Twin-turbo V10 Excursion Turns Its Tires into Smoke
You don’t see a lot of all-terrain tires at drag strips, but that doesn’t stop this Excursion driver from turning off-road rubber into smoke.
The Ford Excursion is known for being a lot of things. At its core, it’s an F-250 Super Duty truck with three rows of seats and an enclosed cargo area. On the outside, it’s too big for many garages. It’s also so popular that some custom shops convert newer Super Dutys into more modern “Excursions.” It’s never been known as a burnout machine. As far as Ford vehicles go, the Mustang has that covered, but we have to say this Excursion puts on a pretty damn good one-vehicle smoke show of its own.
Ford offered the Excursion with a trio of engine choices. The base unit was a 5.4-liter gas V8. The mid-range option was a 6.8-liter gas V10. At the top was the Power Stroke turbodiesel V8, first the almighty 7.3-liter model and later the 6.0-liter engine. With the right footwork, any of those could’ve spun the Excursion’s rear tires into oblivion. The Excursion in this video posted on the ModularPerformanceSolutions YouTube channel has the V10, plus a little extra.
We’re not talking an intake or a tune (although there’s a good chance those are under the hood). Actually, we should say this Excursion’s V10 has a lot extra. Someone decided that the massive 10-cylinder power plant and its 310 horsepower and 425 lb-ft of torque wasn’t enough grunt so they attached a pair of turbos to it. Was it a bit over the top to give a heavy duty SUV what amounts to the Hennessey Dodge Viper treatment? Yes. Do we think it’s awesome that they did? Yes. Hell yes.
It looks as if the people involved in this rubber roast planned it out in advance. There’s water on the asphalt directly underneath at least one of the Excursion’s rear tires. The driver gets into the throttle and soon enough, the rear wheel wells start filling with smoke. The cloud gets so thick that it completely obscures the tire that’s shaving significant time off of its life to create it.
In a few seconds, the nearly opaque vapor moves forward to the middle of the running boards. The back tires may be in searing, literally disintegrating pain, but the driver is all smiles. He’s enjoying the carnage.
He’s also come up with a big finish to it.
Instead of depositing a big lump of tire smoke in one spot, the driver decides to tear down the empty country road he’s on and leave a wall of smoke as a (temporary) monument to his delightful destruction.
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