Ford unveils insane 1,000+ hp 7.3L supercharged "Megazilla" V8 crate engine

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Holy smokes! If you're looking to build an absolute monster of a project car, Ford has you covered with its latest crate engine offerings: two new supercharged V8s that pack some serious horsepower under the hood. The largest is a massive 7.3L V8 rated at over 1,000 horsepower.

The 7.3L Megazilla 2.0 is the successor to Ford's original "Megazilla" crate engine that churned out 615 hp and 670 lb-ft of torque. For this model, the Ford Performance team has turned things up a few notches.

The racing engine has the full complement of goodies of its predecessor, including forged pistons and connecting rods, ported and polished heads, uprated valve springs, and a forged steel crank. Its primary upgrade is a massive 3.0L Whipple supercharger force-feeding the big V8. Ford is keeping actual power numbers under wraps for now, only saying it exceeds 1,000 hp.

Pricing is still to be announced, but the previous non-supercharged Megazilla listed around $23,000, with the blower option adding another $10,000. Customers should expect this new monster to start at around $30,000 when it goes on sale later this year. Of course, Ford built this engine for the race track or off-road use. It's strictly meant for competition.

However, Ford hasn't left the street crowd high and dry as it has also unveiled a new supercharged version of the popular Mustang 5.0L "Coyote" V8. This engine utilizes the same 3.0L Whipple supercharger as the Megazilla 2.0, allowing it to churn out a targeted 800 hp and 615 lb-ft of torque. Once again, this is a massive gain over the previous naturally-aspirated model, which was 300 hp and nearly 200 lb-ft, but it is still street-legal – until you get caught putting it through its paces, that is.

Ford has not finalized pricing for the 5.0L unit either. However, the non-supercharged version currently retails for around $11,500. With the forced induction hardware, expect this new supercharged 5.0L to set you back around $20,000.

The Megazilla and Coyote engines will be available through Ford dealerships or their performance parts channel starting in Q4 2025. The engines carry a 2-year/24,000-mile warranty, while the supercharger gets extended coverage of 3 years/36,000 miles when installed by a Ford dealer or ASE-certified shop.

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Ford unveils insane 1,000+ hp 7.3L supercharged "Megazilla" V8 crate engine

 

[bviktor]

Wow! That's something nobody asked for, awesome!

 

[TommyBoyFL]

How does the 24k mile warranty work when its not street legal? Do race cars have odometers? Does racing void the warranty?

 

[McKocoa]

Ford V8s are now better than GMs V8 in my view, Ford's V8s aren't throwing lifters like Chevy (AMF) and ford's frames aren't rusting away (painted). You can throw a supercharger on a stock F150 Ford V8 and make 600+ wheel horsepower with a 3 year warranty on supercharger, and longer warranty on drivetrain.
2019-2024 Chevy 6.2L engines under investigation- possible recall coming.

 

[NumberNine]

Now that's what I call machine learning.

 

[RudyBob]

I'm gonna put it in my Nash Rambler.

 

[Jonny5]

Would liek to drop this in my Model 3 for a wee range extension haha, Eloon would approve these days

 

[VitalyT]

An updated Ford GT would be nice. Too bad they simply discontinued it.

 

[TheBigT42]

It's only "not legal" in states that do vehicle inspections.
How is the State of Alabama going to know what I put in classic car.

 

[Dr Roboto]

Grunt, grunt, grunt, more power!

 

[toooooot]

Wow! That's something nobody asked for, awesome!

I did. Unfortunately, nobody can use it on the roads.

 

[toooooot]

How does the 24k mile warranty work when its not street legal? Do race cars have odometers? Does racing void the warranty?

There is a sensor in transition most likely. Let's say the car using it won't have odometer. But what prevents the engine maker to put a small sensor somewhere in the engine that could save this data?

 

[Mr Majestyk]

Not that impressive at all for a supercharged 7.3l V8 that is a racing enigine, IMO.

My unopened 4.0l straight 6 makes 700hp and can easily make 1200hp for built engine version.

Plenty of 2000HP+ GTR's running around also with V6's.

 

[m3tavision]

Not that impressive at all for a supercharged 7.3l V8 that is a racing enigine, IMO.

My unopened 4.0l straight 6 makes 700hp and can easily make 1200hp for built engine version.

Plenty of 2000HP+ GTR's running around also with V6's.

It is (impressive) when you can have it installed at the Dealer...!

 

[hahahanoobs]

America can build an engine, it's just the rest that sucks.

 

[Vanderlinde]

Not that impressive at all for a supercharged 7.3l V8 that is a racing enigine, IMO.

My unopened 4.0l straight 6 makes 700hp and can easily make 1200hp for built engine version.

Plenty of 2000HP+ GTR's running around also with V6's.

It's likely within the torque specs. HP is only a number that is on a certain peak RPM.

I had a 2.8L V6 Bi-turbo, stock 380HP pretty much tuned with a few adjustments to a easy, 500HP and 600nm of torque. However going beyond those numbers is where the real mods kick in (and turns expensive).

Thing costed a fortune - but was worth every km. B5 RS4 Avant. Never released in the US.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

It is (impressive) when you can have it installed at the Dealer...!

My car came with the engine installed by the factory!

 

[Underdog]

Nice to see somebody apart from Dodge being naughty these days.