{"id":73444,"date":"2024-06-18T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=73444"},"modified":"2024-06-18T00:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T04:01:32","slug":"1143540_ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-horsepower-downforce-pikes-peak-hill-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=73444","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck shocks with over 1,400 hp to go with its 6,000 lb of downforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck has 1,400-plus hp and more than 6,000 pounds of downforce<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Romain Dumas will pilot the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck at the hill climb<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ford has hinted at a high-performance F-150 Lightning variant entering production<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143297_ford-will-wing-it-at-pikes-peak-with-f-150-lightning-supertruck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck<\/a><\/strong> will take on the <strong>2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb<\/strong> with more than 1,400 hp generated by a tri-motor powertrain.<\/p>\n<p>Ford revealed the truck&#8217;s power output Monday as the clock ticks down to the start of the 2024 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, scheduled for June 23. The automaker previously said the SuperTruck generates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143354_ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-has-6-000-lb-of-downforce-at-150-mph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6,000 pounds of downforce at 150 mph<\/a> from its triple-element front wing, headlight ducts, hood ducts and louvers, side and rear diffusers, and a massive rear wing.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100933086_m\" title=\"Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933086_s.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The truck also features carbon-ceramic brakes, Pirelli P-Zero tires on forged magnesium wheels, and a custom inboard suspension system. Wearing the number 150, the SuperTruck will be driven by Romain Dumas, who holds the overall record at Pikes Peak with a 7:57.148 time over the 12.5-mile course, set in 2018 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1117391_vw-id-r-electric-racer-smashes-pikes-peak-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Volkswagen ID.R<\/strong> time attack special<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dumas also drove the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139999_ford-supervan-4-2-aims-for-pikes-peak-with-over-1-400-hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric <strong>Ford Supervan 4.2<\/strong><\/a> at Pikes Peak last year, setting a time of 8:47.682 in a vehicle with similar power to this year&#8217;s SuperTruck. Ford&#8217;s goal is to beat that time this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100933082_m\" title=\"Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/ford-f-150-lightning-supertruck-ev_100933082_s.webp\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck EV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ford has a long history at Pikes Peak, going back to 1916 when a driver in a Model T completed the 14,115-foot summit of the Colorado mountain in 28 minutes and 3 seconds. Dumas likely won&#8217;t have to worry about being the slowest Ford ever to tackle Pikes Peak.<\/p>\n<p>The SuperTruck is a one-off demonstrator, but Ford has hinted at a production-worthy Lightning variant. It announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138719_ford-high-performance-f-150-lightning-concept-teased\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-performance F-150 Lightning concept<\/a> in 2023, teasing a vehicle that appeared to have more in common with the production Lightning than the bespoke SuperTruck. But Ford still hasn&#8217;t unveiled that concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck has 1,400-plus hp and more than 6,000 pounds of downforce Romain Dumas will pilot the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck at the hill climb Ford has hinted at a high-performance F-150 Lightning variant entering production The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck will take on the 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-concepts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}