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Cramming a 511-Cubic-Inch Godzilla V8 Into a Ford Ranger Is a Great Way to Go Fast

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Hot-rodders just can’t get enough of Ford’s Godzilla V8. Since it launched in the 2020 Ford Super Duty, the engine has found its way into lots of go-fast projects. We’ve featured our fair share of 7.3-liter Mustangs on this site, but this machine built by Ben Strader is different. It’s a 2001 Ford Ranger, which sported a 4.0-liter V6 as its largest engine from the factory, and rather than swapping in a stock Godzilla, Strader bored one out to 511 cubic inches. As you might imagine, it’s a hoot.

I saw the Strader family’s truck come across my Facebook feed not too long ago. See, Ben may have done a lot of the mechanic work, but his daughter Ally Strader is the one running nine-second quarter-miles in it. The Ranger scoots down the drag strip with 800 horsepower and 721 lb-ft of torque on tap, and it does that with no boost of any kind. Just cubes, baby.

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