There is terrible information for any individual underwhelmed by the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor’s powertrain: Much larger-displacement engines usually are not in keep for the off-highway monster.
At the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R start Ford Efficiency manager Carl Widmann described to Motor Authority why the Bronco Raptor (“Braptor”) does not have a larger sized, additional effective, motor than its existing twin-turbo three.-liter V-six.
2021 Ford F-150 Raptor
The twin-turbo three.five-liter V-6’s a no-go
Merely set, the Braptor’s as well slim for the twin-turbo three.five-liter V-six that generates 450 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque in the Ford F-150 Raptor. 
Whilst the Braptor is significantly from slim–it truly is eight.six inches broader than inventory, producing it seven.five ft huge–the included width is from the large 37-inch tires, extended-journey Fox distant reservoir suspension, and operating bits. The true motor bay is not broader than the typical Bronco lineup.
The motor bay, especially the place concerning the shock towers, is as well slim and limited to match the twin-turbo three.five-liter V-six effectively, in accordance to Widmann—with emphasis on “effectively.”
It might be feasible to shoehorn the larger sized motor less than the hood, but that does not signify Ford can or will. The automaker demands the motor to match, and also to have sufficient place to preserve great, breathe, and go crash exams although assembly protection expectations.
2023 Ford Bronco DR
The five.-liter V-eight: not sufficient torque
Fans clamoring for Ford to shove the five.-liter V-eight less than the Braptor’s hood usually are not heading to get their would like both.
Widmann stated the five.-liter V-eight does not have sufficient very low-conclude torque to fulfill the Raptor engineering team’s demands. Practically nothing apart from a supercharger would remedy that challenge, but Ford does not provide a supercharged five.-liter V-eight in any automobile from the manufacturing unit.
Ford did set the five.-liter V-eight into a Bronco, but it was a function-crafted mid-$200,000 desert racer. Dubbed the 2023 Ford Bronco DR, the V-eight-driven Bronco was made as a turnkey racer, and it truly is not avenue-authorized. Ford crafted it for these searching to operate the Baja 1000 with a manufacturing unit rig. Only 50 were being accessible with the implication additional would be marketed at a afterwards day.
The V-eight in the DR was stated to focus on an output of more than 400 hp, which is considerably less than the twin-turbo three.-liter V-six in the Braptor, which is rated at 418 hp and 440 lb-ft of torque.
2022 Hennessey VelociRaptor 500 Bronco
Extra electricity to occur?
Ford Efficiency now sells more power for the Bronco and Explorer ST, but has manufactured no point out of the Braptor, however.
The Explorer ST dances with the family out of the box with the Braptor’s motor rated at 400 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque. The manufacturing unit-backed tuning supplied by Ford Efficiency ups electricity output in the Explorer ST to 430 hp and 467 lb-ft.
Ford has not hinted no matter if a Bronco Raptor R will sign up for the lineup to slot higher than the present automobile and under the F-150 Raptor R, but Hennessey’s by now tuned the Bronco Raptor to 500 hp𠅏or an more $32,950 higher than the value of the automobile by itself.