Most purpose-built drag cars we come across are powered by some sort of V8 and based on a lightweight coupe or muscle car of some type. But some folks, well, they like to do things differently. That includes the people behind Porky’s Diesel Performance, who have built themselves a pretty wicked 1957 Ford F-100 that’s powered by a 12-valve Cummins and rips off 9-second passes in the quarter-mile with ease.
Obviously, fitting the big oil-burner under the hood of a 1957 Ford F-100 wasn’t a terribly easy task. In fact, the team at Porky’s swapped in a Crown Victoria subframe to make it fit. The Cummins was then treated to a large infusion of power courtesy of compound 75mm and 85mm Borg Warner turbos, which send a whole heck of a lot of torque back to a beefy Ford 9-inch rear end.
The interior of the spartan street/strip pickup was treated to a full roll cage, as the team plans to eventually break into the 8s. To date, it’s run a best pass of 9.66-seconds at 137 miles-per-hour, but it’s still a fairly new build with plenty of potential to unlock. Even better, the owners eventually want to be able to participate in Drag Week, which was the plan this year before it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Obviously, we’d prefer to see a Ford PowerStroke diesel under the hood of this classic pickup to keep it 100% Blue Oval, but it’s a cool build, nonetheless. At the same time, judging by this video, we’re also betting that the owner’s neighbors aren’t huge fans of the truck. But that’s to be expected when you’re launching and rolling coal in the neighborhood and not just on the track.
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