Roll Race: 750 HP Ford F-150 Challenges 650 HP Mazdaspeed3 at Pocono Raceway

The four-cylinder motor came out at a time when the Ford Motor Company was in cahoots with Mazda, but you shouldn't confuse the L-series engine with the EcoBoost offered in the Ranger pickup truck and Mustang pony car. That's because the block is the only component they share. Be that as it may, the Japanese mill is capable of ludicrous outputs with little in the way of tuning.

Filmed by Import Race at the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, the red-painted land missile in the following video develops 650 horsepower at the crankshaft according to the uploader. The question is, does the Mazdaspeed3 hold a candle to a Ford F-150 with a high-output surprise under the hood?

The regular-cab truck is described as having 750 horsepower, although the uploader doesn’t go into specifics. We’re definitely dealing with some sort of forced induction, but it’s pretty hard to tell from the induction sound if the half-ton pickup features a turbocharger, a blower, or a ProCharger.

Racing from a rolling start at 65 miles per hour (105 kph), the F-150 posted the higher trap speed at 147 mph (237 kph) as opposed to 144 mph (232 kph) for the hot hatchback. Second time out, the street-racing truck crosses the line at 147 mph again while the Mazda drops to 125 mph (201 kph).

It may be significantly lighter than the Ford F-150 in this spec, but the Mazdaspeed3 doesn’t claw into the asphalt well because it’s front-wheel drive. When you accelerate as hard as these gentlemen do, the front end lifts a little from the forward force. This, in turn, is a clear advantage for the rear-wheel-drive truck that features wider tires and 100 more horsepower.