed air heats up so it passes through an intercooler to cool it down before entering the cylinders with a boost pressure of 12 psi interesting to note ford uses a decoupler pulley here for the supercharger this device effectively acts like a one-way clutch this device doesn't limit torque going to the supercharger rotors but at low engine speeds such as below 1500 rpm it prevents crankshaft backlash from translating over to the supercharger rotors in other words it ensures torque only goes in one direction even though there is an oscillation to the torque delivery from the crankshaft this device provides two big benefits it offers nvh improvements meaning it keeps the unit quieter and with less vibration and it offers improved durability solid pulleys put a lot of stress on the rotors and this device helps remove that stress now this is not to be confused with the supercharger bypass valve this valve is used when the engine is operating at low loads so the air skips past the rotors and goes directly through the intercoolers before entering the engine this allows for more efficient operation such as cruising on the highway so air goes in the engine and kaboom you have explosions within the cylinder worth noting these engines use plasma spray cylinder liners ford's been using this tech in high volume since 2018 when the mustangs 5.0 liter switched over to this technology one of the big benefits of this plasma spray aside from it being lightweight and super durable is that it actually allows for more space within the cylinders thus giving you a bit more displacement versus an iron sleeve after combustion the spent exhaust gases exit the engine instead of the header design that the gt500 engine is using the raptor r uses a cast stainless steel exhaust manifold durability is the name of the game here since it's a truck application it also has super tight packaging now the downside of an application like a truck is that exhaust has to travel back a very long distance that's added resistance and there's really no way of avoiding this trucks are long mostly in jest i asked why not side pipes like mercedes does with the g-wagon ford says they want to make sure the exhaust is above the vehicle side rails since it's an off-road vehicle and the exhaust could get pinched that nix's side pipes though the g-wagon is arguably an off-road vehicle and the exhaust does rest below the side rails but despite their inherent capability does anyone actually off-road their g-wagon now unlike the base raptors 3.5 liter twin turbo v6 which uses both port and direct fuel injection the raptor r is just using port injection there are two pumps in the fuel tank to satiate the thirsty 5.2 liter providing pressure to all eight injectors the difference here really comes down to the charging systems all of ford's ecoboost meaning turbocharged engines use direct injection direct injection lets you run smaller turbos it gives you greater effective compression and it gives you better control of transitions and fuel load it's more efficient more responsive and has better power density but i mean this is a raptor r fuel efficiency isn't the name of the game it's literally designed to use fuel in abundance not save it port injection satisfies the requirements and is fine to use with a lower compression ratio supercharged engine the cooling system for this engine is of course unique to the application versus the gt500 one change is the oil cooler is now a part of the engine's cooling circuit rather than a separate circuit like on the gt500 the lower radiator hose feeding chilled coolant has a split where some of the flow passes through a heat exchanger where the oil filter screws on keeping oil temps in check and unlike the gt500 which is a low vehicle designed for track use the raptor r has a deep sump oil pan why the deep sump well this thing is designed to go off-road and off-road it can be driving at all kinds of different angles with various g-forces the deep sump ensures that you have oil at the base of the pan so you don't starve the oil pickup though both the raptor r and the gt500 have the same sump volume a massive 11.5 quarts of 5w50 oil and they also use the same oil filter why so much oil well it's a truck application a high horsepower application and another consideration is that when you're driving these types of vehicles hard at high rpm you want to make sure that you don't have excessive aeration basically bubbles forming within the oil oil is a great lubricant between metal parts air is not air is pretty crap at lubricating so with the high sump volume it gives more time for the bubbles to settle out before the oil is picked up from the base of the pan a gt500 of course has a very different oil pan design where you're trying to ensure the oil that's experiencing super high g-forces on track is always covering your pickup tube so you're never starving for oil so let's bring up the rather large elephant in the room the ram trx it does technically have more power but only slightly just two more horsepowers and 10 more torques ford why not give it another three horsepower for a subtle jab but with only a two horsepower difference we're talking about less than a third of a percent the weather forecast will make a bigger difference than that and also keep in mind engines can be marketed below their true rated power it seems ford simply didn't want to initiate a horsepower war and i kind of respect that when i asked the engineers what they were proud of they said this truck isn't about 0 to 60 times or quarter mile times if it was it wouldn't be riding on 37-inch tires which undoubtedly means you take a hit on acceleration they said the focus was making sure this thing could sing at high revs while blasting dunes as long as the driver desires it's made to crush the off-road world at speeds that would break your camry to pieces so while yes it's down 2 horsepower versus the ram trx it's also down 400 plus pounds the raptor r is carrying around 8.5 pounds of weight for every horsepower versus the trx 9.2 giving it a nearly eight percent better power to weight ratio this is also likely being generous towards the ram trx the car magazines that have put it on a scale know to curb weight in the 6800 pound region so the real weight difference could be over 700 pounds the ram trx does have one big advantage though while it's carrying around significantly more weight the price tag isn't quite as brutal the v8 raptor r starts at one hundred nine thousand one hundred forty five dollars nearly thirty thousand dollars higher than the ram trx's starting price somehow i still doubt they'll have any trouble selling every last one of them oh and if you happen to be wondering why is the first r in raptor colored red on one side of the truck but the last r is colored red on the other side of the truck well ford says it's done for symmetry so that the red r was always at the back of the truck that's also why you'll notice on the hood the red r is at the back and then on the other side the red r is oh wait hold on it's at the front look i don't make the rules thank you all so much for watching if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them belowford is the only full-line u.s automaker employing advanced sustainable manufacturing ford's goal to drive the adoption of working with california for stronger ford's goal to achieving carbon neutrality globally by sounds like we've got 28 years to party hello everyone and welcome may i present to you in lieu of a greener future the ford raptor r so what's the opposite of green well it's red like red meat which is appropriate because the ford raptor r was code named carnivore and suffice to say it's got a bit of beef with a certain dinosaur that's been leaving marks in its territory the heart of this meat eater is a fast pumping 5.2 liter supercharged v8 that probably goes through more dinosaurs on a single trip on the highway than a t-rex could consume in a month it's a very cool engine and i had the privilege of chatting with the v8 program supervisor as well as the ford performance chief engineer to learn all about this engine the 5.2 liter originated with the shelby gt350 where it was a high revving flat plane crank naturally aspirated v8 engine it evolved to a cross plane crank and gained a supercharger for use on the shelby gt500 significantly increasing power output the latest version of this engine is now unique to the raptor r if you're wondering how much of that original gt350 engine remains in this new 5.2 liter well the intake valves oh and the exhaust valves so yeah the valves aside from that there really isn't any parts sharing despite being based on the same engine block the aluminum block and heads have additional cooling jackets and additional strengthening such as the pan rail structure and other enhancements around the cylinder bores and cylinder head to withstand the added pressure from making so much more power thanks to that fat supercharger 700 horsepower that is and 640 pound-feet of torque you'll notice that's down on power versus the gt500 but up on torque and the torque is available sooner this mostly comes down to the characteristics of the vehicles the gt500 being highly track capable where high revving and high horsepower is rewarded thus a 500 rpm higher redline than the raptor r even still 7000 rpm is quite high for a truck and again it's up on torque which is what you'll want in this kind of vehicle as you're blasting through the dunes top speed isn't the priority here nor are lap times the torque curve is shifted lower by using a smaller supercharger pulley bringing the diameter down from 80.1 to 74.5 millimeters with about a seven percent smaller diameter this means the supercharger rotors spin faster in the raptor than the gt500 assuming both engines are at the same rpm with the new intake new exhaust smaller pulley as well as updated fuel injection and ignition tuning this translates to 640 pound-feet of torque at 4250 rpm which means it's reaching peak torque 750 rpm sooner than the gt500 engine so let's start at the front and work our way through the engine of course we need air lots of it you want the air that reaches the engine to be as cold as possible travel as short of a distance as possible and have as little resistance as possible in getting there that all starts with the intake where you pull in air from up front i'm told this relatively simple part went through about nine iterations before the final design you see here with vertical supports in place ensuring the intake doesn't collapse onto itself as the massive suction from the engine tries to squeeze the intake closed it then travels through a massive air box where the filter is housed and then to the throttle body and into the supercharger the supercharger is 2.65 liters in volume it's a root style supercharger designed by eaton the compressed air heats up so it passes through an intercooler to cool it down before entering the cylinders with a boost pressure of 12 psi interesting to note ford uses a decoupler pulley here for the supercharger this device effectively acts like a one-way clutch this device doesn't limit torque going to the supercharger rotors but at low engine speeds such as below 1500 rpm it prevents crankshaft backlash from translating over to the supercharger rotors in other words it ensures torque only goes in one direction even though there is an oscillation to the torque delivery from the crankshaft this device provides two big benefits it offers nvh improvements meaning it keeps the unit quieter and with less vibration and it offers improved durability solid pulleys put a lot of stress on the rotors and this device helps remove that stress now this is not to be confused with the supercharger bypass valve this valve is used when the engine is operating at low loads so the air skips past the rotors and goes directly through the intercoolers before entering the engine this allows for more efficient operation such as cruising on the highway so air goes in the engine and kaboom you have explosions within the cylinder worth noting these engines use plasma spray cylinder liners ford's been using this tech in high volume since 2018 when the mustangs 5.0 liter switched over to this technology one of the big benefits of this plasma spray aside from it being lightweight and super durable is that it actually allows for more space within the cylinders thus giving you a bit more displacement versus an iron sleeve after combustion the spent exhaust gases exit the engine instead of the header design that the gt500 engine is using the raptor r uses a cast stainless steel exhaust manifold durability is the name of the game here since it's a truck application it also has super tight packaging now the downside of an application like a truck is that exhaust has to travel back a very long distance that's added resistance and there's really no way of avoiding this trucks are long mostly in jest i asked why not side pipes like mercedes does with the g-wagon ford says they want to make sure the exhaust is above the vehicle side rails since it's an off-road vehicle and the exhaust could get pinched that nix's side pipes though the g-wagon is arguably an off-road vehicle and the exhaust does rest below the side rails but despite their inherent capability does anyone actually off-road their g-wagon now unlike the base raptors 3.5 liter twin turbo v6 which uses both port and direct fuel injection the raptor r is just using port injection there are two pumps in the fuel tank to satiate the thirsty 5.2 liter providing pressure to all eight injectors the difference here really comes down to the charging systems all of ford's ecoboost meaning turbocharged engines use direct injection direct injection lets you run smaller turbos it gives you greater effective compression and it gives you better control of transitions and fuel load it's more efficient more responsive and has better power density but i mean this is a raptor r fuel efficiency isn't the name of the game it's literally designed to use fuel in abundance not save it port injection satisfies the requirements and is fine to use with a lower compression ratio supercharged engine the cooling system for this engine is of course unique to the application versus the gt500 one change is the oil cooler is now a part of the engine's cooling circuit rather than a separate circuit like on the gt500 the lower radiator hose feeding chilled coolant has a split where some of the flow passes through a heat exchanger where the oil filter screws on keeping oil temps in check and unlike the gt500 which is a low vehicle designed for track use the raptor r has a deep sump oil pan why the deep sump well this thing is designed to go off-road and off-road it can be driving at all kinds of different angles with various g-forces the deep sump ensures that you have oil at the base of the pan so you don't starve the oil pickup though both the raptor r and the gt500 have the same sump volume a massive 11.5 quarts of 5w50 oil and they also use the same oil filter why so much oil well it's a truck application a high horsepower application and another consideration is that when you're driving these types of vehicles hard at high rpm you want to make sure that you don't have excessive aeration basically bubbles forming within the oil oil is a great lubricant between metal parts air is not air is pretty crap at lubricating so with the high sump volume it gives more time for the bubbles to settle out before the oil is picked up from the base of the pan a gt500 of course has a very different oil pan design where you're trying to ensure the oil that's experiencing super high g-forces on track is always covering your pickup tube so you're never starving for oil so let's bring up the rather large elephant in the room the ram trx it does technically have more power but only slightly just two more horsepowers and 10 more torques ford why not give it another three horsepower for a subtle jab but with only a two horsepower difference we're talking about less than a third of a percent the weather forecast will make a bigger difference than that and also keep in mind engines can be marketed below their true rated power it seems ford simply didn't want to initiate a horsepower war and i kind of respect that when i asked the engineers what they were proud of they said this truck isn't about 0 to 60 times or quarter mile times if it was it wouldn't be riding on 37-inch tires which undoubtedly means you take a hit on acceleration they said the focus was making sure this thing could sing at high revs while blasting dunes as long as the driver desires it's made to crush the off-road world at speeds that would break your camry to pieces so while yes it's down 2 horsepower versus the ram trx it's also down 400 plus pounds the raptor r is carrying around 8.5 pounds of weight for every horsepower versus the trx 9.2 giving it a nearly eight percent better power to weight ratio this is also likely being generous towards the ram trx the car magazines that have put it on a scale know to curb weight in the 6800 pound region so the real weight difference could be over 700 pounds the ram trx does have one big advantage though while it's carrying around significantly more weight the price tag isn't quite as brutal the v8 raptor r starts at one hundred nine thousand one hundred forty five dollars nearly thirty thousand dollars higher than the ram trx's starting price somehow i still doubt they'll have any trouble selling every last one of them oh and if you happen to be wondering why is the first r in raptor colored red on one side of the truck but the last r is colored red on the other side of the truck well ford says it's done for symmetry so that the red r was always at the back of the truck that's also why you'll notice on the hood the red r is at the back and then on the other side the red r is oh wait hold on it's at the front look i don't make the rules thank you all so much for watching if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below\n"