A while ago, Kyle Wade of BoostedBoiz bought a Tesla Model S Plaid off Copart to create a stripped-out racer dubbed E-Roy. In said configuration, Kyle removed almost 900 pounds (408 kilograms) of unwanted weight from the five-seat electric sedan.
After loads of video content with E-Roy, the gentleman behind the BoostedBoiz channel decided to merge E-Roy with a 2001 model year Honda Odyssey. The minivan was purchased a few years ago for $500 with a blown transmission. The question is, how did Kyle come up with the idea for this swap?
One fateful day, he realized how close the MSP was to the Odyssey in terms of wheelbase. The numbers in question are 116.5 and 118.1 inches, which is 2,960 and 3,000 millimeters in metric vernacular. Fast forward to the present day, and the electric minivan is a force to be reckoned with at the drag strip. Better still, nobody would suspect a minivan with differently colored left-side doors and faded paint to run 9s consistently at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
Kyle's challenger is none other than Cleetus McFarland, who showed up at the strip with his ridiculously powerful and torquey F-150 XL. The boosted truck is a single-cab affair with a set of sticky rubber shoes, an RTR grille, and a big fat blower from Whipple.
According to the dyno, the Whipple-boosted truck lays down a staggering 1,110.7 horsepower and 939.6 pound-feet (1,274 Nm). To put those numbers into perspective, the limited-run Ferrari SF90 XX develops 1,016 horsepower from a twin-turbo V8 joined by a grand total of three electric motors.
Photo: Cleetus McFarland on YouTube
Insane, for sure! In the first of three drag races, Kyle ran 9.551 seconds at 142.60 miles per hour (229.5 kilometers per hour) compared to 9.664 seconds at 150.10 miles per hour (241.5 kilometers per hour) for Cleetus. In the second dig, Cleetus managed to assert dominance over the Tesla-powered Odyssey.
The slip reads 9.492 seconds at 150.15 miles per hour (241.6 kilometers per hour) for McFarland and 9.611 seconds at 142.70 miles per hour (229.6 kilometers per hour) for Wade. The all-electric versus fossil-fuel showdown ends with the closest race yet between these two, namely 9.608 seconds for Kyle and 9.635 seconds for Cleetus. Once again, and as expected, McFarland carried more speed over the line.
On a side note, both Tesla and Ford offer pretty fast trucks from the factory. The Cybertruck, for example, can blitz the quarter mile in 11 seconds as long as you pony up top dollar for the Cyberbeast version. Over at the Blue Oval, the Dearborn-based automaker has recently confirmed 720 horsepower for the 2024 model year F-150 Raptor R, making the Raptor R that little bit punchier than the Ram 1500 TRX.
Unfortunately for HEMI enthusiasts, the 6.2-liter Hellcat engine is going the way of the dodo after the 2024 model year. The same can be said about the TRX, which will be replaced for 2025 by the so-called RHO. The newcomer packs a twin-turbo sixer with 540 ponies and 521 pound-feet (706 Nm).
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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