Let's be honest here, Jurassic World wasn't the best movie ever made. Without Chris Pratt, we might not have even watched it. But it did have one memorable scene called The Stand Down, where the main protagonist jumps into the cage and stares down three raptors.
It was recreated with everything from puppets to kittens. And finally, there's one with trucks. Because everybody wanted to see that!
In the movie, the main character Owen is training a pack of vicious raptors to recognize him as a leader and follow his orders. That happens from the safety provided by the top of a holding pen.
However, when a younger handler falls in with the raptors, he is forced to jump and rescue the guy. Fearing that the animals will never trust him again, Owen orders the guards to put down their guns. This escalates into the stand down, probably one of the most famous scenes of 2015. Hopefully, you're going to see some of that in the funny video put together by Hennessey.
We're not surprised that they came up with the idea. The 2017/2018 Ford F-150 Raptor truck is a second-generation legend. And because the automaker switched from a V8 to aV6 engine, tuners are making a lot of money with aftermarket bits.
Going from normal Raptor to VelociRaptor results in an increase of power to 605 horsepower at 6,000 rpm for the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, as well as a ground-shaking 622 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm. So there's supposed to be 1,815 hp in this video.
With its bolstered numbers, the truck will hit 60 mph in just 4.2 seconds. As for the quarter mile, this takes 12.9 seconds.
The kit costs from $22,500, which is a considerable markup over a Raptor SuperCrew’s $52,505 base price. There's also the Hennessy Stage 1 Off-Road Package. This includes the LED bar, bumper upgrades, suspension leveling and 20-inch 10-spoke wheels fitted with 35-inch Toyo off-road tires.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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