{"id":115729,"date":"2015-01-28T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=115729"},"modified":"2015-01-27T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T07:29:54","slug":"video-ken-block-shows-off-his-650hp-raptortrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/01\/28\/video-ken-block-shows-off-his-650hp-raptortrax\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Ken Block Shows Off His 650hp RaptorTRAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Untitled-104.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Untitled-104.jpg\" alt=\"RaptorTRAX\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Untitled-104.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Untitled-104-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one would argue with the fact that the outgoing Ford F-150 Raptor is an off-roading monster. Not only is it capable of tackling some of the toughest terrain without breaking a sweat but it has a presence virtually unmatched by any other car. For Ken Block however, a standard Ford F-150 Raptor simply isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9lOaxQu5PgQ#t=202[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Block\u2019s team set about creating the unique RaptorTRAX which as the name suggests, uses massive tracks instead of wheels. As a result, it can virtually drive on any surface and is particularly good on snow.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, each of the four tracks weigh about 160 kg each so to help ensure the beastly offroader is as quick as possible, the traditionally naturally-aspirated 6.2-litre V8 engine has been fitted with a Whipple supercharger and consequently now pumps out about 650 hp compared to the 411 hp of the standard car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one would argue with the fact that the outgoing Ford F-150 Raptor is an off-roading monster. Not only is it capable of tackling some of the toughest terrain without breaking a sweat but it has a presence virtually unmatched by any other car. For Ken Block however, a standard Ford F-150 Raptor simply isn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":115754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1653,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}