ProCharged F-150 Test Mule Lays Down 9-Second ET

Nick Adams October 1, 2026 3 min read 0

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The last thing we’re going to do is try to tell you that a boosted RCSB F-150 running low times in the quarter mile is anything new. But it never ceases to amaze us how easy the Coyote platform is to modify, how much power it can handle, and how fast a modern pickup shaped like a brick can trap at the drag strip. ProCharger’s own in-house test mule is one of those trucks, and their ProCharged F-150 just laid down a sub-10-second pass with very few mods.

The ProCharged F-150 Starts Life as a Work Truck

The ProCharged F-150 test mule you see here is part of the latest generation Ford half-ton trucks that use a Gen 4 5.0-liter Coyote V8 under the hood, a 10-speed automatic behind, and power going to all four wheels. No, this isn’t some special AWD factory performance truck; this is your run-of-the-mill 4WD RCSB work truck that was built for fleet duty and off-road. But a lowered suspension via QA1 suspension and one of ProCharger’s centrifugal supercharger kits make it a real threat on the street.

Different Stages of Power

The ProCharger Stage 1 system allows the modern F-150 owner to safely and reliably add over 65% more power over the stock 400-horsepower rating with nothing more than a complete kit you can bolt on in the driveway with common hand tools. The result is a ProCharged F-150 that runs on pump gas and is still 50-state emissions legal. But this in-house test mule needed to do more than test just the Stage 1 kit; it also needed to tackle real-world testing for ProCharger’s Stage 2 and Stage 3 kits.

17,000 Miles of Real-World ProCharger Testing

ProCharger puts these systems through extensive dyno and track testing, not just bolting one on and calling it done. This ProCharged F-150 logged over 17,000 miles during its rigorous testing, and the real-world results are hard to argue with: a nearly stock truck ran a blistering 9.863-second quarter-mile at 144 MPH with the Stage 3 tuner kit. The run was made on pump E85 with a 1,486 DA and 87-degree ambient temperature.

Daily Dirven And A 9-Seccond Pass

The rest of the combination was just as simple. Under the hood is a Boss 302 intake manifold, larger injectors and fuel system to handle the E85, an aftermarket free-flowing muffler, a Wiles driveshaft and driveshaft loop. Everything else remained stock, including the exhaust manifolds, engine, and transmission. Even the stock 4×4-package wheels and tires were used for this run. That kind of testing shows what a ProCharger system can do when you want big power without turning the entire vehicle into a full-blown race build.