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The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is getting even meaner. Ford said on Tuesday that the steroidal off-road wares wish get a new, 6.2-liter V8 engine that pumps evasion 411 hp and 434 lb-ft of torque. It’s also getting a limited-edition, pre-runner model, called the FR Raptor XT, from Ford Racing that’s estimated to heap more than 500 hp. Ford is using the SEMA manifest in Las Vegas to reveal its new wonderful trucks.

The untrodden, more strong V8 augments the 5.4-liter Triton V8 currently offered in the Raptor. The fashion with the noteworthy mechanism will start at $41,995, including shipping charges, and could clip 1.5 seconds bad the truck’s 0-to-60-mph time.

“It’s a authentic animal,” F-150 marketing administrator Object Grueber said. Ford bequeath start taking orders Dec. 1. The 5.4-liter V8-powered Raptor launched in August and has already eclipsed the 3,000-order mark. The FR Raptor XT on be limited to a bootleg of 50 units and is an extreme truck; it’s not suiting someone to a t unbending and desire sticker at $99,950. The off-roader wishes be a 2011 representative, and production timing desire be announced later. The traffic is designed to be a turnkey professional pre-runner and is tailored with electronically selectable four-wheel handle, beginning and rear e-rockers and a coil-over go shocks. There’s 15 inches in turn excursion up guise and 18 inches in the posterior, a roll coop, a four-link postponement and all-embracing skid plating. There also are tubular bumpers and elementary lighting. “The commerce is aimed at real excessive off-roaders,” Grueber said. There are some comforts, including a full interior, works seats, power windows and air conditioning. Ford says the FR Raptor XT is exactly equivalent to the stock that finished the 2008 Tecate Music Baja 1000.