--- title: "Can You Have a 600 Horsepower Ford F-150 For Less Than $40,000?" description: "According to Roush Performance and Ford pricing, that combo may be more of a reality than you think." date: "2017-02-28" modified: "2017-02-28" authors: - name: "Max Goldberg" job_title: "Associate Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/7959/can-you-have-a-600-horsepower-ford-f-150-for-less-than-40000" categories: - "Ford News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "F-150" - "Ford" - "pickup" - "Roush" - "supercharger" --- # Can You Have a 600 Horsepower Ford F-150 For Less Than $40,000? ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* If you're not careful, the 2017 Ford F-150 MSRP can quickly climb well above $[50,000](). With dual climate control, Sync 3 infotainment, and heated and cooled seats, the Ford F-150 is equal parts work truck and luxury vehicle. Still, there are ways to get stupid amounts of power with little luxuries if you so desire. The base Ford F-150 XL with a 5.0-liter V8 starts at [$28,525](), and aftermarket tuners offer endless opportunities to squeeze out more power. Right off the bat, the 5.0-liter V8 makes 385 horsepower and 387 pound-feet of torque—but according to parts manufacturers like Roush Performance, there are plenty more ponies in the beloved Coyote V8. Roush currently offers two different supercharger packages, one producing [600 horsepower]() and the other producing [650 horsepower](). But there's even more; it isn't unheard of for tuners like [5 Star Tuning]() to find ways to hit the coveted 700 horsepower mark. https://youtube.com/embed/mi-Oaf8lARQ In the video below, we see a 2017 Ford F-150 XL Regular Cab blasting down an industrial road. According to the video title, this particular F-150 is making 700 hp (probably at the crank). After listening to the audio several times, you can safely assume the F-150 has also received an exhaust treatment along with [numerous other modifications](). It also raises a bigger question: can you build a 600-horsepower F-150 for less than the cost of a [Dodge Challenger Scat Pack ($38,995)]() or [Ford F-150 Raptor ($50,155)?]() Let's do some quick back-of-the-napkin calculations. The [Roush Performance]() website quotes their [Phase 1 Ford F-150 Supercharger](), which nets you 600 hp and 557 lb-ft, at $7,209.99, and they estimate an installation time of 14 hours for the advanced mechanic. Assuming you don’t trust your own skills and take the truck to a nice tuning garage for the build, you can expect to be hit with an hourly labor somewhere in the range of $150. This brings the final labor cost to approximately $2,100—plus tax and tip, let's clock it at $2,500.00. So if we estimate parts and labor at $9,709.99, then add the base price of the F-150, we get a final build cost of $38,234.99, or $760.01 less than the base price of a Dodge Challenger Scat Pack. (Of course, there may be some unexpected costs, but we padded a fairly generous hourly rate for your fancy mechanic.) And regardless of small inaccuracies, we're still $11,920.01 short of the base Ford F-150 Raptor. Do you think modifying a base Ford F-150 is the way to go, or do you think saving your money for a factory-built monster is the safer and more practical path? Keep in mind, Roush Performance offers a warranty good for three years or 36,000 miles. ## Author Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm. ### Author social links [Instagram]()